Kent Center School - Summer Reading Suggestions 2004

Students Entering Third Grade

 

 

Fiction Series

 
  • Abbott, Tony                               Secrets of Droon
  • Adler, David                               Young Cam Jansen
  • Adler, David                               Cam Jansen
  • Allard, Harry                               Miss Nelson
  • Baglio, Ben M.                            Animal Ark
  • Berenstain, Stan and Jan              Berenstain Bears
  • Betancourt, Jeanne                      Pony Pals
  • Bourgeois, Paulette                      Franklin the Turtle
  • Bridwell, Norman                         Clifford
  • Brown, Marc                               Arthur
  • Cosby, Bill                                  Little Bill
  • Dadey, Debbie                            Bailey School Kids
  • Danziger, Paula                           A is for Amber
  • Giff, Patricia Reilly                       Polk Street Kids
  • Hoban, Russell and Lillian              Frances
  • Howe, James                              Pinky and Rex
  • Kline, Suzy                                 Horrible Harry
  • Lobel, Arnold                              Frog and Toad
  • MacDonald, Megan                      Judy Moody
  • MacLachlan, Patricia                    Sarah Plain and Tall
  • Mills, Claudia                               Gus and Grandpa
  • Osborne, Mary Pope                    Magic Tree House
  • Parish, Peggy                              Amelia Bedelia
  • Peterson, John                            The Littles
  • Preller, James                             Jigsaw Jones
  • Rey, H.A.                                   Curious George
  • Roy, Ron                                    A to Z Mysteries
  • Rylant, Cynthia                           Henry and Mudge
  • Rylant, Cynthia                           Poppleton
  • Seuling, Barbara                         Robert
  • Sharmat, Marjorie                       Nate the Great
  • Warner, Gertrude Chandler           Boxcar Children
  • Wilder, Laura Ingalls                    Little House on the Prairie

 

Favorite Authors

 
  • David Adler
  • Aliki
  • Judi Barrett
  • Jan Brett
  • Eve Bunting
  • Ann Cameron
  • Beverly Cleary
  • Barbara Cooney
  • Pat Cummings
  • Tomie dePaola
  • Mem Fox
  • Gail Gibbons
  • Ezra Jack Keats
  • Steven Kellogg
  • Ann McGovern
  • Patricia McKissack
  • Elsa Minarik
  • Robert Munsch
  • Bill Peet
  • Andrea Pinkney
  • Brian Pinkney
  • Jerry Pinkney
  • Patricia Polacco
  • Beatrix Potter
  • Jack Prelutsky
  • Faith Ringgold
  • Dr. Seuss
  • Shel Silverstein
  • William Steig
  • Marc Teague
  • Chris VanAllsburg
  • Judith Viorst
  • Bernard Waber
  • Vera Williams
  • Jane Yolen
  • Charlotte Zolotow

 

Non-Fiction Topics

 

This list is just a taste.  What do you want to read about?

 
  • Health and nutrition?
  • Sports?
  • Crafts?
  • Trees and plants?
  • Magnetism?
  • Water?
  • Underground Railroad?
  • Biographies?
  • Families and community?
  • Human body?
  • Animals?
  • Habitats (rain forest, tundra, desert, etc…)?
  • Holidays?
  • Countries?
  • Native Americans?

 

Non-Fiction Series

 

·         Cole, Joanna                           Magic School Bus

·         Alfred A. Knopf Publishing         Eyewitness News

·         Southwestern Publishing           I Wonder Why

·         Scholastic Publishing                The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Books

 

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Look for your summer reading fun at

Kent Memorial Library

32 North Main Street – Kent, CT 06757

860.927.3761

 

Monday-Friday 10 AM – 5:30 PM     Saturday 10 AM – 4:00 PM

Closed Sunday and Connecticut State Holidays