Ways to Enjoy Reading
Summer Reading
 Listen to a book being read
aloud.
 Take turns reading to a friend or
parent.
 Read the book by yourself and
tell someone about your favorite
parts.
 Record yourself reading the
book or parts of the book a
second time.
Listen to the tape or audio file.
 Make a list of the books you
have read. Use a code to
indicate how you felt about each
book.
 Visit the library and explore the
section with information books.
Select those that interest you.
 Check out a poetry book and
make copies of your favorite
poems.
Summer Doings 5th Grade
Some at beaches
Are sand-casting; Possibilities
Some are silly ---
Fighting, rasseling!
This listing of books offers
Some are swimming,
Camping, hiking; book titles that are popular
Some say stick-ball with boys and girls who are
Is their liking. entering fifth grade.
Some on bikes are The list is a good place to
Gaily speeding;
start your summer reading,
Some are smarter ---
but it is only a beginning.
SUMMER READING! Other titles by these authors
or other authors offer
William Cole enjoyable reading.
Knowing how to choose a
good book is part of being a
good reader. Have fun
choosing and reading books
this summer.
Titles compiled by CFISD librarians.
5th GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
Included in this year's list are Newbery
Medal winners and Newbery Honor Books.
Books are awarded this prestigious medal
for their outstanding stories for middle-grade
readers. In order to identify these books,
there will be a # next to the titles. Books
with a * represent the 2010-11 Texas
Bluebonnet Award Nominees. Books with a ^
represent the Horned Toad Tales nominees.
(AVI) ^ Poppy and Ereth
(BARRET) The 100 Year Old Secret
(BEARD) ^ Annie Glover is Not a Tree Lover
(BIRNEY) "According to Humphrey" series
(BROWN) * All Stations! Distress!
(BURLEIGH) ^ One Giant Leap
(CARMAN) Atherton
(CLAFLIN) * Uglified Ducky
(CLEMENTS) No Talking
(COLFER) "Artemis Fowl" series
(D'LACEY) ^ Gruffen
(DAVIES) Lemonade War
(DEEDY) * 14 Cows for America
(DENNIS) ^ Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt,
(DEFELICE) The Ghost of Poplar Point
(DICAMILLO) # The Tale of Despereaux
(DONOVAN) ^ In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog
(DUPRAU) " Book of Ember" series
(FELDMAN) The Gollywhopper Games
(FUNKE) Igraine the Brave
(GAUTHIER) A Girl, A Boy, and a Monster Cat
(GRAFF) ^ Umbrella Summer
(HADDIX) "Shadow Children" Series
(HARRISON) * Pirates
(HOROWITZ) "Alex Rider" Series
(HOWE) ^ Waggit's Tale
(HUNTER) "Warrior" Series
(JENKINS) ^ Never Smile at a Monkey
(KEHRET) Abduction
(KEHRET) Small Steps
(KLIMO) The Dragon in the Sock Drawer
(KLISE)* ^ Dying to Meet You: 43 Cemetary Road
(KORMAN) Zoobreak
(LAFEVERS) ^ Flight of the Phoenix
(LARSON) ^ Two Bobbies: True Story of Hurricane Katrina (SANTOPOLO) ^ Nina, the Pinta, and the Vanishing Treasure
(LASKY) "Guardians of Ga'hoole" Series
(LAW) Savvy
(LEWIS) The Chronicals of Narnia
(LIN) ^ Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(LOOK) "Alvin Ho" series
(LUPICA) Any of his books
(MARSH) "Carole Marsh Mystery" series
(MARTIN) "Doll People" series
(NIMO) "Charlie Bones" series
(NOBLEMAN) ^ Boys of Steel: Creators of Superman
(MARTIN) A Dog's Life
(MASS) Finally
(MCDONALD) * Hinky Pink
(MILLS) ^ How Oliver Olson Changed the World
(NESBITT) ^ My Hippo Has the Hiccups
O'CONNOR) ^ Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
(O'CONNOR) How to Steal a Dog
(PAOLINI) Eragon, "The Inheritance" series
(PARATORE) ^ Sunny Holiday
(PAULSEN) Hatchet
(PAULSEN) * Mudshark
(RIORDAN) " Percy Jackson & the Olympians " series
(ROLLINS) * Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow
(RUTKOSKI) * Cabinet of Wonders
(SAGE) "Septimus Heap" Series
(SALISBURY) * Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet
(SELZNICK) The Invention of Hugo Cabret
(SKYE) " Leven Thumps" series
(STEWART) The Mysterious Benedict Society
(ST.GEORGE) The Ghost, The White House and Me
(THOMSON) Dragon's Egg
(WEEKS) " Oggie Cooder" series
(WINKLER) "Hank Zipzer" Series
(YACCARINO) * Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau