St. Rose of Lima

Summer Reading List 2009

We ask that each student reads at least one book from the following list of “Good Sportsmanship Books” that we  recommend:

Kathryn Cristaldi - Baseball Ballerina (grades K- 1)
Leonard Kessler- Here Comes the Strikeout (grades K- 1)
Jonathan London - (Froggy Plays T-Ball) (grades K- 1)
Stan & Jan Berenstain - (Play A Good Game) (grades K- 2)
Syd Hoff  - (The Littlest Leaguer) (grades K- 2)
Rachel Isadora - Nick Plays Baseball (grades K-2)
Marc Brown -Arthur Makes the Team (grades1- 3)
Judy Finchler - You ‘re A Good Sport, Miss Malarkey (grades 1- 3)
Frank Murphy- Babe Ruth Saves Baseball! (grades 1- 3)
Matt Christopher - The Lucky Baseball Bat (grades 2- 4)
Fred Bowen - Winners Take All (grades 2-4)
Laurence Yep- Bravo, Mia (grades 2-4)
Matt Christopher- any sport book (grades 2-4)
Don Hilestad Butler- Sliding Into Home (grades 3-4)
Rich Wallace - Technical Foul (grades 3-4)

 Kindergarten is asked to read 5 books, (including one sportsmanship book), fill in “Be A Good Sport, Read”! and return it to library class in September.

Kindergarten into Grade 1:
Alyssa Capucilli — Biscuit collection
Syd Hoff collection
Cynthia Rylant - Henry and Mudge collection
Dr. Seuss collection

 Grades 1-4 are asked to read 3 books, (including one sportsmanship book), fill in “Be A Good Sport, Read”! and return it to library class in  September.      

"Be a Good Sport, Read"  Activity page 1         

"Be a Good Sport, Read"  Activity Page 2         

"Be a Good Sport, Read"   Activity page 3

Grade 1 into 2:
Arnold Lobel — Frog and Toad collection
Else Minarik - Little Bear collection
Peggy Parish — Amelia Bedelia collection
Mary Pope Osborne - Magic Tree House series

Grade 2 into 3
Alice Dalgliesh -The Bears on Hemlock Mountain 
                            The Courage of Sarah Noble
Margaret Peterson Haddix - The Girl With 500 Middle Names 
Louis Sachar - Marvin Redpost collection

 Grade 3 into 4:

Betty G. Birney -  Friendship According to Humphrey

Sid Fleischman - The Whipping Boy

John Reynolds Gardiner - Stone Fox

Kirkpatrick Hill - The Year of Miss Agnes

David Lubar- Dog Days

Patricia MacLachlan- Sarah, Plain and Tall

Grade 4 into 5:
Eve Bunting- The Summer of Riley

Andrew Clements- Frindle and/or A Week in the Woods

Cynthia DeFelice- Devil’s Bridge

Dan Gutman -any Baseball Card Adventure book

Jan Siebold- Doing Time Online

Grades 5 through 7 are asked to purchase & read two books. (Information about the report/project will be discussed by your language arts teacher in September)

Grade 5 into 6:

Bloomability - (Sharon Creech)

Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. (Bette Greene)

Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)

The Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O’Dell)

Grade 6 into 7:

Eager (Helen Fox)

Johnny Tremain  (Esther Forbes)

Lyddie (Katherine Paterson)

Twenty-One Balloons  (William Pene Du Bois)

Grade 7 into 8: 

(The incoming eighth grade class will be required to purchase and read two books from the following list for summer reading.  Information concerning reports will be discussed before the end of the year)

The Child of the Owl (Yep)

The Outsiders (Hinton)

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

The Call of the Wild  (London)