St. Francis Academy

Book Title

Author

Happy Birthday Moon

Frank Aseh

Silly Street

Jeff Foxworthy

Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman

Stella Luna

Janell Cannon

Strega Nona

Tomie de Paold

Book Title

Author

Are You Ready to Play Outside

Mo Willems

How I Became a Pirate

Melinda Wong

Owen

Kevin Henkes

The Kissing Hand

Audrey Wood

The Night Before Kindergarten

Natasha Wood

The Paper Bag Princess

Robert Munsch

The Relatives Came

Cynthia Rylant

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell

Lucille Colandro

Book Title

Author

* Biscuit Finds a Friend

Alyssa Statin Capucilli

* If you Take a Mouse to School

Laura Numeroff

* Not Norman a Goldfish Story

Kelly Bennett

* Vincent’s Colors

Vincent Van Gogh

OPTIONAL

Chrysanthemum

Kevin Henkes

If You Give A Mouse a Cookie

Laura Numeroff

Leonardo The Terrible Monster

Mo Willems

Book Title

Author

* A Fine, Fine School

Sharon Creech

* Miss Nelson is Missing

James Marshall & Harry J. Allard

* Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind

Mark Teague

* How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Kate Di Camillo

* Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Kate Di Camillo

* Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa

Erica Silverman

OPTIONAL

Any of the series above

Book Title

Author

* Flat Stanley

Jeff Brown

* Miss Daisy

Dan Gutman

* Ramona Quimby Age 8

Beverly Cleary

* Jake Drake: Bully Buster

Andrew Clements

* Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Kate Di Camillo

OPTIONAL

Muggie Maggie

Beverly Cleary

Magic Tree House Series

Mary Pope Osborne

Junie B. Jones Series

Barbara Park

Judy Moody Series

Megan McDonald

Freckle Juice

Judy Blume

Ivy and Bean

Annie Barrows

Book Title

Author

* George Marvelous Medicine

Roald Dahl

* Jake Drake Bully Buster

Andrew Clements

* The Hundred Dresses

Eleanor Estes

* Adventure of Hank the Cowdog

John Erickson

OPTIONAL

Staying Nine

Pam Conrad

Catmagic

Holly Webb

Rabbit Hill

Robert Lawson

Mr. Poppers Penguins

Richard Florence Atwater

Double Fudge

Judy Blume

Goosebumps

RL Stein

Fudge-A-Mania

Judy Blume

Book Title

Author

* Dear Mr. Henshaw

Beverly Cleary

* Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

* No Talking

Andrew Clements

* The Boy Who Saved Baseball

John Ritter

* Ally Finkle’s Rules for Girls

Meg Cabot

OPTIONAL

Please read 3 other books of your choosing – must be on grade level

Book Title

Author

* The Grave Yard Book

Neil Gaiman

* Flush

Carl Hiaasen

* The Lightening Thief

Rick Riordan

* Ray and Me

Dan Gutman

OPTIONAL

The Mother Daughter Book Club

Heather Vogel Frederick

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

Book Title

Author

* The Grave Yard Book

Neil Gaiman

* Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

* The Maze of Bones

Rick Riordan

* Games

Carol Gorman

* If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

Gennifer Choldenko

OPTIONAL

Any Rick Riordan OLYMPIAN SERIES

Book Title

Author

* Immortal Fire

Anne Ursu

* Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

* The Grave Yard Book

Neil Gaiman

* Hope Was There

Joan Bauer

* Night of the Howling Dogs

Graham Salisbury

OPTIONAL

The Countess Below Stairs

Eva Ibbotson