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Intermediate School (Grades 3-5) Recommended Summer Reading List 2015

This list has been compiled by

Lia Carruthers, Librarian @ Far Hills Country Day School. [email protected]

Far Hills Country Day School Intermediate School Recommended Reading List 2015

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Table of Contents

Page 3 – Welcome Page 4-6 – Using Online Sources to Find

Reading Recommendations Page 7 – Third Grade Pages 8 – Fourth Grade Pages 9 – Fifth Grade Page 10 – Newbery Medal


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Welcome to the Far Hills Country Day School Recommended Reading List for 2015

Please use these lists as a guide for summer reading and reading throughout the year. The books listed here have been based on selections from School Library Journal, Booklist, and various book review sources. Local public libraries and bookstores near FHCDS will likely have copies of these titles. Tips for choosing a book you enjoy:

1) Try the five-finger test on each book to make sure that the book is a good fit for your reading level.

a. Read a page in the book that is filled with text. b. Each time you do not know a word, put a finger up. c. If you get to 4 or 5 words, the book may not be right for you.

2) Examine the cover and read the back and inside jacket to find a

short description of the book

3) Read the first couple paragraphs to see if it grabs you.

4) Look for books by a certain author that you enjoy.

5) Ask a friend or librarian for suggestions.


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Using Online Sources to Find Reading Recommendations

1) Novelist K-8

a. We subscribe to a reading recommendation website called Novelist. To use, go to www.fhcds.org/library

b. Scroll down to Databases. Choose EBSCO. c. Log in with Username: fhcds

Password: fhcds14 d. Scroll down and click on Novelist K-8.

Recommended Reading Lists. First click on student’s age. Then choose topic.

Search by keyword, title, author, or series.


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e. Once you find a title, click on it.

2) Reading Rockets – Books with Postive Portrayals of Older Characters for readers 6-9 years old - http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/c1242 - Reading Rockets creates and disseminates free, evidence-based information about reading through our three major services: PBS television programs, online services, and professional development opportunities.

Book Information

Title Read-‐alikes


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3) New York Public Library Kids Book Lists – http://kids.nypl.org/book-lists - Booklists by theme and by grade selected by librarians.

4) 100 Great Children’s Books by the New York Public Library http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/100_great_childrens_books.pdf

5) 2015 Notable Children’s Books as chosen by the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) of the American Librarian Association (ALA) - http://www.ala.org/als/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb. Scroll down to the Middle Readers List.

6) 2015 Notable Children’s Recordings as chosen by ALSC of ALA - http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncr. Road trips are a great way to share in the listening of a story. Public libraries have collections of audio books – both on CD and downloadable. Use the time in the car to listen to a story and then discuss it as a family.

7) Do you have a child who loves nonfiction? Try the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal recipients. http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal for current winners and http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertpast/sibertmedalpast for past winners.

8) Guys Read - http://www.guysread.com/. Author Jon Scieczka

created this site to appeal to boys because boys are having trouble reading and it is getting worse. But if they find something they like, they will read – and Jon has taken the initiative to put together book recommendations specifically for boys. The tab Books for Guys divides the booklists into topics.


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3rd Grade Suggestions 43 Old Cemetery Road series by Kate Klise Alvin Ho: allergic to girls, school and other scary things by Lenore Look Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The BFG by Roald Dahl Lunch Lady series by Jarrett J. Krososzka The Never Girls series by Kiki Thorpe The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry Frindle by Andrew Clements Clementine books by Sara Pennypacker The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Toni DiTerlizzi Bunnicula by James Howe


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Fourth Grade Suggestions Blubber by Judy Blume The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall No Talking by Andrew Clements Lunch Money by Andrew Clements Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Flush by Carl Hiaasen The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman The Invention of Hugo Cabret by David Selznick The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo Freckle Juice by Judy Blume Matilda by Roald Dahl Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis


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Fifth Grade Suggestions 39 Clues series by various authors Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan The Kane Chronicles series by Rick Riordan The Books of Bayern series and Princess Academy by Shannon Hale Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick Maniac Mcgee by Jerry Spinelli The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin Dear America diary series by various authors The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger Swindle by Gordon Korman Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson


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Award Winner Books of 2015

Newbery Medal

Winner: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Honor Books: El Deafo by Cece Bell Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

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