Reading List

Reading List for the 2009/10 school year

Read Alouds and Audiobooks (longer ones):

• Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (audiobook) 10/9
• Freddy Goes to the North Pole by Walter R. Brooks (audio) 9/3
• Selections from A Treasury of Turkish Folktales for Children retold by Barbara Walker 10/12
• Freddy and the Ignormus by Walter R. Brooks (audio) 10/23
• The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh 11/18
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (audio) 12/3
• Freddy and Mr. Camphor by Walter R. Brooks (audio) 12/19
• Seacrow  Island by Astrid Lindgren (read aloud) 12/31
• Currently: Johnny Tremain

Shorter Literature and Picture Books:

• The Two Mountains, an Aztec Legend retold by Eric A. Kimmel 8/6 SOTW 1
• The Legend of El Dorado by  Beatriz Vidal 8/6 SOTW 1
• Don Quixote and the Windmills by Eric A. Kimmel 8/6 SOTW 1
• Katje the Windmill Cat by Gretchen Woelfle 8/6 SOTW 2
• The Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Thomas Locker 8/6 SOTW 2
• The Flying Canoe retold by Roch Carrier 9/4 SOTW 3
• The Village That Vanished by Ann Grifalconi 10/8
• In The Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson 10/8
• One Riddle, One Answer by Lauren Thompson 10/12
• On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed Into Town by Arnold Lobel 10/15
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning 10/15
• The Glass Mountain retold by Diane Wolkstein 10/15 SOTW 7
• Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi 10/28 SOTW 10
• The Samurai’s Daughter by Robert D. San Souci 10/29 SOTW 10
• Rama and Sita Retold by David Weitzmann 10/27 SOTW 11
• Ten Suns, A Chinese Legend retold by Eric Kimmel 10/29 SOTW 10
• William’s House by Ginger Howard 11/5 SOTW 12
• The Inside-Outside Book of London by Roxie Munro 11/5
• The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks 11/9 SOTW 13
• Crepes by Suzette by Monica Wellington 11/9 SOTW 13
• The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm 11/11 SOTW 14
• Little Red Cap by the Brothers Grimm 11/11 SOTW 14
• Maiden of the Mist, a Legend of Niagara Falls 11/17 SOTW 15
• Baba Yaga, a Russian Folktale retold by Eric A. Kimmel 12/8 SOTW 17
• Selections from Russian Folk Tales retold by James Riordan 12/8 SOTW 17
• The Language of Birds by Rafe Martin 12/11 SOTW 17
• The Sea King’s Daughter, a Russian Legend retold by Aaron Shepard 12/11 SOTW 17
• The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander Pushkin 12/11 SOTW 17

Nonfiction History and Geography:

• The Netherlands : A True Book by Ann Heinrichs
• James Towne by Marcia Sewall 9/1
• Count Your Way Through Iran by Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson 10/12
• Dropping In on Iran 10/12
• India in Colors by Nathan Olson 10/27
• India by Sunita Apte 10/27
• Samurai by Caroline Leavitt 10/28
• Count Your Way Through Japan by Jim Haskins 10/28
• Look What Came From Japan by Miles Harvey 10/28
• Selections from Daily Life in Ancient and Modern London by Betony Toht and David Toht 11/5
• Kids in Colonial Times by Lisa A. Wroble 11/16
• Colonial Times from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman 11/16
• A Day in the Life of a Colonial Doctor by Laurie Krebs 11/17
• A Day in the Life of a Colonial Innkeeper by Kathie Wilmore 11/17
• A Day in the Life of a Colonial Schoolteacher by Kathie Wilmore 11/18
• A Day in the Life of a Colonial Silversmith by Kathy Wilmore 11/18
• A Day in the Life of a Colonial Blacksmith by Kathy Wilmore 11/18
• Growing Seasons by Elsie Lee Splear 12/4 SOTW 16
• Russia in Colors by Catherine Ipcizade 12/7
• Russia, A True Book by Martin Hintz 12/7

 Biographies:

• Pocahontas by Laurence Santrey 8/21
• The True Story of Pocahontas by Colleen Adams 9/1
• Samuel de Champlain by Claude Hurwicz 9/4
• Henry Hudson by Claude Hurwicz 9/4
• Getting to Know the World’s Great Artists: Da Vinci by Mike Venezia 10/14
• Selections from Don’t Know Much About the Kings and Queens of England by Kenneth C. Davis
• The King’s Day, Louis XIV of France by Aliki 11/9
• Peter the Great by Diane Stanley 12/11 SOTW 17
• The Dalai Lama by Demi 12/18 SOTW 20
• Far Beyond the Garden Gate, Alexandra David-Neel’s Journey to Lhasa by Don Brown 12/18 SOTW 20

Science Nonfiction:

• The Sky is Full of Stars by Franklyn M. Branley 8/7
• Calcium by Salvatore Tocci 10/27
• Lead by Salvatore Tocci 11/5
• Silicon by Salvatore Tocci 11/20

A’s Personal Reading (3rd grade):

• Harry Potter and the Sorcer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling 8/6
• The Happy Hollisters and the Castle Rock Mystery by Jerry West 8/19
• The Happy Hollisters and the Secret of the Lucky Coins by Jerry West 8/31
• The Great Redwall Feast by Brian Jacques 9/1
• Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth’s Jamestown Colony Diary by Patricia Hermes 9/24
• Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla 10/5
• From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg 11/10
• The Matchlock Gun 11/18
• Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe 11/24
• The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, a Pilgrim Boy by Ann Rinaldi 12/5
• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare 12/26

C’s Personal Reading (1st grade):

• The Lighthouse Family: The Storm by Cynthia Rylant 8/5
• The Lighthouse Family: The Whale by Cynthia Rylant 8/8
• The Lighthouse Family: The Octopus by Cynthia Rylant 8/12
• The Lighthouse Family: The Eagle by Cynthia Rylant 8/15
• The Lighthouse Family: The Turtle by Cynthia Rylant 8/18
• Pocahontas by Laurence Santrey 8/21
• Jenius, the Amazing Guinea Pig by Dick King-Smith 9/28
• Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connie Roop 10/5
• Titus Rules by Dick King-Smith 10/8
• Little Horse by Betsy Byars 10/10
• Little Horse on His Own by Betsy Byars 10/12
• Charlie Muffin’s Miracle Mouse by Dick King-Smith 10/13
• Rats on the Roof and Other Stories by James Marshall 10/15
• A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith 10/15
• The Golden Goose by Dick King-Smith 10/17
• The Littles by John Peterson 10/25
• The Littles Take a Trip by John Peterson 10/27
• Funny Frank by Dick King-Smith 10/23
• The Littles to the Rescue by John Peterson 10/28
• George Speaks by Dick King-Smith 10/29
• Tornado by Betsy Byars 11/5
• The Invisible Dog by Dick King-Smith 11/9
• The Roundhill by Dick King-Smith 11/11
• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren 11/21
• Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren 11/25
• Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe 11/25
• Animal Stories by Dick King-Smith 11/25
• 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaola 11/26
• Animal Tales by Thornton Burgess 11/27
• The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith 11/28
• The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren 11/29
• Pippi Goes on Board by Astrid Lindgren 11/30
• Happy Times in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren 12/2
• Lotta on Troublemaker Street by Astrid Lindgren 12/5
• The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault 12/5
• The Children on Troublemaker Street by Astrid Lindgren 12/6
• The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright 12/15
• Mr. Ape by Dick King-Smith 12/23

FIAR Books and go-alongs: (* denotes our favorites)

• Truman’s Aunt Farm 8/10-8/21
• Little Nino’s Pizzeria 8/30-9/11
• *Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car by John Burningham 9/14-9/25
  • Clouds
    This is the Rain
    The Magic Schoolbus at the Waterworks
    *Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
    How Do You Count a Dozen Ducklings?
    *A Dozen Ducklings Lost and Found
    The Baker’s  Dozen
    What’s a Pair, What’s a Dozen?
• *The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Swift 9/28-10/10
  • My Very Own Lighthouse by Francisco Cunha
    Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman
    One Lighthouse, One Moon by Anita Lobel
    The Lighthouse Cat by Sue Stainton
    *Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connie Roop
    *Bridges Go From Here to There by Forrest Wilson
    *Bridges Are to Cross by Philemon Sturges
    Tugboats by Robert Maass
    Boats by Ken Robbins
    *Beacons of Light, Lighthouses by Gail Gibbons
    *Fireboat by Maira Kalman
• *How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman 10/12-10/23
  • *How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro
    Apple Cider Making Days by Ann Purmell
    Golden Delicious, A Cinderella Apple Story by Anna Egan Smucker
    One Little, Two Little, Three Little Apples by Matt Ringler
    Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss
    *Johnny Appleseed A poem by Reeve Lindbergh
    *The True Tale of Johnny Appleseed by Margaret Hodges
• *Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan 10/26-11/06
  • *Tornadoes by Gail Gibbons
    Wild Weather: Tornadoes by Lorraine Jean Hopping
    A Home on the Prairie by David C. Lion
    *Prairies by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
    *Prairie Primer by Caroline Stutson
    Marbles by Elizabeth Dana Jaffe
• Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin
  • N. C. Wyeth’s Pilgrims by Robert San Souci
• Clown of God by Tomie de Paola 12/1-12/18
  • *The Little Juggler adapted from an old French legend and illustrated by Barbara Cooney 12/18