Bartle School
Summer Reading List 2014
Student’s Entering 3 rd Grade
Fiction
B ink and Gollie (series) by Kate DiCamillo and Allison McGhee
Cam Jansen (series) by David Adler
Diary of a Fly (series) by Doreen Cronin
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Hello! Hello! by Matthew Cordell
Magic Tree House (series) by Mary Pope Osborne
Mercy Watson (series) by Kate DiCamillo
Minnie and Moo (series) by Denis Cazet
My Side of the Car by Kate Feiffer
Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli
Time Warp Trio (series) by Jon Scieszka
Nonfiction
Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars by Douglas Florian
and other books by Douglas Florian
Energy Island: how one community harnessed the wind and
changed their world by Allan Drummond
Here Come the Humpbacks by April Pulley Sayre
If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty
Lemonade in Winter: a book about two kids counting money
by Emily Jenkins
Magic School Bus (series) by Joanna Cole
On a Beam of Light: a story of Albert Einstein
by Jennifer Berne
Pupniks: the story of two space dogs by Ruth Lubka
Red Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Crowley
and other books written or illustrated by Nic Bishop
Redwoods by Jason Chin
Students Entering 4 th Grade
Fiction
Bunnicula (series) by James Howe
Clementine (series) by Sara Pennypacker
Encyclopedia Brown (series) by Donald Sobol
The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
by Candace Fleming
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
and other books by Beverly Cleary
Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money (series) by Christopher Paul Curtis
Not My Dog by Colby Rodowsky
Thank You, Mr. Falkner by Patricia Polacco
and other books by Patricia Polacco
Tua and the Elephant by R. P. Harris
Tuesdays at the Castle (series) by Jessica Day George
The Word Eater by Mary Amato
Nonfiction
Always Remember Me: how one family survived World War II
by Marisabina Russo
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley
I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: history’s strangest
cures
by Carlyn Beccia
Let it Begin Here! Lexington & Concord by Dennis Brindell Fradin
The Kid’s Book of the Night Sky by Ann Love and Jane Drake
Ocean Sunlight: how tiny plants feed the seas by Molly Bang
Millions, Billions and Trillions: understanding big numbers
by David Adler
A Rock is Lively by Diana Hutts Aston
and other books by Diana Hutts Aston
Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein
and other books by Shel Silverstein
The Top of the World: climbing Mount Everest by Steve Jenkins
and other books by Steve Jenkins
Who Eats What? food chains and food webs by Patricia Lauber
Students Entering 5 th Grade
Fiction
101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher (series) by Lee Wardlaw
Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
and other books by Christopher Paul Curtis
Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse
(and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential
Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind by Tom
Angleberger
The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s first case
by Alexander McCall Smith
Holes by Louis Sachar
and other books by Louis Sachar
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
and other books by Brian Selznick
Nonfiction
A Black Hole is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Bones: skeletons and how they work by Steve Jenkins
The Boston Tea Party by Russell Freedman
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins
The Day-Glo Brothers: the true story of Bob and Joe
Switzer’s
bright ideas and brand new colors by Chris Barton
…If You Lived at the Time of (series) by Kate Moore
The Mighty Mars Rovers: the incredible adventures of Spirit
and Opportunity by Elizabeth Rusch
My Dog May Be a Genius by Jack Prelutsky
and other books by Jack Prelutsky
Olivia’s Birds: saving the gulf by Olivia Bouler
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
Timeless Thomas: how Thomas Edison changed our lives
by Gene Barretta