Golden Door Charter School

Suggested Summer Reading List- Grade K                        

 

Theme- School                                                                                                                                   

The 100th Day of School by, Angela Shelf Medearis (easy)

Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw by,  (easy)

Billy and the Big New School by, Catherine & Laurence Anholt (average)

Vera’s First Day of School by, Vera Rosenberry (average)

The Kissing Hand by, Audrey Penn (advanced)

Bea and Mr. Jones by, Amy Schwartz (advanced)

 

 

Theme- Shadows                                                                                                                   

Shadows Are About by, Ann Whitford Paul (easy)

Footprints and Shadows by, Anne Wescott Dodd (easy)

My Shadow by, Susan Winter (average)

I Have a Friend by, Keiki Narahashi (average)

Sun Up, Sun Down by, Gail Gibbons (advanced)

What Makes Day and Night by, Franklyn M. Branley (advanced)

 

 

Theme- Finding Friends                                                                                             _____

Yo! Yes? by, Chris Raschka (easy)

My Friends by, Taro Gomi  (easy)

Will You Be My Friend? by, Nancy Tafuri (average)

George and Martha: One Fine Day by, James Marshall (average)

Friends by, Helme Heine (advanced)

May I Bring a Friend? by, Beatrice Schenk De Regniers (advanced)

 

 

Theme- The Wind                                                                                                                 

The Wind Blew by, Pat Hutchins (easy)

One Windy Wednesday by, The Giggle Club (easy)

The Sun, the Wind and the Rain by, Lisa Westberg Peters (average)

What Makes the Wind? By, Laurence Santrey (average)

Millicent and The Wind by, Robert Munsch (advanced)

Feel the Wind by, Arthur Dorros (advanced)

 

 

Theme- Stick To It                                                                                                                

The Carrot Seed by, Ruth Krauss (easy)

Leo the Late Bloomer by, Robert Krauss (easy)

You’ll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch by, Pat Hutchins (average)

JoJo’s Flying Side Kick by, Brian Pinkney (average)

Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by, Demi (advanced)

Paul Bunyan by, Steven Kellogg (advanced)

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Theme- Red, White, and Blue                                                                                                          

The Pledge of Allegiance by, Scholastic (easy)

‘Night America by, Michael Montgomery (easy)

This Land Is Your Land by, Pete Seeger (average)

Happy Birthday, America! by, Marsha Wilson Chall (average)

The Flag We Love by, Pam Munoz Ryan (advanced)

Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers by, Karen Winnick (advanced)

 

 

Theme- Team Work                                                                                                              

Can I Help? by, Marilyn Janovitz (easy)

Animal Orchestra: A Counting Book by, Scott Gustafson’s (easy)

Tippy Bear Hunts for Honey by, Coby Hol (average)

Helping Out by, George Ancona (average)

Stone Soup by, Heather Forest (advanced)

The Great Trash Bash by, Loreen Leedy (advanced)

 

 

Theme- By the Sea                                                                                                                

Oceans by, Kristin Ward (easy)

In the Ocean by, Claire Henley (easy)

Tacky the Penguin by, Helen Lester (average)

Fish Faces by, Norbert Wu (average)

The Seashore Book by, Charlotte Zolotow (advanced)

Commotion in the Ocean by, Giles Andreae (advanced)