Summer Reading Ideas
This is a list of books that have been read and loved by the students of PVMS. It is not intended to be required reading, but instead a list of tempting summer reads!
Click here for the Governor's Summer Reading Challenge Journal
Mrs. Clark’s Class’s Favorites:
Bear’s New Friend by Karma Wilson
Barney and BJ Go To The Zoo by Mark S. Bernthal
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Twinkle, Twinkle board book
Go Dog, Go by PD Eastman
Nursery Rhymes
Fairy Tales
Rhyming Books
Number Books
Alphabet Books
Come to school ready to talk about a special book you read this summer.
Andrew’s Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch
Mortimer by Robert Munsch
Don’t Be Silly, Mrs. Millie! by Judy Cox
Junie B. Jones and that Meanie Jim’s Birthday by Barbara Park
Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy by Barbara Park
Junie B., First Grader (at last!) by Barbara Park
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis
It’s Hard to Be Five by Jamie Lee Curtis
Froggy Bakes a Cake by Jonathon London
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Poor Pluto! By Third Graders of Tokay Elementary School
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Mrs. Wishy-Washy by Joy Crowley
Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward
Good Work, Ameilia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Return to school with your first grade summer reading paper completed.
Click here for the first grade summer reading paper.
Junie B. Jones series, by Barbara Park
Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka
Ricky Ricotta Series by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants Series by Dav Pilkey
Young Cam Jansen or Cam Jansen Series by David Adler
Marvin Redpost Series by Louis Sachar
Anything by Leo Lionni
Monty by James Stevenson
King Babble by Marianne Bassett and Ron Shroder
Commander Toad and the Voyage Home by Jane Yolen
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
Amazing Snakes and Dolphins by Sarah Thompson
Why do Snakes Hiss? by Joan Holub
Fake Out; Gross Out; Bug Out by Ginjer Clarke
Do Whales have Belly Buttons? by Melvin and Gilda Berger (and other question and answer books)
Amy’s Goose by Efner Tudor Holmes
Reschenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco
Jake Drake Bully Buster by Andrew Clements
The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Romeow and Drooliet by Nina Laden
Choco-Louie by Jeff Kindly
Return to school ready to complete an in-class assignment about a book that you read this summer.
Secrets of Droon series by Tony Abbott
Dragonslayers Academy series by Kate McMullan and Bill Basso
A to Z Mysteries Series by Ron Roy
Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka
Bone Graphic Novel Series by Jeff Smith
Amber Brown Series by Paula DAnziger
Anything by Roald Dahl
Anything by Beverly Cleary
Fudge books by Judy Blume
Anything by Patricia Polacco
Anything by Bill Wallace
Frindle by Andrew Clements
There’s an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
Ragweed by Avi
A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dane Bauer
Shredderman-Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen
Good Grief Third Grade by Colleen McKenna
Return to school ready to complete an in-class assignment about a book that you read this summer.
Chronicles of Narnia series by CS Lewis
Guardians of Ga’hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
Goosebumps series by RL Stine
Bone Graphic Novel series by Jeff Smith
Avalon, Web of Magic series by Rachel Roberts
Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
White Star: A Dog on the Titanic by Marty Crisp
Space Cadets - RL Stine
Diary of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
Tale of Desperaux by Kate Dicamillo
Double Fudge by Judy Blume
Witches by Roald Dahl
Jennifer Murdley’s Toad by Bruce Coville
Charlotte’s Web by EB White
Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine
Freaky Friday by Mary Rogers
Elvis Is Back and He’s In The Sixth Grade by Stephen Mooser
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Return to school ready to complete an in-class assignment about a book that you read this summer.
Guardians of Ga’Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Island series by Gordon Korman
Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
Bone Graphic Novel Series by Jeff Smith
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillo
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Report Card by Andrew Clements
A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements
Ghosts of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice
Devil’s Bridge by Cynthia DeFelice
The Time Bike by Jane Langton
The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
A Dog’s Life by Ann M. Martin
Holes by Louis Sachar
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Return to school ready to complete an in-class assignment about a book that you read this summer.