St. Francis Academy

Finished reading the book of the month and want to start with the next one? Below you will find the list of books for each month (September 2010 – May 2011) in each grade level.

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PRE-K

• September: The Kissing Hand – Audrey Penn
• October: Tickle Monster – Josie Bissett
• November: Cops For Sale – Esphyr Slobodkina
• December: On Top of Spaghetti – Paul Brett Johnson
• January: Rumble in the Jungle – Giles Andrea
• February: 100th Day Worries – Margery Cuyler
• March: Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type - Doreen Cronin
• April: Little Chick – Amy Hest
• May: You Are My I Love You – Maryann K. Cusimano

KINDERGARTEN

• September: First Day Jitters- Julie Danneberg
• October: Leonardo The Terrible Monster – Mo Willems
• November:The Night Before the Tooth Fairy – Natasha Wing
• December: The Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg
• January: Snowflake Bentley – Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• February: 100th Day Worries – Margery Cuyler
• March: There is a Bird on Your Head – Mo Willems
• April: The Tiny Seed – Eric Carle
• May:A Visitor for Bear – Bonny Becker

GRADE 1

• October: A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue – Julia Cook
• November: The Night Before the Tooth Fairy - Natasha Wingn
• December: Gingerbread Friends – Jar Brett
• January: Romeow and Dooliet – Nina Loden
• February: Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch – Eileen Lodent
• March: The Easter Egg -  Jar Brett
• April: Caps for Sale - Esphyr Slobodkina
• May: Commotion in the Ocean – Giles Andreae

GRADE 2

• October: Dodsworth in Paris – Tim Egan
• November: Stick Man - Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffer
• December: Hansel and Gretel - James Marshall
• January: 
  A Whiff of Pine, A Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems -Deborah Ruddell

• February:  George Washington and the General’s Dog  and Thomas Jefferson’s Feast - Frank Murphy (2 books)
• March: Leprechaun in Late Winter - Mary Pope Osborne Leprechauns and Irish Folklore (Magic Tree House Research Guide)
• April: Gooney Bird Green - Lois Lowry
• May: Emmaline and the Bunny – Katherine Hannigan

GRADE 3

• October: Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters – Lenore Look
• November: Gooney Bird is so Absurd - Lois Lowry
• December: Judy Moody & Stink The Holly Jolliday  - Megan McDonald
• January: How Oliver Olson Changed the World - Claudia Mills
• February: Fantastic Mr. Fox – Raold Dahl
• March: My Dog, My Hero – Betsy Byars
• April: Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet - Graham Salisbury
• May: The Twits - Raold Dahl

GRADE 4

• October: Bunnicula - James and Deborah Howe
• November: The Dollshop Downstairs - Yona Zeldis McDonough
• December: The Return of Santa Paws – Nicholas Edwards
• January: The Hundred Dresses - Eleanor Estes
• February: Tales from the Odyssey (Part 1) - Mary Pope Osborne
• March: Matilda by Raold Dahl Tony Di Terlizzi – Holly Black
• April: Frindle - Andrew Clements
• May: Herbert’s Wormhole - Peter Nelson

GRADE 5

• September: Flush - Carl Hiaasin
• October: The Witches – Raold Dahl
• November: Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me - Nan Marino
• December: The Last Holiday Concert - Andrew Clements
• January: The Invention of Hugho Cabret - Brian Selznick
• February: Jackie and Me – Dan Gutman
• March: Number the Stars – Lois Lowry
• April: Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism - Georgia Bying
• May: Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry

GRADE 6

• October: Scat – Carl Hiaasen
• November: The Giant Slayer - Iain Laurence
• December: The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall
• January: Peter and the Starcatcher - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
• February: The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
• March: A Faraway Island - Annika Thor
• April: Penny From Heaven – Jennifer L. Holm
• May: The Magician’s Elephant - Kate di Camillo

* Grade 6 will also read “Treasure Island” during the course of the year in the classroom.

GRADE 7

• October: A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle
• November: The Night Tourist - Katherine Marsh
• December: The Case of the Missing Marquess - Nancy Springer
• January: Hattie Big Sky - Kirby Larson
• February: Chasing Lincoln’s Killer - James Swanson
• March: Surviving the Angel of Death - Eva Moses Kor
• April: The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings - Alan Gratz
• May: Distant Waves - Suzanne Weyn

* Grade 7 will also read “Animal Farm” during the course of the year.

GRADE 8

• October: Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
• November: Peeled - Joan Bauer
• December: A Season of Gifts - Richard Peck
• January: The Night Tourist - Katherine Marsh
• February: Alchemy and Meggy Swann - Karen Cushman
• March: MAUS - Art Spiegelman
• April: Tropical Secrets:  Holocaust Refugees in Cuba - Margarita Engle
• May: The Brooklyn Nine:  A Novel in Nine Innings - Alan Gratz

* Grade 8 will also read “Night” by Elie Weisel during the course of the year.