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2009 Birmingham City Schools Summer Reading Lists prepared by the Birmingham City Schools Department of Reading/Language Arts, K-8.

BPL -- Birmingham 2003 R.E.A.D.S. Summer Reading List for Kindergarden

 Kindergarten-Second Grade 2009
   Summer Reading List

(Provided by the Department of Elementary Reading/Language Arts  Birmingham City Schools)

Title Author Call Number
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.
(Kindergarten)
Moore, Johnny Ray J B King 2001
Alvin Ailey
(Kindergarten)
Pinkney, Andrea Davis J B Ailey 1993
Autumn Leaves
(Kindergarten)
Robbins, Ken 581.48 RobbK 1998
Color,Color, Color, Color
(Kindergarten)
Heller, Ruth 752 HellR 1995
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
(Second Grade)
Grimes, Nikki J B Obama 2008
My Very First Mother Goose
(Kindergarten)
Opie, Iona 398.8 My 1996
If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong
(Kindergarten)
Orgill, Roxanne J B Armstrong 1997
Weather Words and What They Mean
(Kindergarten)
Gibbons, Gail 551.6014 GibbG 1990
Your Five Senses
(Kindergarten)
Broekel, Ray 612.8 BroeR 1984
Starting Cooking
(Kindergarten)
Harvey, Gail 641.5 HarvG 1995
Leagues Apart: The Men and Times of the Negro Baseball Leagues
(First Grade)
Ritter, Lawrence 796.357 RittL 1995
Nature's Neighborhoods
(First Grade)
Kespert, Deborah  
Amazing Bats
(First Grade)
Simon, Seymour 599.4 SimoS 2005
Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?
(First Grade)
Zoehfeld, Kathleen 568.22 ZoehK 2004
Journey to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad
(First Grade)
Wright, Courtni PICTURE WrigC
Plant Packages: A Book About Seeds
(First Grade)
Blackaby, Susan 575.68 BlacS 2003
Spinning Spiders
(First Grade)
Berger, Melvin 595.44 BergM 2003
Rain Forest
(First Grade)
Cowcher, Helen PICTURE CowcC
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
(First Grade)
Page, Robin 573.87 JenkS 2003
Talking Like the Rain: A First Book of Poems
(First Grade)
Kennedy, X.J. 821.008 KennX 1992
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates
(Second Grade)
Winter, Jonah J B Clemente 2005
The Greatest Potatoes
(Second Grade)
Stowell, Penelope PICTURE StowP
On Earth
(Second Grade)
Karas, G. Brian 525 KaraG 2005
Seeds, Seeds, Seeds
(Second Grade)
Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth PICTURE WallN
Amazing Sharks!
(Second Grade)
Thompson, Sarah 597.3 ThomS 2005
Dolphin Talk: Whistles, Clicks, and Clapping Jaws
(Second Grade)
Affeffer, Wendy 599.53194 PfefW 2003
Phillis's Big Test
(Second Grade)
Clinton, Catherine J B Wheatley 2008
Ballet Bunnies
(Second Grade)
Goodman, Joan Elizabeth 798.2 GoodJ 2008
Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw
(Second Grade)
Ray, Deborah Kogan J B Gag 2008
Nic Bishop Spiders
(Second Grade)
Bishop, Nic 595.44 BishN 2007
Gross Out: Animals that Do Disgusting Things
(Second Grade)
Clarke, Ginjer L. 590 ClarG 2006
Cats
(Second Grade)
Simon, Seymour 636.8 SimoS 2004
  BPL -- Birmingham 2003 R.E.A.D.S. Summer Reading List for Grade Sixth

Summer Reading List
2009
 Third-Fifth Grade

(Provided by the Department of Reading/Language Arts 6-12 Birmingham City Schools)

Title Author Call Number
Animals to the Rescue!True Stories of Animal Heroes
(Third Grade)
Farran, Christopher  
What's That Bug? Everyday Insects and Their Really Cool Cousins
(Third Grade)
Froman, Nan 595.7 FromN 2001
How to Talk to Your Dog
(Third Grade)
George, Jean Craighead 636.7 GeorJ 2000
Animal Senses: How Animals See, Hear, Taste, Smell and Feel
(Third Grade)
Hickman, Pamela 573.87 PhilR 1998
Animals Eating: How Animals Chomp, Chew, Slurp, and Swallow
(Third Grade)
Hickman, Pamela 591.53 HickP 2001
Animals in Motion: How Animals Swim, Jump, Slither and Glide
(Third Grade)
Hickman, Pamela  
Cleopatra
(Third Grade)
Stanley, Diane J B Cleopatra 1994
Dear Benjamin Banneker
(Third Grade)
Pinkney, Andrea Davis J B Banneker 1994
The Moon Seems to Change
(Third Grade)
Branley, Franklyn 523.3 BranF 1987
A Hippopotamusn't : and Other Animal Verses
(Third Grade)
Lewis, J. Patrick 811.54 LewiP 1990
Deep in the Swamp
(Fourth Grade)
Bateman, Donna M. 591.7 BateD 2007
Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth
(Fourth Grade)
Davies, Nicola 590 DaviN 2006
Oh, Rats! The Story of Rats and People
(Fourth Grade)
Marrin, Albert 599.352 MarrA 2006
Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship
(Fourth Grade)
Hatkoff, Isabella and Craig
Kuhumbu, Paula
599.635139 HatkI 2007
Friends: Making Them and Keeping Them
(Fourth Grade)
Criswell, Patty Kelley  
Crazy Cars
(Fourth Grade)
Doeden, Matt 629.222 DoedM 2007
Fooled You! Fakes and Hoaxes through the Years
(Fourth Grade)
Pascoe, Elaine

001.95 PascE 2005

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!Voices From a Medieval Village
(Fourth Grade)
Schlitz, Laura 812.6 Schlitz 2007
On Board the Titanic: What It Was Like When the Great Liner Sank
(Fourth Grade)
Tanaka, Shelley J FIC TanaS
Eyewitness Natural Disasters
(Fourth Grade)
Watts, Claire 363.34 WattC 2006
Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes
(Fifth Grade)
Turner, Pamela 333.95 TurnP 2005
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion
(Fifth Grade)
Freedman, Russell J B Zaharias 1999
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
(Fifth Grade)
Mathabane, Mark B Mathabane 1986
Do Not Open: An Encyclopedia of the World's Best Kept Secrets
(Fifth Grade)
Farndon, John 031.02 FarnJ 2007
Pick Me Up: Stuff You Need to Know
(Fifth Grade)
Leslie, Jeremy and Roberts, David 031.02 Pick 2006
Hurricane Force: In the Path of America's Deadliest Storms
(Fifth Grade)
Treaster, Joseph 551.552 TreaJ 2007
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming
(Fifth Grade)
Gore, Al 363.73874 GoreA 2007
How Basketball Works
(Fifth Grade)
Thomas, Keltie 796.323 ThomK 2005
Rebirth of a People: Harlem Renaissance
(Fifth Grade)
Price, Sean  
Cherokee Rose: The Trail of Tears
(Fifth Grade)
Donlan, Leni 970.004 DonlL 2008
BPL -- Birmingham 2003 R.E.A.D.S. Summer Reading List for Grade Sixth

Summer Reading List
2009
 Sixth-Eighth Grade

(Provided by the Department of Reading/Language Arts 6-12 Birmingham City Schools)

Title Author Call Number
The Yearling
(Required Reading 6th grade)
Rawlings, Marjorie J FIC RawlM
The Heart of a Chief
(Required Reading 6th grade)
Bruchac, Joseph J FIC BrucJ
Lightning Thief
(Leisure Reading 6th grade)
Riordan, Rick YA FIC RiorR
The Devil's Arithmetic
(Leisure Reading 6th grade)
Yolen, Jane J FIC YoleJ
Dragonwings
(Leisure Reading 6th grade)
Yep, Lawerence TEEN FIC YepL
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens
(Leisure Reading 6th grade)
Lauber, Patricia 551.21 LaubP 1993
The Great Fire
(Leisure Reading 6th grade)
Murphy, Jim 977.3 MurpJ 2006
The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown
(Leisure Reading 6th grade)
Byars, Betsy J FIC ByarB
How to Train Your Dragon
(Leisure Reading 6th grade)
Caldwell, Cressida J FIC CaldC
Have a Hot Time, Hades
(Leisure Reading 6th grade)
McMullan, Kate J FIC McmuK
Red Scarf Girl
(Required Reading 7th grade)
Jiang, Ji-li 951.056 JianJ 1997
The Red Badge of Courage
(Required Reading 7th grade)
Crane, Stephen TEEN FIC CranS
Fahrenheit 451
(Leisure Reading 7th grade)
Bradbury, Ray TEEN FIC BradR
Eragon
(Leisure Reading 7th grade)
Paolini,Christopher TEEN FIC PaolC
Devil's Race
(Leisure Reading 7th grade)
Avi TEEN FIC Avi
Torchlight
(Leisure Reading 7th grade)
Hurst, Carol Otis J FIC HursC
Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights
(Leisure Reading 7th grade)
Paulsen, Gary TEEN FIC PaulG
Heat
(Leisure Reading 7th Grade)
Lupica, Mike J FIC LupiM
Fever 1793
(Leisure Reading 7th Grade)
Anderson, Laurie TEEN FIC AndeL
Forged by Fire
(Leisure Reading 7th Grade)
Draper, Sharon TEEN FIC DrapS
Farewell to Manzanar
(Required Reading 8th Grade)
Houston, Jean W. 940.5472 HousJ 1974
A Separate Peace
(Required Reading 8th grade)
Knowles, John ADULT FIC KnowJ
Triangle : The Fire that Changed America
(Leisure Reading 8th grade)
Von Drehle, David 974.7 VonD 2003
Coal : A Human History
(Leisure Reading 8th grade)
Freese, Barbara 553.24 FreeB 2003
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(Leisure Reading 8th grade)
Rowling, JK. TEEN FIC RowlJ
Worlds Afire : The Hartford Circus Fire of 1944
(Leisure Reading 8th grade)
Janeczko, Paul B. 811.54 Janeczko 2004
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(Leisure Reading 8th grade)
Verne, Jules FIC VernJ
Firebirds : An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
(Leisure Reading 8th grade)
November, Sharon TEEN FIC NoveS
Central Heating : Poems about Fire and Warmth
(Leisure Reading 8th grade)
Singer, Marilyn 811.54 SingM 2005
Fire In Their Eyes : Wildfires and the People Who Fight Them
(Leisure Reading 8th grade)
Beil, Karen M. 363.379 BeilK 1999

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