Summer Reading Ideas

Boxford Libraries Card Catalog

Easy Readers for Grades 1 - 3

• Goodwin, Laura - "Forest"
• Hooks, William H. - "Mr. Baseball"
• Hoos, William H. - "The Mystery of the Missing Tooth"
• Krensky, Stephen - "Lionel in the Summer"
• Rylant, Cynthia - "Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers"
• Skofield, James - "Detective Dinosaur, Lost and Found"
• Smith, Janice - "Wizard and Wart in Trouble"
• Van Leeuwen, Jean - "Amanda Pig and Her Best Friend, Lollipop"
• Walker, Sally - "The 18 Penny Goose"

Young Fiction - Grades 1 - 3

• Bunting, Eve - "So Far From the Sea"
• Flemming, Candace - "The Hatmaker's Sign: A Story by Benjamin Franklin"
• Giff, Patricia Riley - "Rosie's Big City Ballet"
• Graeber, Charlotte - "Nobody's Dog"
• Greene, Stephanie - "Owen Foote, Soccer Star"
• Greenfield, Eloise - "Easter Parade"
• Joose, Barbara - "Ghost Trap: A Wild Willie Mystery"
• Kvasnosky, Laura McGee - "Zelda and Ivy"
• Levitin, Sonia - "Boom Town"
• Stevenson, James - "Mud Flat April Fool"

Books for Students Entering Second Grade - Old Favorites

• Allard, Henry - "Miss Nelson is Missing"
• Burton, Virginia Lee - "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel"
• Conrad, Pam - "The Tub People"
• Dorros, Arthur - "Abuela"
• Freeman, Don - "Corduroy"
• Gag, Wanda - "Millions of Cats"
• Galdone, Paul - "The Three Little Pigs"
• Goble, Paul - "The Iktomi Stories"
• Hayes, Sarah - "This is the Bear"
• Hutchins, Pat - "Don't Forget the Bacon"
• Kellogg, Steven - "The Mysterious Tadpole"
• Krauss, Ruth - "The Carrot Seed"
• Lioni, Leo - "Frederic"
• Lobel, Arnold - "Fables"
• Lowrey, Janette S. - "The Pokey Little Puppy"
• McCloskey, Robert - "Make Way for Ducklings"
• Meddaugh, Susan - "Martha Speaks"
• Po Po, Lon - "A Red Riding Hood Story from China" translated by Ed Young
• Rathman, Peggy - "Officer Buckle and Gloria"
• Sendak, Maurice - "Where the Wild Things Are"
• Steig, William - "Amos and Boris"
• Steptoe, John - "Stevie"
• Wise Brown, Margaret - "The Sailor Dog"
• Wood, Audrey - "The Napping House"
• Yashima, Taro - "Crow Boy"

Books for Students Entering Second Grade - Series

• Allard, Harry - The Stupid Books
• Bemelmans, Ludwig - Madeline Books
• Brown, Marc - Arthur Books
• Byers, Betsy - The Golly Sisters
• Hoban, Russell - Francis Books
• Howe, James - Pinky and Rex Books
• Lobel, Arnold - Frog and Toad Books
• Marshall, Edward - The Fox Series
• Marshall, James - The Cut-Ups
• Minarek, Else Holmelund - Little Bear Books
• Parish, Peggy - Amelia Bedelia Books
• Rey, H.A. - Curious George Books
• Rylant, Cynthia - Henry and Mudge Books
• Yolen, Jane - Commander Toad Books
• Step into Reading Books, Levels 1 and 2

Books for Students Entering Third Grade

• Anderson, C.W. - "Blaze Finds a Trail"
• Atwater, Richard - "Mr. Poppins Penguins"
• Brill, Marlene - "Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad"
• Bunting, Eve - "The Big Red Barn"
• Carrick, Carol - "What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs"
• Christopher, Matt - "Centerfield Ballhawk"
• Christopher, Matt - "The Spy on First Base"
• Cohn, Amy - "From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folksongs"
• Conford, Ellen - "A Case for Jebby Archer"
• Conover, Chris - "The Adventures of Simple Simon"
• Cooney, Barbara - "Miss Rumphius"
• Corbett, Scott - "The Lemonade Trick"
• Dahl, Roald - "The BFG"
• Dahl, Roald - "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
• Dahl, Roald, - "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
• Dahl, Roald - "George's Marvelous Medicine"
• Dahl, Roald - "The Twits"
• Estes, Eleanor - "The Hundred Dresses"
• Faulkner, Matt - "The Amazing Voyage of Jackie Grace"
• Galdone, Paul - "Anatole and the Robot" (and other titles)
• Gannett, Ruth - "My Father's Dragon"
• Gardiner, John Reynolds - "Stone Fox"
• Grifelconi, Anne - "The Village of Round and Square Houses"
• Haley, Gail - "A Story, A Story"
• Hamilton, Virginia - "The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales"
• Harvey, Diane - " Melody's Mystery"
• Hest, Amy - "Love You Soldier"
• Isaacs, Anne - "Swamp Angel"
• Jukes, Mavis - "Blackberries in the Dark"
• Kellogg, Steven - "Paul Bunyon"
• Kellogg, Steven - "Pecos Bill"
• King-Smith, Dick - "Babe, the Gallant Pig"
• Leaf, Munroe - "The Story of Ferdinand"
• Lear, Edward - "The Book of Nonsense"
• Lindgren, Astrid - "Pippi Longstocking"
• Lobel, Arnold - "A Tree Full of Pigs"
• McCloskey, Robert - "Blueberries for Sal"
• McCloskey, Robert - "A Time of Wonder"
• McKissack, Patricia - "Mirandy and Brother Wind"
• McLerran, Alice - "Roxaboxer"
• McMahon, Patricia - "Chi-Hoon: A Korean Girl"
• Mosel, Arlene - "Funny Little Woman"
• Namioka, Lensey - "Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear"
• Politi, Leo - "Song of the Swallows"
• Say, Allen - "Bicycle Man"
• Scieszka, Jon - "The Stinkey Cheese Man"
• Snyder, Diane - "The Boy of the Three Year Nap"
• Steig, William - "Brave Irene"
• Steig, William - "Doctor DeSoto"
• Stepstone, John - "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters"
• Van Allsburg, Chris - "Jumanji"
• Viorst, Judith - "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"
• Waber, Bernard - "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile"
• White, E.B. - "Charlotte's Web"
• Wilder, L.I. - "By the Shores of Silver Lake"
• Williams, Vera - "A Chair for My Mother"
• Williams, Vera - "Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe"
• Yolen, Jane - "The Giants Go Camping"

Books for Students Entering Third Grade - Series

• Adler, Susan - American Girl Series
• Cameron, Ann - Stories Julian Tells
• Chandler Warner, Gertrude - The Boxcar Children Series
• Cleary, Beverly - Ralph S. Mouse Series
• Cleary, Beverly - Ramona Books
• Delton, Judy - The Pee Wee Scouts Series
• Dodey, Debbie, and Jones, M.T. - The Bailey School Series
• Fritz, Jean - Biographies
• Levy, Elizabeth - Something Queer at the _____ Series
• Park, Barbara - Junie B. Jones Series
• Peterson, John - The Littles Series
• Pope Osborne, Mary - The Magic Tree House Series
• Reilly Giff, Patricia - The Kids of Polk Street School Series
• Sobel, Donald - Encyclopedia Brown Series