Burlington Elementary School Ideas for
Summer ReadingThe following book list is just a sampling of the wonderful books on the library shelves. Look for other titles by the authors represented on the list.
Picture Books Beginning Fiction Fiction Beginning Readers Non-Fiction Home Page Marshall Simonds Middle School Reading List
Picture books are for everyone. They are located in the E section of the public library.
Bang-Campbell Little Rat Sets Sail
Brett Honey…Honey…Lion!
Bridges Ruby’s Wish
Bryan Beautiful Blackbird
Chen Guji Guji
Cole On the Way to the Beach
Cole When the Tide is Low
Compestine The Story of Chopsticks
Cronin Diary of a Worm
DePaola Stagestruck
Edwards Dear Tooth Fairy
Ehlert Pie in the Sky
Gerstein The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Grey Traction man is here!
Henkes Kitten’s First Full Moon
Ho Hush! A Thai Lullaby
Hobbie Charming Opal
Johnson Henry Works
Juster The Hello, Goodbye Window
Khan Ruler of the Courtyard
Lakin Beach Day
LaMarche The Raft
Lester Sam and the Tigers
Livingston Finklehopper Frog cheers
London Froggy Plays Soccer
Look Henry’s First-Moon Birthday
Mannis One Leaf Rides the Wind
McCloskey Blueberries for Sal
McDonald Baya, Baya, Lulla-by-a
McMullan I Stink
Muth Zen Shorts
Pallotta Dory Story
Poole The Pea Blossom
Recorvits My Name is Yoon
Red Sox Wives Fenway Park from A to Z
Sciezka Math Curse
Smith Lily’s Garden of India
So Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop
Steig Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Stoeke A Hat for Minerva Louise
Viorst Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No
Good, Very Bad Day
Waddell Tiny’s Big Adventure
Wells McDuff’s Wild Romp
Wellington Zinnia’s Flower Garden
Willems The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog
Willems Knuffle Bunny
For the BEGINNING READER look for the following titles or any titles by these authors. They are located in the ER section of the public library.
Byars Hooray For The Golly Sisters
Capucilli Biscuit’s New Trick
Cazet Minnie and Moo – The Night of the Living Bed
Cushman Inspector Hopper
Dicamillo Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Gantos Rotten Ralph Helps Out
Johnston Alien & Possum
Lobel Frog and Toad Are Friends
Marshall Fox in Love
Minarik A Kiss for Little Bear
Rylant Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
Rylant Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog
Sharmat Nate the Great and Stolen Base
Van Leeuwen Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver
Yolen Commander Toad and the Space Pirates
Beginning FICTION books are for the young, independent reader. Look for a RED DOT on books in the fiction section and the paperback section.
Adler Cam Jansen and the Catnapping Mystery
Byars Little Horse
Clements Jake Drake Bully Buster
Cooper The Magician’s Boy
Cutler Common Sense and Fowls
Duffey A Boy in the Doghouse
Friedman Mallory vs. Max
Giff In the Dinosaur’s Paw
Gutman Mrs. Roopy is Loopy
Jennings The Weeping Willow: An Ike and Mem Story
Kerrin Martin Bridge – Ready for Takeoff!
King-Smith Jenius: The Amazing Guinea Pig
Kline Horrible Harry and the Green Slime
Labatt Strange Neighbors
Landon Meg MacIntosh and the Mystery at the Medieval Castle
LeGuin Catwings
Sachs JoJo & Winnie Again
Sachar Marvin Redpost: A Magic Crystal
Spark your imagination by reading some of the FICTION books listed below. They are located in the fiction and paperback sections of the library.
Avi Secret School
Banks Dillon, Dillon
Bellairs The Mansion in the Mist
Byars Wanted…Mud Blossom
Cleary Ramona’s World
Clements A Week in the Woods
Creech Ruby Holler
Dadey Genies Don’t Ride Bicycles (Bailey School Kids)
Dahl The Witches
DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux
Fleischman Bandits’s Moon
Gannett My Father’s Dragon
Giff Pictures of Hollis Woods
Greene Owen Foote, Mighty Scientist
Gutman Mickey and Me
(Baseball Card Adventure)Horvath Everything on a Waffle
Jacques Redwall
Keene Intrigue at the Grand Opera
Kinsey-Warnock The Night the Bells Rang
Kirkpatrick The Year of Miss Agnes
Korman Beware the Fish!
Look Ruby Lu, brave and True
Lord In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Lowry Anastasia Krupnik
Maguire Hamlet Chronicles Series
Marsden Gold Threaded Dress
Martin Meanest Doll in the World
Nimmo Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
Osborne Summer of the Sea Serpent
(Magic Tree House Series)Perkins Monsoon Summer
Park A Single Shard
Paulsen Woodsong
Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Scieszka Summer Reading is Killing Me
Spinelli Star Girl
Tolan Surviving the Applewhites
Van Draanen Sammy Keyes
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the Hotel ThiefWarner The Boxcar Children
White Stuart Little
Wiles Love, Ruby Lavender
Winkler Hank Zipper – Day of the Iguana
Wright The Wish Master
Interesting NON-FICTION books are located in the non-fiction section, arranged by the call number, in the public library.
J 331.3 Bartoletti Growing Up in Coal Country
J 398.3 Brucker An Anklet for a Princess: a Cinderella Tale from India
J 398.2 Heo The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale
J 398.8 Thornhill Over in the Meadow
J 428.1 Ernst The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book
J 513 McGrath Baseball Counting Book
J 551.44 Harrison Caves—Mysteries Beneath Our Feet
J 567.912 French T. Rex
J 574.92 Goodman Wading into Marine Biology
J 581.1 Richards A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds
J 595.7 Parker Bugs
J 595.7 Barner Bug Safari
J 599.3 Jango-Cohen Digging Armadillos
J 609 Harper Imaginative Inventions
J 629.1 Busby First to Fly:How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane
J 629.133 Priceman Hot Air
J 745.5 Martin Nature’s Art Box
J 745.54 Simon The Paper Airplane Book
J 811 George Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems
J 811 Prelutsky My Parents Think I’m Sleeping
J 811.54 Hoberman You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You
J 811.54 Williams Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
J 811.54 Williams Song of the Water Boatman
J 912 Rabe There’s a Map in My Lap
J 974.7 Kalman Fireboat
J 975.3 Zschock Journey Around
Washington, D.C. from A to ZJ 978 Anderson Cowboys
J BIO Stetson or 338.7 Car Boss of the Plains
J BIO Anderson The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marion Anderson…
J BIO Anning Fossil Girl: Mary Anning’s Dinosaur
J BIO Audubon Into the Woods: John James Audubon
J BIO Bentley or 551.5 Mar Snowflake Bentley
J BIO Carson Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson (Sara Forbes Bonetta)
J BIO Einstein Odd Boy Out
J BIO Guthrey This Land Was Made for You and Me
J BIO Roosevelt Eleanor
J BIO Rudolph Wilma Unlimited
J BIO Tubman Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman