Summer Reading List for East Lyme Public Schools: 1st and 2nd Grade

Here is the suggested reading list for the East Lyme Public Schools and Salem School District. Click on the images or hyperlinks to see where the books are located in the East Lyme Public Library. Please remember that these are just suggested titles. If a book is already checked out to another reader, simply ask the librarian for another recommendation. Happy Summer Reading!

For children entering grades 1-2:

Ryan, Pam M, and Brian Selznick. Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride: Based on a True Story. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. Print.

DiCamillo, Kate, and Dusen C. Van. Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride. Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2006. Print.

Sinnott, Susan, Laszlo Kubinyi, Jamie Young, and Connie Russell. Welcome to Addy's World, 1864: Growing Up During America's Civil War. Middleton, WI: Pleasant Co. Publications, 1999. Print.

McCarney, Rosemary A, and Rosemary A. McCarney. Dear Malala, We Stand with You. New York: Crown , 2015. Print.

Barretta, Gene. Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin. New York: Henry Holt and Co, 2006. Print. 

Pinkney, Jerry, and Aesop. The Lion & the Mouse.New York: Little Brown , 2009. Print.

Muntean, Michaela, K C. Bailey, and Stephen Kazmierski. Stay: The True Story of Ten Dogs. New York: Scholastic Press, 2012. Print.

Markle, Sandra. Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories. Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook Press, 2009. Print.

Hatkoff, Juliana, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff. Winter's Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again. New York: Scholastic Press, 2009. Print.

Drummond, Allan. Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. Print.

Greene, Jacqueline D, Robert Hunt, and Susan McAliley. Meet Rebecca: An American Girl. Middleton, WI: American Girl Pub, 2009. Print.

Lo, Ginnie, and Beth Lo. Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2012. Print.

Tak, Bibi D. Mikis and the Donkey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014. Print.

Munsch, Robert N, and Michael Martchenko. The Paperbag Princess. Lindfield, N.S.W: Scholastic Australia, 2006. Print.

Muth, Jon J. Zen Shorts. New York: Scholastic Press, 2005. Print.

Campbell, K G. The Mermaid and the Shoe. Toronto: Kids Can Press , 2014. Print.

Young, Ed, Ed Young, John Stevens, and Nanette Stevenson. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China. New York: Philomel Books, 1989. Print.

Long, Loren. Otis and the Tornado. New York: Philomel Books, 2011. Print.

Hill, Susan, John Grogan, and Lydia Halverson. Marley, Messy Dog. New York, NY: Harper, 2011. Print.

Watt, Mélanie. Scaredy Squirrel. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2006. Print.

Barnett, Mac, and Adam Rex. Chloe and the Lion. New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2012. Print.

Tullet, Hervé, and Christopher Franceschelli. Press Here.San Francisco: Chronicle, 2011. Print.

Klassen, Jon. I Want My Hat Back. Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2011. Print.

Klassen, Jon. This Is Not My Hat. Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2012. Print.

Daywalt, Drew, and Oliver Jeffers. The Day the Crayons Quit. New York: Philomel, 2013. Print.

Cunnane, Kelly, and Hoda Hadadi. Deep in the Sahara. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2013. Print.

Torrey, Michele, and Barbara J. Newman. The Case of the Barfy Birthday: And Other Super-Scientific Cases. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 2003. Print.

Cummings, Troy. The Notebook of Doom: Rise of the Balloon Goons. New York, N.Y: Scholastic, 2013. Print.

O'Malley, Kevin, and Patrick O'Brien. Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery. New York: Walker Pub. Co, 2005. Print.

Kellogg, Steven, and Steven Kellogg. The Missing Mitten Mystery. New York: Dial Books, 2000. Print.

Rylant, Cynthia, and G B. Karas. The Case of the Desperate Duck. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2005. Print.

Viva, Frank. A Long Way Away: A Two-Way Story. New York: Little, Brown, 2013. Print.

Grey, Mini. Toys in Space. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Print.

McNamara, Margaret, and Mark Fearing. The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011. Print.

Van, Allsburg C. Zathura: A Space Adventure. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Print.

Yaccarino, Dan. Doug Unplugged. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Print. 

Hale, Shannon, Dean Hale, and LeUyen Pham. The Princess in Black. Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2014. Print.

Broach, Elise, and Kelly Murphy. Masterpiece Adventures: The Miniature World of Marvin & James. New York: Henry Holt , 2014. Print. 

Jenkins, Emily, and Paul O. Zelinsky. Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2006. Print. 

 Thorpe, Kiki, and Jana Christy. A Dandelion Wish.New York: Random House , 2013. Print.

Joyce, William, and Joe Bluhm. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012. Print.

Stilton, Geronimo. Geronimo Stilton in the Kingdom of Fantasy. New York: Scholastic, 2009. Print.

Polacco, Patricia. Mr. Wayne's Masterpiece. New York: Penguin, 2014. Print.

Barnett, Mac, and Jon Klassen. Sam & Dave Dig a Hole. Somerville, Massachusetts:Candlewick Press, 2014. Print.

Beaty, Andrea, and David Roberts. Rosie Revere, Engineer. New York: Abrams, 2013. Print.

Mader, C R. Tiptop Cat. New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. Print.

Cooper, Elisha. Homer. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2012. Print.

Kelly, David A, and Oliver Dominguez. Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball.Minneapolis :Millbrook,2013. Print.

Floca, Brian. Locomotive. New York: Atheneum , 2013. Print. 

 Becker, Aaron. Journey. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, , 2013. Print. 

 Santat, Dan. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. New York ; Boston : Little, Brown , 2014. Print. 

 Rosenstock, Barb, and Mary GrandPré. The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art.New York: Knopf, 2014. Print. 

 Bryant, Jennifer, and Melissa Sweet. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus.Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans , 2014. Print.

Muth, Jon J. Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons. New York : Scholastic , 2014. Print. 

Floca, Brian. Lightship. New York, N.Y: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007. Print.  

 Rappaport, Doreen, and Bryan Collier. Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2001. Print.

Ringgold, Faith. If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young People, 1999. Print.

Winter, Jeanette. The Watcher: The Story of Jane Goodall. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011. Print. 

Kamkwamba, William, Bryan Mealer, and Elizabeth Zunon. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. , 2012. Print. 

 Colón, Raúl. Draw!, 2014. Print.

Ferris, Jeri, and Vincent X. Kirsch. Noah Webster and His Words. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Print.

Hatke, Ben. Zita the Spacegirl. New York: First Second/Roaring Brook Press, 2011. Print.

Castellucci, Cecil, and Sara Varon. Odd Duck. , 2013. Print.

Holm, Jennifer L, and Matthew Holm. Babymouse: Monster Mash. New York: Random House, 2008. Print.

Wight, Eric. Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009. Print.

Faller, Régis. Polo: The Runaway Book. New Milford, Conn: Roaring Brook Press, 2007. Print.

So many great books, and there are even more!
 2016 Elementary Nutmeg Award nominees.
Happy Summer Reading, everyone!