Summer Reading Lists - Highlands Christian Academy
HCA Summer Reading List – K5 Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering K5 at Highlands Christian Academy. Books may be read individually or with a parent. If your child is reading above the K5 level, additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or from the Highlands Christian Academy website under the Resources – Printable Documents menu. AUTHOR TITLE or SERIES Anderson, Hans Barrett, H. Judi Berenstain, Stan and Jan Bridwell, Norman Brown, Marc Burton, Virginia Carle, Eric Cronin, Doreen Eastman, P. D. Ehlert, Lois Freeman, Don Henkes, Kevin Hoban, Russell Keane, Glen Krauss, Ruth LeSieg, Theo Lionni, Leo Lucado, Max Martin, Bill Minarik, Else McCloskey, Robert Moncure, Jane Belk Mosel, Arlene Numeroff, Laura Potter, Beatrix Rathmann, Peggy Rey, H.A. & Margaret Sendak, Maurice Seuss, Dr. Slate, Joseph Tafuri, Nancy Wilder, Laura Ingalls The Ugly Duckling Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Any Berenstain Bear book Clifford (any Clifford book) Any Marc Brown book Katy and the Big Snow, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, etc. The Very Hungry Caterpillar The Diary of a Spider, The Diary of a Worm, etc. Are You My Mother? Leaf Man Corduroy (and any other Corduroy book) Owen Any Frances book by Hoban Adam Raccoon books The Carrot Seed In a People House and any other LeSieg book Swimmy, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Frederick… Just in Case You Ever Wonder Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Little Bear series Blueberries for Sal Apes Find Shapes, A Color Clown Comes to Town Tikki Tikki Tembo If You Give a Mouse…, If You Give a Pig…, If You Give a Cat… The Tale of Peter Rabbit Officer Buckle and Gloria Any Curious George book Where the Wild Things Are, etc. Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and other Dr. Seuss books Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten Goodnight, My Duckling, Silly Little Goose The Deer in the Wood The Beginner’s Bible Books by E. Carle, Dr. Seuss, Tomie DePaola, Lillian or Russell Hoban, Leo Lionni, Margaret Wise Brown, and Jan Brett are good reading materials for kindergarten. Classic stories: The Three Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, The House that Jack Built, Chicken Little, The Little Red Hen, and Mother Goose Rhymes are also good choices. HCA Summer Reading List – First Grade Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the first grade at Highlands Christian Academy. Books may be read individually or with a parent. Please encourage your child to read at least five books during the summer to help retain the current reading level. You may find that your child reads below or above this level. Additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or from the Highlands Christian Academy website. Rewards will be given next fall to our top readers for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at www.highlandschristian.org under the Resources – Printable Documents menu. AUTHOR TITLE or SERIES Bemelmans, Ludwig Bourgeois, Paulette Brett, Jan Brown, Marc Clairmont, Patsy De Paola, Tomie Flack, Marjorie Guarino, Deborah Hoff, Syd Hoffman, Mary Hunt, Angela Kraus, Robert Lobel, Arnold Lucado, Max Madeline’s Rescue Franklin (series) On Noah’s Ark, Town Mouse Country Mouse Any Arthur book Tails from the Pantry series Any De Paola book The Story about Ping Is Your Mama a Llama Danny and the Dinosaur Amazing Grace The Tale of Three Trees Leo the Late Bloomer Frog and Toad (series) Just in Case You Ever Wonder, The Crippled Lamb Mackall, Dandi Natalie and the Downside-up Birthday Marshall, James Mayer, Mercer McCloskey, Robert McKissack, Patricia Minarik, Else H. Numeroff, Laura Oke, Jeanette Parish, Peggy or Herman Quackenbush, Robert Rey, H. A. Rylant, Cynthia Scieszka, Jon George and Martha books, Pocketful of Nonsense There’s Something in my Attic, A Very Special Critter Blueberries for Sal Any biography by McKissack, i.e. Great African Americans Little Bear Series If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and others Any Animal Stories book Any Amelia Bedelia book Henry’s Awful Mistake, Henry’s Important Date, etc. Any Curious George title Any Henry and Mudge book The True Story of theThree Little Pigs Scott, Lori Meghan Rose has a Secret Sharmat, Marjorie Slobodkina, Esphyr Seuss, Dr. Thomas, Patricia Waite, Michael Zion, Gene Nate the Great Caps for Sale Fox in Socks, There’s a Wocket in my Pocket and other Dr. Seuss books Stand Back Said the Elephant, I’m Going to Sneeze (Any of the Christian Character series) Harry the Dirty Dog ( or any other Harry books) Any Beginner Books Any I Can Read It All by Myself series Any I Can Read! Made by God series Any Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series Any Real Readers series The Bible HCA Summer Reading List – Second Grade Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the second grade at Highlands Christian Academy. Please encourage your child to read at least five books during the summer to help retain the current reading level. You may find that your child reads below or above this level. Additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or from the Highlands Christian Academy website. Rewards will be given next fall to our top readers for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at www.highlandschristian.org under the Resources – Printable Documents menu. AUTHOR Adler, David Allard, Harry Arnold, Tedd Bond, Michael Brown, Jeff Brown, Marc Brunhoff, Laurent Cooney, Barbara Davoll, Barbara DiCamillo, Kate Dungy, Tony Frost, Marie Gire, Ken Keats, Ezra Jack Lewis, Beverly Lobel, Arnold Ness, Evaline Parish, Peggy Rettino, Ernie Roop, Peter Sharmat, Marjorie Suess, Dr. Waber, Bernard Williams, Margery Series TITLE or SERIES Any picture book biography by Adler, Cam Jansen series Miss Nelson is Missing Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl Paddington Bear Flat Stanley books Arthur books Babar Chanticleer and the Fox, Miss Rumphius Tales from Schroon Lake series Mercy Watson series You Can Do It! Hattie series Psalty series The Snowy Day Cul-de-sac Kids series Frog and Toad series Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine Amelia Bedelia Psalty in Alaska Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Nate the Great books The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Velveteen Rabbit Science I Can Read books Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Science I Can Read New True Books All Aboard Science Reader, Berger Science Reader Any I Can Read! Made by God series American Girl Collection The Bible Poetry (These are read aloud books for the family.) Prelutsky, Jack The New Kid on the Block (and other Prelutsky books) Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends (and other Silverstein books) HCA Summer Reading List – Third Grade Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the third grade at Highlands Christian Academy. Please encourage your child to read at least five books during the summer to help retain the current reading level. You may find that your child reads below or above this level. Additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or from the Highlands Christian Academy website. Rewards will be given next fall to our top readers for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at www.highlandschristian.org under the Resources – Printable Documents menu. AUTHOR TITLE or SERIES Adler, David Cam Jansen series or Picture Book biography series Catling, Patrick The Chocolate Touch Cleary, Beverly Ralph S. Mouse, The Mouse and the Motorcycle Cole, Joanna Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures, The Magic School Bus Cronin, Doreen The Trouble with Chickens Dalgliesh, Alice The Courage of Sarah Noble Danziger, Paula Amber Brown series Edmonds, Walter The Matchlock Gun Elmer, Robert Astro Kids series Erdrich, Lise Sacagawea Farris, Christine My Brother, Martin Fleischman, Sid The Whipping Boy Ga’g, Wanda Millions of Cats Gardiner, John Reynolds Stone Fox Hermes, Patricia Starving Time Jackson, Dave & Neta Any Trailblazer Books series King Smith, Dick Babe, the Gallant Pig Levene, Nancy Shoelaces and Brussels Sprouts, etc. Lewis, Beverly Cul-de-sac Kids series MacDonald, Betty Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall Monsell, Helen Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States Murphy, Elspeth Campbell Beatitude & Ten Commandments mysteries, Three Cousins Detective Club Prelutsky, Jack New Kid on the Block Robinson, Barbara The Best School Year Ever Sharmat, Marjorie Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, A Light in the Attic Smith, Robert Kimmel Chocolate Fever Sobol, Donald Encyclopedia Brown series Warner, Gertrude Boxcar Children series White, E.B. Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web Great Illustrated Classics The Bible Series: American Girls, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, The American Adventure series HCA Summer Reading List – Fourth Grade Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the fourth grade at Highlands Christian Academy. Please encourage your child to read at least five books during the summer to help retain the current reading level. You may find that your child reads below or above this level. Additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or from the Highlands Christian Academy website. Rewards will be given next fall to our top readers for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at www.highlandschristian.org under the Resources – Printable Documents menu. AUTHOR Avi Atwater, Richard Birney, Betty Brouwer, Sigmund Carrol, Lewis Cleary, Beverly Clements, Andrew Christopher, Matt Dahl, Roald De Angeli, Marguerite DiCamillo, Kate Elmer, Robert Estes, Eleanor George, Jean Henry, Marguerite Hope, Laura Lee Hutchens, Paul Jenkins, Jerry/Fabry, Chris Johnson, Lois Walfrid Krumgold, Joseph Le Guin, Ursula Lenski, Lois L’Engle, Madeline Leppard, Lois Lindgren, Astrid Lowry, Lois Mann, Elizabeth McCloskey, Robert Moore, Stephanie Morris, Gilbert Myers, Bill Myers, Bill Naylor, Reynolds Prelutsky, Jack Robinson, Barbara Ryan, Pam Munoz Selden, George Silverstein, Shel Various authors White, E.B. Wilder, Laura Ingalls TITLE or SERIES Poppy Mr. Popper’s Penguins Surprises According to Humphrey Any Sigmund Brouwer Sports Mystery Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Ramona books, Dear Mr. Henshaw and other Beverly Cleary books. No Talking Any sports book by Matt Christopher Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Magic Finger, The Minpins The Door in the Wall Because of Winn-Dixie Any Robert Elmer book (i.e. About-Face Space Race) The Hundred Dresses, Ginger Pye, The Moffats (series) On the Far Side of the Mountain Stormy, Misty’s Foal, Sea Star Bobbsey Twins series Sugar Creek Gang series Red Rock Mysteries, Left Behind—The Kids series Adventures of the Northwoods series, Viking Quest Series Onion John Jane on her Own Strawberry Girl A Wrinkle in Time The Mandie books Pippi Longstocking Number the Stars The Great Wall, The Great pyramid… Homer Price Alec London series, Morgan Love series, Carmen Browne series Dixie Morris Animal Adventure series The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle series (My life as..) McGee and Me series, Elijah Project series Shiloh New Kid on the Block, A Pizza the Size of the Sun The Best School Year Ever Riding Freedom The Cricket in Time Square Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, A Light in the Attic Sisters in Time series Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web, The Trumpet of the Swan Little House series The American Girls Collection The Bible Summer Reading List – Fifth & Sixth Grades The books listed below are a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the fifth and sixth grades at Highlands Christian Academy. Rewards will be given to our top readers in grades 1st through 6th for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at www.highlandschristian.org under the Resources – Printable Documents menu. AUTHOR Alcott, Louisa May Avi Batson, Wayne Benge, Janet & Geoff Bailey, Carolyn Black, Chuck Brink, Carol Bruchac, Joseph Burnett, Frances Byars, Betsy Curtis, Christopher De Angeli, Marguerite DiCamillo, Kate DuBois, William Pene Elmer, Robert Farley, Walter Gipson, Fred Haddix, Margaret Peterson Henry, Marguerite Howard, Milly Jenkins, Jerry/Fabry, Chris Juster, Norton Kjelgaard, Jim Konigsburg, Elaine L. L’Engle, Madeline Latham, Jean Lawson, Robert Leppard, Lois Levine, Karen Lewis, Beverly Lewis, C.S. Lucas, Leanne Meigs, Cornelia Montgomery, L.M. Moore, Stephanie Moray, Walt Myers, Bill Norton, Mary O’Dell O’Hara, Mary Rawls, Wilson Ryan, Pam Munoz Sewell, Anna Speare, Elizabeth Sperry, Armstrong Steig, William Wilder, Laura Ingalls TITLE or SERIES Little Women Crispin: The Cross of Lead The Door Within Heroes of History series Miss Hickory The Kingdom Series Caddie Woodlawn Code Talkers The Secret Garden Summer of the Swans Bud, Not Buddy The Door in the Wall Because of Winn Dixie The Twenty-One Balloons The Young Underground series The Black Stallion Old Yeller Found King of the Wind The Treasure of Pelican Cove Red Rock Mysteries The Phantom Tollbooth Big Red From the Mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler A Wrinkle in Time Carry on, Mr. Bowditch Ben and Me, Mr. Revere and I Mandie series Hana’s Suitcase Summerhill Secrets series Chronicles of Narnia series Addie McCormick series Invincible Louise Anne of Green Gables Alec London series, Morgan Love series, Carmen Browne series Gentle Ben The Elijah Project series The Borrowers Island of the Blue Dolphins My Friend Flicka Where the Red Fern Grows Esperanza Rising Black Beauty Sign of the Beaver Call it Courage Abel’s Island Little House series Dear America, My America, & The Royal Diaries series Daughters of Faith, Sisters in Time, Secret Keeper Girls The Bible
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