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 2009 – May 2010) in each grade level category.

Scroll down and make sure that you have the right list:

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: If You Take a Mouse to School - Laura Numeroff
• October: Leonardo The Terrible Monster – Mo Willems
• November: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs – Jon Scieszka
• December: Merry Christmas, Strega Nona – Tomie dePaola
• January: Owl at Home – Arnold Lobel
• February: 100th Day Worries – Margery Cuyler
• March: Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale – Lisa Ernst
• April: My Friend is Sad – Mo Willems
• May: Oliver – Syd Hoff

GRADE 1

• October: The Giving Tree – Shel Silerstein
• November: Harry The Dirty Dog – Gene Zion
• December: Officer Buckle and Gloria – Peggy Rothmann
• January: Is Your Mama a Llama – Deborah Guarino
• February: The Mitten – Jan Brett
• March: Duck, Duck, Goose – Tod Hills
• April: Diary of a Worm – Doreen Cronin
• May: Cyrus The Unsinkable Sea Serpent – Bill Peet

GRADE 2

• September: Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown – Paula Danziger
• October: Seabiscuit the Wonder Horse – Meghan McCarthy
• November: Thank You, Sarah – Laurie Halse Anderson
• December: Antarctica Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems – Judy Sierra
• January: The Peace Book – Todd Parr
• February: Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine – Erica Silverman and Betsy Lewin
• March: Stink The Incredible Shrinking Kid – Megan McDonald
• April: Ribsy – Beverly Clearly
• May: Judy Moody Declares Independence – Megan McDonald

GRADE 3

• September: A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever – Marla Frazee
• October: Mrs. Dole is Out of Control – Dan Gutman
• November: The Incredible Shrinking Kid – Megan McDonald
• December: The Holly Joliday – Megan McDonald
• January: Fantastic Mr. Fox – Raold Dahl
• February: Mercy Watson Fights Crime – Kate DiCamillo
• March: The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein – Johanna Hurwitz
• April: Ramona the Pest – Beverly Cleary
• May: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing – Judy Blume

GRADE 4

• September: My Teacher is an Alien – Bruce Coville
• October: The Witches – Roald Dahl
• November: Henry and Beezus – Beverly Cleary
• December: The Return of Santa Paws – Nicholas Edwards
• January: Superfudge – Judy Blume
• February: Marley – John Grogan
• March: Spiderwick Chronicles – Field Guide – Tony Di Terlizzi – Holly Black
• April: Baseball Fever – Johanna Hurwitz
• May: The Great Gilly Hopkins – Katherine Paterson

GRADE 5

• September: Shiloh – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• October: Lost and Found – Andrew Clements
• November: Hoot – Carl Hiaasen
• December: The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick
• January: Traitor: The case of Benedict Arnold – Jean Fritz
• February: Jackie and Me – Dan Gutman
• March: Number the Stars – Lois Lowry
• April: Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson
• May: The Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell

GRADE 6

• September: Scat – Carl Hiaasen
• October: The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs – Betty Birney
• November: Elijah of Buxton – Christopher Paul Curtis
• December: Aurora County All-Stars – Deborah Wiles
• January: Catherine, Called Birdy – Karen Cushman
• February: Savvy – Ingrid Law
• March: Penny From Heaven – Jennifer L. Holm
• April: Strange Happenings – Avi
• May: All the Lovely Bad Ones – Mary Downing Hahn

GRADE 7

• September: Aurora County All-Stars – Deborah Wiles
• October: Hope Was Here – Joan Bauer
• November: Red Moon at Sharpsburg – Rosemary Wells
• December: Rules – Cynthia Lord
• January: The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story – Mary Downing Hahn
• February: Antsy Does Time – Neal Shusterman
• March: Brooklyn Rose – Ann Rinaldi
• April: Fever 1793 – Laurie Halse Anderson
• May: Free Baseball – Sue Corbett

GRADE 8

• September: Peeled – Joan Bauer
• October: Red Moon at Sharpsburg – Rosemary Wells
• November: Fever 1793 – Laurie Halse Anderson
• December: The Eye of the Forest – P B Kerr
• January: In Mozart’s Shadow – Carolyn Meyer
• February: The Alchemyst – Michael Scott
• March: Camilla – Madeleine L’Engle
• April: The Staircase – Ann Rinaldi
• May: All the Lovely Bad Ones – Mary Downing Hahn