St. Joseph's Books Online Click here for a link to the Bergen County Cooperative Library System - Here you will find a link to a search engine for findings these books. It will help you to locate them online by Libraries within the Bergen County area. It might be best to search by Title or Author!   Last Summers Reading List by Grade Grade 2 1. Rockabye Crocodile by Aruego & Dewey 2. Toad and Frog Together by Lobel 3. The Sun, the Moon and the Silver Baboon by Field 4. Iktomi and the Boulder by Goble 5. Time to Get Out by Testa 6. The Lady with the Alligator Purse by Westcott 7. Owl at Home by Lobel 8. Fox on Stage by Marshall 9. Nate the Great and the Stolen Base by Sharmat 10.Who Was It? by Moss If any of these books can't be found, replace with another appropriate book for your child. Grade 3 Choose 5 from the following list. (Miss Smith said they may be replaced by other books from the same author, if these titles can't be found.) 1. The Cactus Flower Bakery by Harry Allard 2. What's Cooking, Jenny Archer? by Ellen Conford 3. The Show and Tell War by Janice Smith 4. Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel by Irene Smalls-Hector 5. Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz 6. Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard 7. Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg 8. The Dog and the Deep Dark Wood by Dick Gackenbach 9. The Elephant Who Couldn't Forget by Faith McNulty Grade 4 Please read 3 of the following titles. You may substitute any books by these authors. 1. Bicycle Rider by Mary Sciosa 2. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan 3. Shoeshine Girl by Robert Bulla 4. There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar 5. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Clearly 6. A Clue in the Code by Marilyn Singer 7. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume 8. Talk About a Family by Eloise Greenfield 9. Staying Nine by Pam Conrad 10. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 11. Stone Fox by J. Reynolds Gardiner 12. Sidewalk Story by Sharon Bell Mathis Grade 5 Everyone must read Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Also select 2 other books from the following list. 1. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 2. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman 3. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 4. Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry 5. Sounder by William H. Armstrong 6. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary 7. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George Be prepare to be tested on on of the books you read! Grade 6 1. Our Sixth Grade Sugar Babies by Eve Bunting 2. Good-Bye Chicken Little by Betsy Byars 3. Coffin on a Case by Eve Bunting 4. Is Anybody There? by Eve Bunting 5. The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton You must read 3 of the books form this list and prepare to be tested. Grade 7 1. My Sister, My Science Project by Eve Bunting 2. The Perilous Road by William O Steele 3. Dragon of the Lost Sea by Laurence Yep 4. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 5. Journey to Jo'Burg by Beverly Naidoo 6. Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce You must read 3 of the books from this list and be prepared to be tested. Grade 8 1. Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic 2. A Separate Peace by John Knowles 3. A Stranger is Watching by Mary Higgins Clark 4. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson 5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (adv) 6. Christy by Catherine Marshall 7. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Green 8. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 9. Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry You must read 3 books from this list and be prepare to be tested.