WILD about
Reading Chadwick Families, This year’s summer reading theme is “Wild About Reading!” As we ready ourselves for the break, my hope is that every child continues to read books that he or she goes wild for this summer. The enclosed reading lists feature books across age-appropriate reading levels and genres, as well as a list of my “Top Ten Picks” for each grade level. You may notice some “wild” titles in this packet—books about animals, jungles, safaris, and other adventures. These selections highlight some of the award-winning books from the past year, classic favorites, and titles chosen specifically with each class in mind. I encourage everyone to read freely this summer—these lists are suggestions, not requirements! I do recommend that every reader keep a reading log (I’ve attached one in this packet). The logs help all of us to remember the books we have enjoyed, and they help each student to see how much he or she has accomplished over the summer. When the new school year begins in September, please remind your child to bring his or her reading log into the library. We will collect reading logs, and each child that has read during the summer will be recognized during library time. Enjoy the summer break, and remember to read wildly! All my best, Ms. Herring
Ms. Herring’s top ten picks
The Golden Compass By Phillip Pullman
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
By: Robert C. O’Brien
Turtle in Paradise By: Jennifer Holm
Black Beauty By: Anna Sewell
Rain Reign By: Ann M. Martin
Project Mulberry By: Linda Sue Park
Eleven By: Patricia R. Giff
Wild Born By: Brandon Mull
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library By: Chris Grabenstein
The Bad Beginning By Lemony Snicket
2015
Biographies and Poetry
Author T i t le
Babbit Jack Plank Tells Tales
Barry Peter and the Starcatchers (series)
Birney Princess and the Peabodies
Buckley Sisters Grimm (series)
Colfer Land of Stories (series)
DiCamillo Flora and Ulysses
Drake Dragonsdale
Funke Inkheart (series)
Gaiman Coraline
George Tuesdays at the Castle (series)
Gutman The Genius Files (series)
Hennesy Pandora (series)
Holm The Fourteenth Goldfish
Law Savvy
Mass Twice Upon a Time (series)
McMann The Unwanteds (series)
Paterson Bridge to Terabithia
Paulsen Hatchet
Pullman The Golden Compass
Riordan The Kane Chronicles (series)
Author T i t le Dahl Boy Fleming Amelia Lost Kamkwamba The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers' Edition Macy Basketball Belles McCallum Eat Your Science Homework: Recipes for Inquiring Minds Powell Josephine Prelutsky I've Lost My Hippopotamus Silverstein Everything On It
Summer Reading List Fifth Grade
Adventure, Sci Fi, and Fantasy
Realistic Fiction
2015
Author T i t le Bell El Deafo Cohen Zoe Lama (series) Creech Bloomability Davies The Lemonade War (series) Draper Out of My Mind Hannigan Ida B. Hannigan True…Sort Of Koningsburg The View from Saturday Lord Rules Mass A Mango-Shaped Space Polaccio Wonder Ryan Esperanza Rising Sloan Counting By 7's Urban A Crooked Kind of Perfect Urban The Center of Everything
Author T i t le
Buckley NERDS (series)
Castle Popular Clone (series)
Gantos Joey Pigza (series)
Gibbs Space Case
Gibbs Belly Up (series)
Pastis Timmy Failure (series)
Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)
Tolan Surviving the Applewhites
Wiles Love, Ruby Lavender
Author T i t le Barber Go Long Gutman The Million Dollar… (series) Lupica Hot Hand Lupica The Underdogs Morgan The Kicks (series)
Humorous Fiction
Summer Reading List Fifth Grade
Sports Fiction
Summer Reading List 2015
Animal Fiction
Author T i t le Clements Room One: A Mystery or Two Dowd The London Eye Mystery Grabenstein Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Korman Swindle (series) Mass The Candymakers Snicket All the Wrong Questions (series) Turnage Three Times Lucky (series)
Author T i t le Broach Masterpiece DiCamillo The Magicians Elephant Hiassen Chomp Hiassen Flush Hiassen Hoot Hiassen Scat Lean A Dog Called Homeless Lewis Wild Wings O'Brien Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Straight Friskative Dog
Author T i t le Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Curtis Bud, Not Buddy Cushman The Midwife's Apprentice Erdrich Birtchbark House Hesse Out of the Dust Hoberman Strawberry Girl Holm Turtle in Paradise Kelly The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Peck A Long Way from Chicao Peck A Year Down Yonder Selznick Wonderstruck
Mysteries
Historical Fiction
Fifth Grade
Summer Reading List 2015
Classics
Author T i t le Grahame The Wind in the Willows Kipling The Jungle Book London The Call of the Wild Sewell Black Beauty Travers Marry Poppins White The Sword and the Stone
Fifth Grade
Author Title Rating*
Star Rating (color them in or circle them): 4 stars = LOVED IT! 1 star = Not my favorite
Summer Reading Log
Name:
Author Title Rating*
Star Rating (color them in or circle them): 4 stars = LOVED IT! 1 star = Not my favorite
Summer Reading Log
Name: