JCDSRI SUMMER READING PROGRAM
GRADE 1

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Congratulations on your child's promotion to 1st Grade! We ask that three books be read over the summer. Hopefully you will read many more. Reading may be done by the child and/or by having the child listen to the story read aloud. You may want to help your child understand the vocabulary, sequence and story. One book has been selected. The other two books are to be selected from the following Booklist. The list has books at varied levels. Most of the listed books are available in public libraries. Books with a * are available on audiocassette or CD. The Book Assignment is due the first week of school.

1. Required: Little Bear. Minarik, Else Homelund. (available on audiocassette)

2. Chose two fiction books (2) from the following list and do the assignment on one (1) of these fiction books. Books not listed cannot be used.

3. Book Assignment: Make a "Book Flag." See attached directions. Due the week day of school.

Fiction

General

The Dragon’s Scales. Albee, Sarah.
Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest. (chapter book) Brown, Marc.*
Locked in the Library. (chapter book)Brown, Marc.*
Hooray for the Golly Sisters. Byars, Betsy.*
Will I Have a Friend? Cohen, Miriam.
Pretty Good Magic. Dubowski, Cathy.
Where Does the Teacher Live? Feder, Paula.*
More Spaghetti, I Say. Gelman, Rita
Arthur’s Camp-Out. Hoban, Lillian.*
The Laziest Robot in Zone One. Hoban, Lillian
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to
Read Together. Hoberman, Mary Ann.
Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur. Hoff, Syd. *
The Pizza That We Made. Hohub, Joan.
Rain. Kalan, Robert.
Fluffy’s Funny Field Trip. McMullan, Kate.
The First Grade Friends: Lunch Box Surprise. Maccarone, Grace.
Who Wants a Dragon? Mayhew. James.
Polar Bears Past Bedtime (chapter book). Osborne, Mary Pope.*
The Nose Book. Perkins, Al.
The Rainbow Fish. Pfister, Marc.*
Swim Like a Fish. Schecter, Ellen.
Do Pirates Take Baths? Tucker, Kathy.
I Went Walking. Williams, Sue.*

Caldecott Medal Winners

Time of Wonder. McCloskey, Robert. *
Officer Buckle and Gloria. Rathmann, Peggy. *
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat. Taback, Simma. (Jewish) *
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. Willems, Mo.

Folklore

The Blind Men and the Elephant. Blackstein, Karen.
Peach Boy. Hooks, William.
The Thirsty Moose. Orme, David.
The Little Red Hen. Ziefert, Harriet.

Jewish

God’s Paintbrush. Sasso, Sandy.
Noah's Ark. Hayward, Linda.
Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors. Kassirer, Sue.
David and the Giant. Little, Emily.
The Flowers of Sheba. Orgel, Doris.

Mystery

Young Cam Jansen and the Baseball Mystery. Adler, David.
Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery. Cushman, Doug.*
Franklin the Detective. Jennings, Sharon.
Nate the Great and the Monster Mess. Sharmat, Marjorie.*

Poetry/Riddles

Dino Riddles. Hall, Katy.
A Pet for Me: Poems Hopkins, Lee.

Non-Fiction

Biography

Abe Lincoln's Hat. Brenner, Martha.
Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman.
Lindbergh, Reeve.

Science/Math

The Table Where Rich People Sit. Baylor, Byrd
Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll. Branley, Franklyn.*
The Cactus Hotel. Guiberson, Brenda.
Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones. Heller, Ruth.
Sunshine Makes the Seasons. Maestro, Giulio. *
The Summer Reading Program is coordinated by Karolyn White, librarian. You can contact Mrs. White at school 751-2470, voice mail 82, or karolynwhite@hotmail.com.
 

These books are listed on the school’s web site: www.jcdsri.org (Our School-Library)

*This list has been sent to the following public libraries: Central and Rochambeau, in Providence, Barrington, Cranston, and Pawtucket, and the following bookstores: Books on the Square, College Hill, Ye Ol’ Book Shoppe, Borders in Providence and Cranston, Barnes and Noble in Warwick, and Barrington Books.

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