Catch the Reading Bug!

1. Catch the Reading Bug! Monaview Elementary Summer Reading Program 2008

2. Reading Requirements to catch the bug... • K & 1st: Read to, Read With or Read Independently a minimum of 20 books. • 2nd & 3rd: Read a minimum of 20 books. • 4th and 5th: Read at least 4 Chapter books OR 30 Picture Books.

3. Attention: • Reading logs must be signed by parents and returned during Meet The Teacher Night, August 15th. • Students who complete the requirements for their upcoming grade level, will receive a special surprise on Meet the Teacher Night!

4. Monaview Library • The Monaview Library will be open on Tuesdays during the months of June and July(except the week of July 4th) from 10:00-2:00 to check out books or to sit and read. • Parents will need to stay with their children at all times. • Also, remember the Greenville County Public Library is a great place to check out lots of fabulous books!

5. Monaview volunteers will be hosting storytime for all students (every hour) beginning at 10:00am until 2:00pm for the month of July only. Storytime

6. Summer Reading List- see next slides We look forward to reading with you this summer!  **Means we have these books at Monaview Elementary! Students may read other appropriate books that are not on the list as well.

7. **Appelt, Bat Jamboree Arnold, Green Wilma **Bridwell, Clifford, The Big RedDog **Carlstrom, Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? **Conrad, The Tub People **Crews, Shortcut **Curtis, When I Was Little **Derolf, The Crayon Box ThatTalked Dyer, Animal Crackers **Elhert, Feathers for Lunch **Emberley, Go Away Big Green Monster! **Firth, I’ll Teach My Dog One Hundred Words Galdone, What’s in a Fox’sSack? **Hest, In The Rain With Baby Duck  **Lionni, Fish is Fish **Lobel, Frog and Toad Are Friends **London, Froggy Gets Dressed **London, Froggy Learns to Swim **McMillan, Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme Morley, Farmyard Song **Pfister, The Rainbow Fish Piper, The Little Engine That Could **Rathmann, Officer Buckle and Gloria **Seuss, If I Ran the Zoo Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut **Seuss, Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? **Seuss, The Cat in the Hat **Seuss, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back **Seuss, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish **Waddell, Owl Babies **Walsh, Mouse Paint Series and Authors **Bridwell, Clifford Series **Brown, Arthur Chapter Books **Eric Carle Books **Lobel, Frog and Toad Books 2008 Summer ReadingFor Rising 1st Graders

8. **Arnold No Jumping on the Bed **Brown Flat Stanley **Burton The Little House **Cannon Stellaluna **Curtis When I Was Little **Cuyler That’s Good! That’s Bad! **DePaola The Art Lesson **DePaola Charlie Needs a Cloak **Henkes Chrysanthemum **Henkes Owen **Hutchins The Doorbell Rang **Krensky My Teacher’s Secret Life LeSieg Ten Apples Up On Top **Long, How I Became a Pirate Pirates Don’t Change Diapers  **McKissack Flossie and the Fox **Munsch Love You Forever **Munsch Stephanie’s Ponytail **Numeroff If You Give a Mouse a Cookie If You Give a Moose a Muffin If You Give a Pig a Pancake **Pfister The Rainbow Fish **Pilkey The Hallo-Weiner The Paperboy **Rathmann Officer Buckle and Gloria **Wood The Napping House Series **Adler, Cam Jansen (Series) **Berenstein Berenstein Bears (Series) **London Froggy (Series) **Osborne Magic Tree House (Series) **Parish Amelia Bedelia (Series) **Rey Curious George (Series) **Rylant Poppleton (Series) Henry and Mudge (Series) **Shannon No, David **Sharmat Nate the Great (Series) 2008 Summer ReadingFor Rising 2nd Graders

9. Atwater Mr. Popper’s Penguins **Burton Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel **Cannon Stellaluna **Carle The Very Lonely Firefly **Clements Counting on Frank Cowan My Life with the Wave **Duffey Boy in the Doghouse **Duffey How to Be Cool in the Third Grade Erdrich Birchbark House Emberley The Three Cool Kids **Hoban Arthur Series **Hoffman Amazing Grace **Hong Two of Everything **Kellogg Pecos Bill **Kilborne Peach and Blue  **Kimmel Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock Anansi and the Talking Melon **Laden The Night I Followed the Dog **Lester Me First **Lord The Giant Jam Sandwich **Mosel Tikki Tikki Tembo **Munsch Stephanie’s Ponytail **Ringgold Tar Beach **Shulevitz Snow **Stanley Rumplestiltskin’s Daughter **Van Allsburg Two Bad Ants **Williams A Chair for My Mother **Winter Follow the Drinking Gourd **White Stuart Little Trumpet of the Swan **Wolff The Toll Bridge Troll **Woodson Show Way Series **Adler Cam Jansen (Series) **Cleary Ramona the Pest (Series) **Conford Jenny Archer (Series) **Osborne Magic Treehouse (Series) **Park Junie B. Jones (Series) **Sobol Encyclopedia Brown (Series) **Warner Boxcar Children (Series)  2008 Summer ReadingFor Rising 3rd Graders

10. **Allard Miss Nelson is Missing **Bledsoe Big Bike Race **Blume Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing **Bunting Dandelions The Nasty Stinky Sneakers **Burch Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain **Cohen Molly’s Pilgrim **Dakos If You’re Not Here Raise Your Hand **Harris Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt **Henry Misty of Chincoteague **Hesse Sable **Hoffman Amazing Grace Howe Bunnicula  **King-Smith Babe the Gallant Pig **Marzollo Soccer Sam **McCloskey Homer Price **McKenna Good Grief, Third Grade **Mills The Rag Coat **Parks Skinnybones **Sachar Sideways Stories from Wayside School **San Souci The Faithful Friend Sukey and the Mermaid **Sciezka Math Curse **Spinelli Tooter Pepperday **Steig Abel’s Island Steptoe Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters **Tews The Gingerbread Doll Watson Butterfly Seeds Series American Girl Series **Cleary Beverly Cleary Series **Dadey Bailey School Kids (Series) **Danziger Amber Brown Series **Osborne Magic Treehouse Series **Willder Little House Series **Warner Boxcar Children Series 2008 Summer ReadingFor Rising 4th Graders

11. **Avi Poppy The Barn Babbitt Search for Delicious **Banks Indian in the Cupboard Return of the Indian in The Cupboard Secret of the Indian **Bunting The Nasty Stinky Sneakers **Cleary Ramona Forever **Clifford Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library **Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory **Dakos Don’t Read this Book Whatever You Do! **George My Side of the Mountain On the Far Side of the Mountain **Greenwood The Last Safe House **Gipson Old Yeller Hest Great Green Notebook Of Katie Roberts Hudson Great Black Heroes: Five Brave Explorers **Hurwitz Class Clown Keller Helen Keller: The Story of My Life McBride Little House on the Prairie **Merrill The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars **Merrill The Toothpaste Millionaire Myers The Keeping Room Naylor The Girls Get Even Nixon Orphan Train Adventures (Series) **Paulsen Harris and Me **Robinson The Best School Year Ever **Rockwell How to Eat Fried Worms **San Souci The Boy and the Ghost Selden Cricket in Time Square **Smith Martin’s Mice **Sperry Call It Courage **Wallace Totally Disgusting **Warner The Boxcar Children (Series) **Wilder Little House (Series) **Winthrop The Castle in the Attic The Battle for the Castle 2008 Summer ReadingFor Rising 5th Graders