The books listed in this flyer are available in your local neighborhood library so that they will be available to you and your child all summer long.

I count on your efforts to communicate the higher standards called for in our state and city.  Your example, encouragement, and support of your child's reading will go a long way toward helping us meet the student learning goals that we all share.

Summer gives you more time to help your child develop a love for books and reading. The staff of the Boston Public Schools and the Boston Public Library are ready and willing to assist you in planning a summer reading program for your child.

Happy Reading!

Sincerely,

DR. THOMAS PAYZANT
Superintendent
Boston Public Schools

Grades 4-5 SUMMER READING LIST

CONTEMPORARY FICTION:

Disappearing Acts Byars
The Landry News Clements
Because of Winn-Dixie Dicamillo
Sees Behind Trees Dorris
Seedfolks  Fleischman
Radiance Descending  Fox
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Gantos
Sun and Spoon  Henkes
Just Juice Hesse
Ola Shakes It Up Hyppolite
The Lost Flower Children Lisle
Zooman Sam Lowry
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family Namioka
Saving Shiloh Naylor
The Best School Year Ever Robinson
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger Sachar
Tea with Milk  Say
Daring To Be Abigail Vail
The Bad Girls Voight
Later Gator Yep

HISTORICAL FICTION:

Cocoa Ice  Applebaum
Sounder Armstrong
The Barn Avi
Bud, Not Buddy Curtis
The Watson's Go To Birmingham - 1963 Curtis
Matilda Bone Cushman
Guests Dorris
Bandit's Moon Fleishman
Nory Ryan's Song Giff
The Captive Hansen
When Jessie Came Across the Sea Hest
The Year of Miss Agnes Hill
Our Only May Amelia Holm
A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubliee Singers  Hopkinson
Nim and the War Effort  Lee
Number the Stars  Lowry
Run Away Home  McKissack
Park's Quest Paterson
Cat Running  Synder
The Well: David's Story Taylor
The Star Fisher Yep

FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION:

Poppy and Rye Avi
The Boggart Cooper
Half Magic Eager
My Father's Dragon Gannett
The Iron Giant Hughes
Ella Enchanted  Levine
The Doll Parade Martin
The Moorchild  McGraw
Prince of the Pond Napoli
I Was a Rat!  Pullman
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling
Summer Reading Is Killing Me Sciesczka
Into the Dream Sleator
The Thief  Turner
The Castle in the Attic Winthrop
Wizard's Hall Yolen

BIOGRAPHY:

Through My Eyes  Bridges
Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life Freedman
No More Strangers Now Young Voices From a New South Africa McKee
Malcolm X Myers
Duke Ellington Pinkney
Jump at de Sun  Porter
Sacagawea  St. George
Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid  Spinelli
Joan of Arc Stanley
Shaka: King of the Zulus  Stanley

FOLKTALES, FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS:

Ouch!: a Tale from Grimm  Babbitt
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Goble
The People Could Fly  Hamilton
The Last Tales of Uncle Remus Lester
The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural McKissack
The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese Norman
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella San Souci
Squids Will Be Squids Scieszka
I Am Mordred Springer
Golem Wisniewski
Rapunzel  Zelinsky

SELECTED CORE LITERATURE: 

GRADE 4:

My Name is Maria Isabel Ada
Poppy Avi
Circle of Gold Boyd
Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes Coerr
The Courage of Sarah Noble Dalgliesh
The Hundred Dresses Estes
Stone Fox Gardiner
Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues Greenfield
Onion Tears Kidd
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler  Konigsburg
Sarah, Plain and Tall McLachlan 
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear Namioka
Riding Freedom Ryan
The Cricket in Times Square Selden
Abel's Island Steig
Sign of the Beaver Speare
Song of the Trees Taylor
Charlotte's Web White
The Castle in the Attic Winthrop
Later, Gator Yep

GRADE 5:

The Fighting Ground Avi
Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary
War Comes to Willy Freedom Collier
Don't Read This Book, Whatever You Do! Dakos
The Whipping Boy Fleishman
Snow Treasure McSwigan
Crossing the Starlight Bridge Mead
Felita Mohr
Journey to 'JoBurg Naidoo
Shiloh Naylor
Sing Down the Moon O'Dell
Kid in the Red Jacket Park
The Great Gilly Hopkins Paterson
Canyons Paulsen
Missing May Rylant
The Real Thief Steig
Mississippi Bridge Taylor
Journey to Topaz Uchida 
The Star Fisher Yep
The Devil's Arithmetic Yolen

INFORMATIONAL BOOKS:

Anthology for the Earth Allen, Judy
A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust Chaikin
The Kids' Summer Handbook Drake
The Great Wall of China Fisher
The Top of the World: Climbing Mt. Everest Jenkins
Prehistoric Life Explained Johnson
Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers McKissack
The Great Fire Murphy
At Her Majesty's Request  Myers, Walter Dean
Destination Mars Simon
The Kids' Multicultural Art Book Terzian
Orphan Train Rider Warren
A Drop of Water Wick
The Wigwam and the Longhouse Yue

LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL 4-5:

Cuéntame un cuento Adams
El Duende y el robot Alonso
Querido Senor Henshaw Cleary
Sadako y las mil grullas de papel Coerr
Molly y los peregrinos Cohen
James y el melocoton gigante Dahl
Tainos  Dorris
Beisbol en los barrios  Horenstein
Anastasia tiene problemas Lowry
Sarah, sencilla y alto MacLachlan
Mares y oceanos Maestro
Le gran Gilly Hopkins Paterson
La isla de Abel Steig
La Abuela tejodora Orlev
Hay algo mas grande que una ballena azul Wells
Encuentro  Yolen

Los libros en Español están disponibles en la Biblioteca Central como también en las siguientes Bibliotecas de: Dudley, Connolly, Egleston Square, Parker Hill y las sucursales del South End. Los títulos que no se encuentrar en estas agencias, pueden ser ordenados Viá Préstamos, entre las Bibliotecas que integran el Sistema.

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
SUMMER READING PROGRAM, 2001

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The Boston Public Library's Summer Reading program invites all readers to focus on the magical world of books. Special programs and activities are planned to encourage families to get involved in reading together.

For more information, call the nearest branch library.

Adams Street 617-436-6900
Brighton 617-782-6032
Charlestown 617-242-1248
Codman Square 617-436-8214
Connolly 617-522-1960
Dudley 617-442-6186
East Boston 617-569-0271
Egleston Square 617-445-4340
Faneuil 617-782-6705
Fields Corner 617-436-2155
Grove Hall 617-427-3337
Hyde Park 617-361-2524
Jamaica Plain 617-524-2053
Lower Mills 617-298-7841
Mattapan 617-298-9218
North End 617-227-8135
Orient Heights 617-567-2516
Parker Hill 617-427-3820
Roslindale 617-323-2343
South Boston 617-268-0180
South End 617-536-8241
Uphams Corner 617-265-0139
Washington Village 617-269-7239
West End 617-523-3957
West Roxbury 617-325-3147

Central Library 617-536-5400
Children's Room ext. 2328
Copley Square