Summer Reading 2024
Sam Placentino Elementary School
Please try and read for 20 minutes a day!! Have a wonderful, happy, healthy summer!
~ Mrs. Canal
Reading Recommendations by Grade
Entering Pre-K or Kindergarten
Picture Books
- Poetree by Shauna LaVoy Reynolds
- Swim Swim Sink by Jenn Harney
- Who got game? Baseball by Derrick D. Barnes
- Calling the Water Drum by LaTisha Redding
- Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
- Crab Cake by Andrea Tsurumi
- Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard
- Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick
- Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Schwartz
- The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield
- When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
- I got Next by Daria Peoples-Riley
Early Readers
- Hi Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold
- Noodlehead Nightmares by Tedd Arnold
- Olivia by Ian Falconer
- Ling and Ting by Grace Lin
- Best Friends in the Universe by Stephanie Watson
- Adventures of Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
- What is Chasing Duck? by Jan Thomas
- Welcome to Trucktown! by Jon Scieszka
- Dragons and Marshmallows (Zoey and Sassafras) by Asia Citro
- Who Would Win? by Jerry Pallotta
- The Confetti Kids series by Gwendolyn Hooks
Entering 1st or 2nd
Picture Books
- Ghosts for Breakfast by Stanley Todd Terasaki
- Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
- Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
- Sharice's Big Voice by Sharice Davids
- Crown by Derrick Barnes
- Oona by Kelly Dipucchio
- Under My Hijab by Aaliya Jaleel
- We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
- Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
- It's Okay to be Different by Todd Parr
- Bobby vs. Girls (accidentally) by Lisa Yee
Chapter Books
- Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan
- Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
- Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami
- Invisible Inkling by Harry Bliss
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
- Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence
- Luz Makes a Splash by Claudia Davilla
- The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
- Jake the Fake by Craig Robinson
- Keena Ford by Frank Morrison
- EllRay Jakes by Sally Warner
Favorite Series
- Cam Jansen by David A. Adler
- The Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott
- Mercy Watson by Kate Dicamillo
- Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon
- Katie Woo Series by Fran Manushkin
- Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner
- Yasmin in Charge by Saadia Faruqi
- Sherlock Sam Series by A.J. Low
- Alvin Ho by Lenore Look
- Lola Levine by Monica Brown
- Sophia Martinez Series by Jacqueline Jules
- Zeus the Mighty by Crispin Boyer
Graphic Novels
- Narwhal by Ben Clanton
- Dog Man by Dav Pilkney
- I am Helen Keller by Brad Meltzer
- Azzi In Between by Sarah Garland (out of print)
- Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic by Wauter Mannaert
- Peter and Ernesto SERIES by Graham Anable
- The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
- Agent 9 Series by James Burks