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Providence Public Schools Summer Reading List
Recommended titles compiled by Providence Community Library Staff | 2015
K—1st GRADE
Milo’s Hat Trick / Jon Agee
e ree Bears / Byron Barton
Journey / Aaron Becker
Treasure / Suzanne Bloom
Meeow and the Little Chairs / S. Braun
Any titles by Eric Carle
Any titles by Doreen Cronin
e Cow at Laid an Egg / Andy Cutbill
Any titles by Anna Dewdney
Are You My Mother? / P.D. Eastman
Locomotive / Brian Floca
Koala Lou / Mem Fox
Corduroy / Don Freeman
Any titles by Paul Galdone
Dinosaur Train / John Steven Gurney
e Princess in Black / Shannon Hale
Any titles by Juanita Havill
Any titles by Kevin Henkes
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You /
Mary Ann Hoberman
Flora and the Flamingo / Molly Idle
Harold and the Purple Crayon / C.Johnson
Any titles by Ezra Jack Keats
I Want My Hat Back / Jon Klassen
Leo the Late Bloomer / Robert Kraus
e Story of Ferdinand / Munro Leaf
Any titles by Leo Lionni
Froggy Rides a Bike or any titles by
Jonathan London
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom /
Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault
e Rainbow Tulip / Pat Mora
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie or any
titles by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Cat & Mouse: A Delicious Tale / J. Oh
e Hero in You / Ellis Paul
e Little Engine that Could / W. Piper
Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in
the Sky / Faith Ringgold
Tiny Little Fly / Michael Rosen
TruckTown (series) / Jon Scieszka
Caps for Sale / Esphyr Slobodkina
Grandpa Green / Lane Smith
Little Owl’s Night / Divya Srinivasan
A Sick Day for Amos McGee / P. C. Stead
Any titles by Martin Waddell
Any titles by Rosemary Wells
Mr. Wuffles / David Wiesner
Any titles by Mo Willems
Any titles by Karma Wilson
Harry the Dirty Dog / Gene Zion
K—1st GRADE
Spanish/Bilingual
A Party for Papá Luis = Fiesta para Papa
Luis / Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Mariquita Malhumorada / Eric Carle
Any titles by Ivar Da Coll
¡Perros! ¡Perros! = Dogs! Dogs! / G. F. Guy
Any titles by Mariana Jantti
¡Salta, Ranita, Salta! / Robert Kalan
El perro que quiso ser lobo / Keiko Kasza
Sapo y Sepo son amigos / Arnold Lobel
Rooster = Gallo / Jorge Lujan
Any titles by Rocio Martinez
Any titles by Yuyi Morales
El mejor abrazo del mundo / Sarah Nash
Si le haces una fiesta a una cerdita or
Si le das una galletita a un ratón /
Laura Numeroff
Donde viven los monstruos / M. Sendak
Se venden gorras / Esphyr Slobodkina
¡Ahí viene el malvado topo! / M. Waddell
Ana cultiva manzanas = Apple Farmer
Annie / Monica Wellington
El Conejito Knuffle / Mo Willems
2nd—3rd GRADE
Cam Jansen (series) / David Adler
Anna Hibiscus / Atinuke
Living Sunlight / Molly Bang
World According to Humphrey (series)
Betty Birney
e Great Egyptian Grave Robbery
or any Flat Stanley titles by Jeff Brown
Gaby, Lost and Found / Angela Cervantes
Jake Drake, Know-It-All or any Jake
Drake titles by Andrew Clements
How to Train Your Dragon/Cressida Cowell
George’s Marvelous Medicine or any
titles by Roald Dahl
Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown or any
Amber Brown titles by Paula Danzinger
*Mr. Ferris and His Wheel / K.G. Davis
Mercy Watson (series) / Kate DiCamillo
Moonshot: the Flight of Apollo 11 / B.Floca
Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and
Paintings or any titles by D. Florian
e Wolves in the Walls / Neil Gaiman
Caves and Caverns / Gail Gibbons
e Homework Machine / Dan Gutman
Baby Mouse (series) / Jennifer L. Holm
Never Smile at a Monkey or any titles
by Steve Jenkins
Zapato Power (series)/ Jacqueline Jules
e Boy Who Harnessed the Wind /
W. Kamkwamba and B. Mealer
Babe the Gallant Pig / Dick King-Smith
Wilma Unlimited / Kathleen Krull
All theWaterin theWorld / George E. Lyon
e Incredible Life of Balto / M. McCarthy
Judy Moody Saves the World! or any
titles by Megan McDonald
e Gumazing Gum Girl!: Chews Your
Destiny / Rhode Montijo
Dinosaurs Before Dark or any Magic Tree
House titles by Mary Pope Osborne
Amelia Bedelia Rocket Scientist? or
any titles by Herman Parish
e Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth /
Jean L.S. Patrick
Big Nate (series) / Lincoln Peirce
e Talented Clementine or any titles
by Sara Pennypacker
*Neighborhood Sharks / Katherine Roy
Henry and Mudge series or any titles
by Cynthia Rylant
Sideway Stories from Wayside School
series / Louis Sachar
Summer Reading is Killing Me! or any
Time Warp Trio titles by John Scieszka
ScienceVerse / John Scieszka and LaneSmith
*Winter Bees / Joyce Sidman
*Star Stuff / Stephanie Sisson
PanchoRabbitand the Coyote/D. Tonatiuh
*Joltin’ Joe Dimaggio / Jonah Winter
*R.I. Children’s Book Award Nominee
Be sure to check out the new superhero books to enjoy this summer. Ask your librarian!
is list is provided by Providence Community Library (PCL) and
Providence Public Library (PPL). All books are available at PCL and PPL.
Providence Public Schools Summer Reading List
Recommended titles compiled by Providence Community Library Staff | 2015
2nd—3rd GRADE
Spanish/Bilingual
All titles by Alma Flor Ada
Poems to Dream Together=Poemas para
soñar juntos / Francisco Alarcon
Sopade Piedras = Stone Soup /
Marcia Brown
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match =
Marisol McDonald no combina /
Monica Brown
La Senorita Runfio / Barbara Cooney
Tito Puente:MamboKing /Monica Brown
La leyenda del pincel indio / T. dePaola
In My Family=En Mi Familia /
Carmen Lomas Garza
Zulema and the Witch Owl = Zulema
y La Bruja Lechuza / Xavier Garza
René Has Two Last Names = René tiene
dos apellidos / Rene Colato Lainez
Diego y Mami al rescate /
Alexis R. Dorros
e ree Little Pigs = Los tres cerditos /
Sue Lisansky
Abran paso a los patitos / R. McCloskey
Winnie de Puh / A.A. Milne
All titles by Robert Munsch
Alex Quiere Un Dinosaurio/
Hiawyn Oram
Gracias, Señor Falker / Patricia Polacco
Paco and the Giant Chile Plant =
Paco y La Planta de Chile Gigante /
Keith Polette
Napí / Antonio Ramirez
Any titles by William B. Rice
Abraham Lincoln:Una vida de respecto /
Sheila Rivera
Carlos and the Cornfield = Carlos y la
Milpa de Maiz / Jan Robero Stevens
Any titles by Leyla Torres
Any titles by C. Van Allsburg
Alexander y el Dia Terrible, Horrible,
Espantoso, Horroroso or any titles
by Judith Viorst
La telarana de Carlota / E.B. White
4th—5th GRADE
e Strange Case of Origami Yoda
or any titles by Tom Angleberger
*e Night Gardener / Jonathan Auxier
Mr. Popper's Penguins/Richard Atwater
Tuck Everlasting / Natalie Babbitt
*El Deafo / Cece Bell
Serafina’sPromise:ANovel inVerse/A.Burg
Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa / V. Chambers
*e Map Trap / Andrew Clements
Artemis Fowl (both series and graphic
novel) / Eoin Colfer
e Mighty Miss Malone / C.P. Curtis
Matilda Bone / Karen Cushman
e BFG or any titles by Roald Dahl
e Lemonade War/ Jacqueline Davies
Flora and Ulysses: e Illuminated
Adventures / Kate DiCamillo
City of Ember (both series and graphic
novel) / Jeanne DuPrau
*e Vanishing Coin / Kate Egan
*Death by Toilet Paper / Donna
Gephardt
*Absolutely Almost / Lisa Graff
*Life of Zarf: e Trouble with Weasels/
Rob Harrell
Out of the Dust / Karen Hesse
Flush or any titles by Carl Hiaasen
Amulet or any titles by Kazu Kibuishi
Regarding the Bathrooms: A Privy to the
Past or any titles by Kate Klise
*Rain Reign / Ann Martin
*Kate Walden Directs the Night of the
Zombie Chickens / Julie Mata
Judy Moody Saves the World! or any
titles by Megan McDonald
e Hero and the Crown /
Robin McKinley
Boys of Steel: e Creators of Superman/
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Wonder / R.J. Palacio
e True Meaning of Smekday /A. Rex
The Lightning ief or any titles by
Rick Riordan
Riding Freedom / Pam Muñoz Ryan
Holes / Louis Sachar
Sidekicks / Dan Santat
Wonderstruck or any titles by
Brian Selznick
*Little Green Men at the Mercury Inn /
Greg Leitich Smith
*Another Day as Emily / Eileen Spinelli
My Life as a Stuntboy / Janet Tashjian
Sisters / Raina Telgemeier
Stuart Little / E.B. White
Dealing with Dragons / Patricia C. Wrede
4th—5th GRADE
Spanish
Sadako y las mil grullas de papel /
E.Coerr
Gracias a Winn-dixie/Kate DiCamillo
and Alberto Jimenez Rioja
Diario de Greg: un Renacuajo / Jeff
Kinney
Judy Moody Salva el Planeta (series)/
Megan McDonald
La Lección de August (e-book)/
R.J. Palacio
La Peinata Colorada / e Red Comb /
Fernando Pico
Aire y Vuelo/Jon Richards
El Ladrón del Rayo / Rick Riordan
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (series)/
J.K. Rowling and Alicia Dellepiene
*R.I. Children’s Book Award Nominee
Be sure to check out the new superhero books to enjoy this summer. Ask your librarian!
is list is provided by Providence Community Library (PCL) and
Providence Public Library (PPL). All books are available at PCL and PPL.