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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.

PRE-K

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by: Eric Carle
• Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by: Dr. Seuss
• Little Pea by: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! by: Mo Willems

KINDERGARTEN

• A Frog Thing by Eric Drachman
• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
• Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
• David Goes to School by David Shannon
• Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
• How I became a Pirate by Melinda Long & David Shannon
• There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems

GRADE 1

Mandatory:

• If You Take a Mouse to School by Felicia Bond
• Mr. Seahorse by Eric Carle
• Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
• Too Many Toys by David Shannon

Optional:

• Any Biscuit Books by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
• Any Henry and Mudge Books by Cynthia Ryland

GRADE 2

• Stagecoach Sal by Deborah Hopkinson
• Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson
• Eve of the Emperor Penguins by Mary Pope Osborne
• Dodsworth in New York by Lim Egan
• The Zack Files by Dan Greenburg
• Princess Hyacinth by Florence Parry Heide

GRADE 3
Mandatory:

• Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan
• Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
• Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry
• Flat Stanley: The Mount Rushmore Calamity by Jeff Brown
• Socks by Beverly Cleary
• 7 X 9 = Trouble by Claudia Mills

Optional:

• Any other books you would like

GRADE 4
Mandatory:

• The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean by Alexander McCall Smith
• Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford
• How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
• Malted Falcon: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko by Bruce Hale
• Being Teddy Roosevelt by Claudia Mills

Optional:

• Any Chet Gecko Series
• Any Harriet Bean Series
• Any Moxy Maxwell Series
• Any How to Train Your Dragon Series

GRADE 5
Mandatory:

• Hoot by Carl Hiaansin (September)
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
• Lincoln and His Boys by Rosemary Wells
• Ida B … and her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan
• Jeremy Hatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville

Optional:

• The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater
• The Monster’s Ring by Bruce Coville
• Juliet Dove, Queen of Love by Bruce Coville
• Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls by Meg Cabot
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

GRADE 6
Mandatory:

• Granny Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
• Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements
• Flush by Carl Hiaasin

Optional:

• Looking for Bobowicz by Daniel Pinkwater
• Any Andrew Clements book
• Mother Daughter Book Club Series
• The Lightening Thief Series
• Rules by Cynthia Lord
• Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
• Dan Gutman Baseball Series
• Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris by R. L. La Fevers
• Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R. L. Fevers
• Peter and the Starcatcher by Dave Barry
• The Seer of Shadows by Avi

GRADE 7
Mandatory:

• The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer by P. Figg
• The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan or Faith, Hope, and Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Optional:

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
• The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin by Michael D. Beil
• The Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• The Mother – Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick
• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
• The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck
• A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck

GRADE 8
Mandatory:

• Nation by Terry Pratchett
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
• Charles and Emma: The Darwins Leap of Faith by Deborah Heligman
• The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan or Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury

Optional:

• The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
• A Long Way to Chicago by Richard Peek
• Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn
• Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson
• The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh
• The Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus
• Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
• The Wee Free People by Terry Pratchett
• The Luxe Novels by Anna Godberson

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

Please find below (inside this entry) the list of books for your Summer Reading. You can also download the booklist by clicking HERE (MS-WORD document).

Pre-K Summer Reading 2009

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

Kindergarten Summer Reading 2009

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

Grade 1 Summer Reading 2009

* mandatory

Grade 2 Summer Reading 2009

* mandatory

Grade 3 Summer Reading 2009

* mandatory

Grade 4 Summer Reading 2009

* mandatory

Grade 5 Summer Reading 2009

* mandatory

Grade 6 Summer Reading 2009

* mandatory

Grade 7 Summer Reading 2009

* mandatory

Grade 8 Summer Reading 2009

* mandatory

Today — Monday, January 12 — students can purchase books but everyone is also allowed to look to plan what they are going to buy for later.

Below you will find a few photos from today’s book fair …