2015 Summer Reading Suggestions For Students Entering Grades 3 & 4

Attleboro Public Schools Attleboro, MA 02703 The suggested summer reading list includes selections from the Children’s Book Council, the American Library Association and the Attleboro Children’s Librarian: Krystal Brown. Thanks to Krystal’s thorough review and contributions, all of the titles on the list are available in the Attleboro Public Library collection.

Favorite Authors & Series

Try these series or books by these authors

Dragonbreath Series Ursula Vernon 39 Clues Series various authors I Survived Series Lauren Tarshis Melvin Beederman Series Greg Trine Alvin Ho Series Lenore Look A to Z Mystery Series Ron Roy Flat Stanley Series Jeff Brown George Brown Class Clown Series Nancy Krulik Andrew Clements Beverly Cleary Roald Dahl Kate DiCamillo Patrick Jennings Meagan McDonald We hope that students and parents will discover other books by these authors. Please remember that these titles are suggested and are NOT required reading. Visit the Attleboro Public Library! www.attleborolibrary.org

Phone: (508) 222-7820

Award Winners & Notable Books

For lists of more award winners, go to http://attleborolibrary.org/kids/awards/ Dash Kirby Larson The Thing About Luck Cynthia Kadohata Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla Katherine Applegate

As Fast as Words Could Fly Pamela Tuck

Barbed Wire Baseball Marissa Moss

2015 Summer Reading Suggestions For Students Entering Grades 3 & 4 Attleboro Public Schools

Myths & Fables

Understanding Native American Myths

Megan Kopp

Celtic Myths

Sam McBratney

A World Treasury of Myths, Legends and Folktales

Renata Bini

Fables

Arnold Lobel

Aesop’s Fables

Robert Mathias

Cry Wolf & other Aesop’s Fables

Naomi Lewis

Town Mouse, Country Mouse The Lion and the Mouse The Little Red Hen

Various authors

Fun, FREE apps–

DIY-skills for kids, BrainPOP Featured Movie, Doodle Fit, 2048

STEAM

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math

In Touch with Basic Science (series)

Richard Spilsbury

Rosie Revere, Engineer Iggy Peck, Architect

Andrea Beaty

Math Attack

Joan Horton

What Floats in a Moat?

Lynne Berry

What is Science?

Rebecca Kai Dotlitch

The Big Dig: Reshaping an American City

Peter Vandenwarker

Minnie’s Diner

Dayle Dodds

The Most Magnificent Thing

Ashley Spires

Children’s Nonfiction

You Wouldn’t Want to Be (series)

Franklin Watts publishing

Everything (series)

National Geographic publishing company

Time for Kids (series)

Time magazine Time for Kids editors

Magic Tree House Fact Tracker (series)

Mary Pope Osborne

A Day in the Life of Sarah Morton A Day in the Life of Samuel Eaton A Day in the Life of

Kate Waters

Boston and the State of Massachusetts: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know

Kate Jerome

Massachusetts : What's so Great about this State?

Kate Jerome

Class Trip: Boston

Patricia Sherman