2013 Summer Reading List - Middletown City School District

2013 Summer Reading List
Truman Moon Primary Center
Reading with your child is a great way to spend time together. It shows that you think reading is important. Keep
books all around, even in the car. Reading for pleasure helps your child develop into an increasingly better reader.
Remember, when you encourage your child to read, you are helping them to succeed in school. Now is the time to
check out the summer programs at Middletown Thrall Library. Get a library card for your child. It’s free! The
telephone number is 341-5454. Visit them on the web at www.thrall.org. Have a wonderful and book- filled
summer! Mrs. Linton, LMS Truman Moon Library 845-326-1781
*Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson Coretta Scott King Honor 2013
Award
ALSC Notable Books for Children Parents’ Choice
2013 Jane Addams Award for books promoting peace, social justice, world community and equality
This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen Caldecott Award Winner 2013
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett Caldecott Honor Book 2013
This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers
ALSC Notable Books for Children
Canada Goose at Cattail Lane by Janet Halfman Smithsonian Backyard
Let’s Go For a Drive! by Mo Willems Geisel Honor 2013
I, too, am America by Langston Hughes, Illus. Chas. Smith Coretta Scott King Illus. Winner 2013
Up, Tall and High by Ethan Long Geisel Award Winner 2013
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh Pura Belpré Award for Illustrator 2012
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin Geisel Honor 2013
Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover by Cece Bell Geisel Honor 2013
Sleep Like a Tiger by M. Logue, Illus. by P. Zagarenski Geisel Honor 2013
Island: A Story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin Grypon Award Winner 2013
Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Monica Carnesi Grypon Honor 2013
Martin de Porres by Gary D. Schmidt Pura Belpré Illus.Winner 2013
Red Bat at Sleepy Hollow Lane by Janet Halfmann Smithsonian’s Backyard
Green by Laura Seeger Caldecott Honor Book 2013
Ellen’s Broom by Kelly S. Lyons ALSC Notable Books Coretta Scott King Illus. Honor 2013
H.O.R.S.E. : a game of basketball and imagination by Christopher Myers Coretta Scott King Illus. Honor 2013
Books by Katherine Paterson 2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award - for her substantial contribution to children’s literature
High Interest Series Books
Arthur by Marc Brown
Franklin by Paulette Borgeois
Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
Clifford by Norman Bridwell
Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Katie Woo by Fran Manushki
Flat Stanley by Josh Greenhut
Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo
Ni Hao Kai-Lan, Dora the Explorer or Go, Diego, Go based on the Nickelodeon TV Series
Easy Readers
We Both Read [published by Treasure Bay] Fiction and Non-fiction Readers
These books have children’s pages that are easy to read and accompanying parent pages. Check for the
appropriate reading level for your child in the upper right hand corner. [ K, K-1, 1, 1-2, 2]
Green Light Readers Level 1,2 Many titles available
Step Into Reading Level 1, 2 Many titles available
*For easy access to books, visit the Truman Moon Library Follett Shelf Collection. Go to the
middletowncityschools.org website, select Truman Moon School, click on library and then click on the
link to Follett Shelf. There are 219 titles available. At this time, the username is truman. The password is
guest. June 2013

2013 Summer Reading List original 2013 list
Truman Moon Primary Center
Reading with your child is a great way to spend time together. It shows that you think reading is important. Keep
books all around, even in the car. Reading for pleasure helps your child develop into an increasingly better reader.
Remember, when you encourage your child to read, you are helping them to succeed in school. Now is the time to
check out the summer programs at Middletown Thrall Library. Get a library card for your child. It’s free! The
telephone number is 341-5454. Visit them on the web at www.thrall.org. Have a wonderful and book- filled
summer! Mrs. Linton, LMS Truman Moon Library 845-326-1781
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett Caldecott Honor Book 2013
These Bees Count by Alison Formento Children’s Book Council 2012
First Peas to the Table: How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden by Susan Grigsby Children’s Book Council 2012
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet Siebert Medal 2012
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match by M. Brown, Illus. by Sara Palacios Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor 2012
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Let’s Go For a Drive! by Mo Willems Geisel Honor 2013
I, too, am America by Langston Hughes, Illus. Chas. Smith Coretta Scott King Illus. Winner 2013
Up, Tall and High by Ethan Long Geisel Award Winner 2013
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh Pura Belpré Award for Illustrator 2012
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred by S. R. Vamos Illus. by Rafael López Pura Belpré Illus.Honor 2012
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin Geisel Honor 2013
Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover by Cece Bell Geisel Honor 2013
Sleep Like a Tiger by M. Logue, Illus. by P. Zagarenski Geisel Honor 2013
Island: A Story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin Grypon Award Winner 2013
Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Monica Carnesi Grypon Honor 2013
Martin de Porres by Gary D. Schmidt Pura Belpré Illus.Winner 2013
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka Caldecott Medal 2012
Red Bat at Sleepy Hollow Lane by Janet Halfmann Smithsonian’s Backyard
Green by Laura Seeger Caldecott Honor Book 2013
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith Caldecott Honor Book 2012
These Hands by Margaret H. Mason Notable Childrens Books 2012
Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin, Jr. Illus. by Lois Ehlert
Dot by Patricia Intriago Notable Children’s Books 2012
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson Best Book of 2012 - School Library Journal
H.O.R.S.E. : a game of basketball and imagination by Christopher Myers Coretta Scott King Illus. Honor 2013
High Interest Series Books
Arthur by Marc Brown
Franklin by Paulette Borgeois
Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
Clifford by Norman Bridwell
Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Katie Woo by Fran Manushki
Ni Hao Kai-Lan, Dora the Explorer or Go, Diego, Go based on the Nickelodeon TV Series
Easy Readers
We Both Read [published by Treasure Bay] Fiction and Non-fiction Readers
These books have children’s pages that are easy to read and accompanying parent pages. Check for the
appropriate reading level for your child in the upper right hand corner. [ K, K-1, 1, 1-2, 2]
Green Light Readers Level 1,2 Many titles available
Step Into Reading Level 1, 2 Many titles available June 2013