St. Francis de Sales School

Librarian: Sr. Charlotte Foppe, RSM
Reading List Coordinator: Kim Brock, MTA

 

Reading List for Students

Note to Parents: Every month a book list will be posted here for you and your child to review.
These are not required readings and have NO effect on your child’s grade.

If your child/children likes to read or you want to reinforce and/or strengthen your child's/children's reading skills, below is a list of recommended books
(Each Month has a Theme, except June, July and August)

You can find these books at your local library, Barnes and Noble, Joseph-Beth Booksellers , Amazon.com, Half-Price Books and Borders

 

 

June, July and August

(Theme: No theme for the summer)

Grades K - 2

The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souchi

Barn Dance! by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

Hand Rhymes by Marc Brown

Shake It To The One That You Love the Best by Cheryl Warren Mattox

I'm Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

Mama Don't Allow by Thacher Hurd

Rainbow Crow by Nancy Van Laan

On That Day by Andrea Patel

This is the Key to the Kingdom by Diane Worfolk Allison

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems

My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo by Maya Christina Gonzalez

Grades 3-5

The Sign Painter's Dream by Roger Roth

The Legend of Bluebonnet by Tommy DePaola

Uncle Nacho's Hat by Harriet Rohmer

Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

A Dog for Life by L.S. Matthews

Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine

Kami and the Yaks by Andrea Stenn Stryer

Hiromi's Hands by Lynne Barasch

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Agra Deedy

Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

Chess Rumble by G. Neri

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Holes by Louis Sachar

Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen

Grades 6-8 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes

La Linea by Ann Jaramillo

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis

The Poet Slave of Cuba by Magarita Engle

Jimi and Me by Jaime Adoff

Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

Reaching for the Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

Sounder by William N. Armstrong

Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf by Jennifer Holm

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Edited and Updated by Kim Brock, MTA