TCS Required Reading List
Summer 2017
Children entering PreSchool:
I Went Walking
by Sue Williams
Children entering PreK:
The Little Red Hen
by Jerry Pinkney
Children entering Kindergarten:
A Stick is an Excellent Thing: Poems Celebrating Outdoor Play
by Marilyn Singer
Children entering First Grade:
Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea
By Cynthia Rylant
Children entering Second Grade:
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Suggested Additional Read:Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Children entering Third Grade:
Thank you Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
and at least one other free choice book.
Children entering Fourth Grade:
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies (Option: read independently or as a shared reading with an adult) and read at least one other free choice book.
Children entering Fifth Grade:
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (Read independently or as a shared reading with an adult; involves civil war in Sudan)
From the Mixed Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
One other free choice book.
Children entering Sixth Grade:
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- Intermediate or Teen Nutmeg of their choice
- Biography of a current or historical leader of their choice
Children entering Seventh Grade:
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- Teen 2018 Nutmeg Nominee of their choice
- Newbery of their choice
Children entering Eighth Grade:
- Flying Lessons and Other Stories, edited by Ellen Oh
- Teen 2018 Nutmeg Nominee of their choice
- March, Book 1, by John Lewis