Hawthorn School Summer 24 reading list ideas
Mrs. Anderson
The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter (ages 5+)
D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire (8+)
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen (8+)
Any classic fairy tales by Grimm, Andersen, etc (8+)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll (8+)
The Good Master by Kate Seredy (10+)
King Solomon’s Ring by Konrad Z. Lorenz (12+)
Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl (12+)
Mrs. Andino
Mr. Popper’s Penguins, by Richard Atwater (6+)
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster (8+)
Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz Ryan (10+)
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London (10+)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (12+)
Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis (14+)
The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis (14+)
Mr. Hickman
The Lighthouse, by Michael D. O’Brien (14+)
Touching the Void, by Joe Simpson (14+)
Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling (13+)
Mrs. Macalintal
The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown (3+)
Fish is Fish by Leo Leonni (3+)
A Color of His Own by Leo Leonni (2+)
Swimmy by Leo Leonni (2+)
Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry (2+)
Pet Show! By Ezra Jack Keats (3+)
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats (3+)
Stellaluna by Janelle Cannon (3+)
The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow (3+)
Mrs. MacDonald
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (3+)
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (3+)
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (4+)
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (4+)
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (5+)
The Cricket in Times Square, George Seldon (6+)
Mary Poppins, P. L. Travers (6+)
Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder (7+)
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, Hugh Lofting (7+)
Milly-Molly-Mandy (Series), Joyce Lankester Brisley (7+)
Betsy-Tacy, Maud Hart Lovelace (7+)
Son of Charlemagne, Barbara Willard (7+)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Wiggin (8+)
Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild (8+)
The Wingfeather Saga, Andrew Peterson (8+)
The Famous Five (Series), Enid Blyton (8+)
Mrs.Mancuso
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (8+)
A Wrinkle in TIme by Madeleine L’Engle (8+)
The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene (8+)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (10+)
Mr. McGovern
To Build a Fire by Jack London (12+)
The Odyssey retold by Gillian Cross, Illustrated by Neil Packer (12+)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (14+)
Mrs. Schneider
The BFG by Roald Dahl (7+)
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White (7+)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (10+)
Dead Wake by Erik Larson (14+)
Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson (14+)
Mr. Simonetti
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (6+)
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (9+)
Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien (10+)
