Genie Merchant

Cool Summer Reading Lists 2009

1st Grade to 2nd Grade

Mercy Watson Thinks Like A Pig (Kate DiCamillo) Mr. & Mrs. Watson have a pig named Mercy and she creates quite a commotion for the neighborhood.

Junie B., First Grader Aloha-ha-ha! ( Barbara Park) Readers will recognize themselves and identify with similar funny situations in these realistic stories.

Magic Tree House Series #41 and still growing (Mary Hope Osbone) Jack and Annie travel back in time learning all kinds of things about history while having fun

Flat Stanley (Jeff Brown) A bulletin board falls on Stanley and now he is only half an inch thick and as you can imagine amazing things happen to him and his family

Enormous Crocodile (Roald Dahl) A Roald Dahl story but still with illustrations- An enormous crocodile loves his meals out of fresh juicy children

Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist the Invisible Fran (Jim Benton) An honest to goodness mad scientist with a real laboratory and all the stuff you would expect

Zack Files This Body’s Not Big Enough For Both Of Us (Dan Greenburg) Out of this world adventure stories with lots of humor

Horrid Henry (Francesca Simon) Devilish Henry and his younger brother Perfect Peter and a cast goofy characters will keep you laughing as the fiendish plots unfold