Saint Aloysius School
SUGGESTED READING LIST
KINDERGARTEN & 1ST GRADE
2010 - 2011
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See by Bill Martin, Jr.
Frog and Toad Are Friend by Arnold Lobel
Good Night, Owl by Pat Hutchins
Today is Monday by Eric Carle
Hi, Cat by Ezra Jack Keats
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping by Peggy Parish
Arthur Goes to Camp by Marc Brown
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
The Apple Pie Tree by Aoe Hail
Amelia Bedelia Series
SUGGESTED READING LIST
2ND GRADE
2010 - 2011
Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park
The Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Nate the Great by Majorie Weinman Sharma
Moonbear's Pet by Frank Asch
The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola
Don't Forget the Bacon by Pat Hutchins
A-Z Mysteries
Arthur
Bernstein Bears Series
SUGGESTED READING LIST
3RD GRADE
2010 - 2011
Miracle at the Plate by Matt Christopher
Puppies in the Pantry by Ben Baglio
The Frog Princess by Ellen Conford
The Kid Who Only Hit Homers by Matt Christopher
The Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz
The Mystery Bookstore by Gertrude Chadler Warner
Shiloh by Phylis Reynolds Naylor
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Amber Brown Books by Paula Danziger
Frindle by Andrew Clements
3rd Grade Detectives Series by George E. Stanley
SUGGESTED READING LIST
4TH GRADE
2010 - 2011
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J.K. Rowling
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Holes by Lois Sacher & Louis Sacher
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett Hodgson
MANDATORY READING LIST
5TH GRADE
2010 - 2011
Sounder by William Armstrong
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED READING LIST
Just Juice by Karen Hesse
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
Redwall Series by Brian Jacques
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children by Jack Prelutsky
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
The Seventh Tower Series by Garth Nix
The Troll King by John Vornholt
Upchuck and the Rotten Willy by Bill Wallace
The Van Gogh Café by Cynthia Rylant
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
The Great Brain by John Dennis Fitzgerald
MANDATORY READING LIST
6TH GRADE
2010 - 2011
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED READING LIST
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
Hidden Talents by David Lubar
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
The Charlie Bone Series by Jenny Nimmo
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen
The Pinballs by Betsy Byars
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
MANDATORY READING LIST
7TH GRADE
2010 - 2011
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED READING LIST
All Alone in the Universe by Lynne Rae Perkins
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Good Night, Maman by Norma Fox Mazer
Keeping the Moon: A Novel by Sarah Dessen
Missing Girls by Lois Metzger
Nobody Else Has to Know by Ingrid Tomey
Safe at Second by Scott Johnson
The Secret Circle by Dona Schenker
The Starplace by Vicki Grove
To JayKae: Life Stinx by Jean Davies Okimoto
Vanishing by Bruce Brooks
Crusader by Edward Bloor
The Man Who Was Poe by Avil
The Misfits by James Howe
MANDATORY READING LIST
8TH GRADE
2010 - 2011
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
by Sean Covey
Lyddie by Katherine Patterson
Joshua: A Parable for Today by Joseph Girzone
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED READING LIST
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
