Kent Center School - Summer Reading Suggestions 2004

Students Entering Fourth Grade

Series

• Cole, Joanna                               Magic School Bus
• Danziger, Paula                           Amber Brown
• Kline, Suzy                                 Herbie Jones

Horrible Harry

                                                        Orp

• Lewis, C.S.                                 Chronicles of Narnia
• MacDonald, Megan                      Judy Moody
• MacLachlan, Patricia                    Sarah Plain and Tall
• Peterson, John                            The Littles
• Roy, Ron                                    A to Z Mysteries
• Rylant, Cynthia                           Cobble Street Cousins
• Sachar, Louis                              Marvin Redpost

Wayside School

• Scieszka, Jon                              Time Warp Trio
• Warner, Gertrude Chandler           Boxcar Children
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls                    Little House on the Prairie

Fiction

• Butterworth, Oliver                      The Enormous Egg
• Estes, Eleanor                             The Hundred Dresses
• Hest, Amy                                  Love You, Soldier

                                                        The Private Notebook of Katie Roberts, Age 11

• Mathis, Sharon Bell                      Hundred Penny Box
• Smith, Robert Kimmel                  Chocolate Fever

Authors

Students will also enjoy books written by the following authors:

• Adler, David
• Banks, Lynn Reid
• Blume, Judy
• Christopher, Matt
• Cleary, Beverly
• Dahl, Roald
• Fritz, Jean
• Hurwitz, Joanna
• King-Smith, Dick

Factual

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

• countries?
• states?
• presidents?
• inventors?
• athletes?
• the Titanic?
• Native Americans?
• Ellis Island?
• authors?
• illustrators?
• living creatures (mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, etc…)?
• pets?
• solar system?
• volcanoes?
• oceans?

… or anything else that catches your interest!

Poetry

• Dakos, Kalli                        If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand:

Poems about School and other titles

• Lansky, Bruce                     My Dog Ate My Homework and other titles

• Silverstein, Shel                  Where the Sidewalk Ends and other titles
• Prelutsky, Jack                    The Frog Wore Red Suspenders and other titles

Nutmeg Nominees

• Bruchac, Joseph                          Skeleton Man
• Clements, Andrew                       The School Story
• Coville, Bruce                             The Monsters of Morley Manor
• Creech, Sharon                           Ruby Holler
• Harlow, Joan Hiatt                       Joshua’s Song
• Johnston, Tony                           Any Small Goodness
• Kehret, Peg                                Saving Lilly
• Martin, Ann M.                            Belle Teal
• Spinelli, Jerry                              Loser
• Stanley, Diane                            The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine

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