The summer reading list are a joint project of the Belmont Schools and the Belmont Public Library. They are designed to encourage students in Belmont to make reading a habit, raising both their interest and abilities in reading. The following is a list of suggested books.
Be sure to visit the Belmont Public Library’s children’s room and sign up for the Summer Reading Program. The theme this year is Dream Big-Read!
Read the entire list in the attached pdf file.
Some Favorite Beginning Reader Series
Adler, David—Young Cam Jansen
Arnold, Ted—Fly Guy
Brown, Marc—Arthur
Cosby, Bill—Little Bill
DiCamillo, Kate—Mercy Watson
Lobel, Arnold—Frog and Toad
Minarik, Else Homelund—Little Bear
Parish, Herman or Peggy—Amelia Bedelia
Park, Barbara—Junie B. Jones
Rylant, Cynthia—Poppleton & others
Van Leeuwen, Jean—Amanda & Oliver Pig
Willems, Mo—Elephant and Piggy
Yee, Wong Herbert—Mouse and Mole
Favorite Books Grades 2 and 3
Abbott, Tony—Secrets of Droon
Adler, David—Cam Jansen
Barrows, Annie—Ivy & Bean
Cole, Joanna—Magic School Bus
Cowell, Cressida—How to Train a Dragon
Dadey, Debbie—Adventures of the
Bailey School Kids
Danziger, Paula—Amber Brown
Gannett, Ruth Stiles—My Father’s
Dragon
Giff, Patricia Reilly—Polk Street School
Greenburg, Dan—The Zack Files
Greene, Stephanie—Owen Foote
Howe, James—Bunnicula
Kline, Suzy—Horrible Harry
Norton, Mary—The Borrowers
Osborne, Mary Pope—The Magic Tree
House
Parish, Herman or Peggy—Amelia Bedelia
Pennypacker, Sara.—Clementine
Peterson, Jon—The Littles
Roy, Ron—A to Z Mysteries & others
Scieszka, Jon—Time Warp trio
Sharmat, Marjorie—Nate the Great
Sobol, Donald—Encyclopedia Brown
Warner, Gertrude Chandler—Boxcar
Children
Wilder, Laura Ingalls—Little House on
the Prairie series
Favorite Books, Grades 4 and 5
Avi—Crispin & others
Birdsall, Jean—The Penderwicks
Birney, Betty—The World According to Humphrey
series
Buckley, Michael—Sisters Grimm series
Clements, Andrew—Frindle & others
Cooper, Susan—The Dark Is Rising series; The
Boggart
Creech, Sharon—Ruby Holler & others
Eager, Edward—Half Magic & others
Enright, Elizabeth—The Saturdays & others
Funke, Cornelia—The Thief Lord & others
Hunter, Erin—Warriors series
Ibbotson, Eva—Secret of Platform 13 and others
Jacques, Brian—Redwall series
Jones, Diana Wynne—Witch Week & others
Kinney, Jeff—Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Konigsburg, E.M.—The View from Saturday & others
Levine, Gail Carson—Ella Enchanted & others
Lewis, C.S.—The Chronicles of Narnia series
Lupica, Mike – Heat and others
Montgomery, L.M.—Anne of Green Gables series
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds—Shiloh series & Alice books
Peck, Richard—A Long Way from Chicago; A Year
Down Yonder
Pullman, Philip—His Dark Materials trilogy
Riordan, Rick — Percy Jackson & the Olympians
series
Rowling, J.K.—Harry Potter series
Sachar, Louis—Wayside School series
Stewart, Trenton Lee - The Mysterious Benedict
Society series
VanDraanen, Wendelin—Sammy Keyes series
VanDraanen, Wendelin—Shredderman series
Winthrop, Elizabeth—Castle in the Attic; Battle for
the Castle
Wrede, Patricia—Enchanted Forest Chronicles series
