Reading Lists

 
                                             Saint Ephrem Summer Reading List 2013

Each student must read at least two books from the grade appropriate list.    
         
Grade in 2013-2014 Title Author    
K Kitten's First Full Moon Kevin Henkes    
K Cucumber Soup Vickie Leigh Krudwig    
K Truck Donald Crews    
K The Icky Bug Counting Book Jerry Pallotta    
1 Pancakes for Breakfast Tomie DePaola    
1 Starfish Edith Thacher Hurd    
1 Little Bear Else Holmelund Minarik    
1 Have You Filled a Bucket Today? Carol McCloud    
1 Lot's of Ladybugs! Counting by Fives Michael Dahl    
2 Where Do Polar Bears Live? Sarah L. Thomson    
2 Back Out John Rocco    
2 Buy My Hats Dave Horowitz    
2 Grandfather's Journey Allen Say    
2 The Little Red Pen Jannett Stevens    
3 From Seed to Plant Gail Gibbons    
3 The Thirteen Clocks James Thurber    
3 Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth      
  Traditions from Around the World Shelby Beeler    
3 Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares Frank Murphy    
4 The Lemonade Crime Jacqueline Davis    
4 Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms Patricia Lauber    
4 Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo    
4 Who was Ben Franklin? Dennis Brindell Fradin    
5 George Washington's Spy Elivira Woodruff    
5 The Music of Dolphins Karen Hesse    
5 Snow Treasure Marie McSwigan    
5 No Talking Andrew Clements    
5 Who Is Neil Armstrong? Roberta Edwards    
6 The Westing Game Ellen Raskin    
6 Freedom Walkers Russell Freedman    
6 Dragonwings Laurence Yep    
6 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle    
6 All Alone in the Universe Lynne Rae Perkins    
7 The Great Fire Jim Murphy    
7 Heartbeat Sharon Creech    
7 The Trial Jennifer Bryant    
7 The Voice That Challenged a Nation:Marion      
  Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights Russell Freedman    
7 The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt    
8 The Case Against My Brother Libby Sternberg    
8 Chasing Lincoln's Killer:The Search for      
  John Wilkes Booth James L. Swanson    
8 Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo      
  Marines of World War Two Joseph Bruchac    
8 Do the Math:Secrets, Lies, and Algebra Wendy Lichtman    
8 Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery Peter Abrahams    
8 Niner Theresa Martin Golding    

Students in grades 5 through 8 who are planning to participate in Reading Olympics may choose to substitute Reading Olympic titles for their Summer Reading Assignment. This list can be found on the Reading Olympics page.