MAVERICK SUMMER READS 2024
SMMS | SATX | Summer 2024
GENERAL INFORMATION
HOW IT WORKS
- The Reading List is broken down by grade level, and offers a choice of books.
- If you would like to diverge from the Reading List so that your child can read another book, that is ok. In fact, there are some helpful resources below to help you find the best books for your child. Please adhere to minimum quantity and language of books detailed for each grade-level.
- We also ask every student to fill out a reading log. There is a link below with many different formats from which you can choose.
THE WHY
What Is Summer Reading Loss?
Summer Reading Gives You Superpowers!
RESOURCES
SIGN UP FOR A FREE SA PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD
SOURCES FOR ONLINE BOOKS
MYON & Accelerated Reader: For Spanish and English Titles
This program offers online access that will assist students in finding books based on their
interest and reading level.
1. Log on to the sight. AR/myOn link...don't forget to bookmark it.
2. https://global-zone53.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/236408
3. You will now see a BLUE page
4. Click on “I’m a Student”
5. Enter Username first name space last name (lower case)
ie: harry potter
6. Enter password 123
7. You will then see the RENAISSANCE Home Page
8. Grades K3/K4/K5 will see 1 Blue/Purple Button labeled myOn
9. Grade 1-8 will have the myOn Button and the orange Accelerated Reader Button
10. Students clicking on the myOn button for the 1st time will be directed to take a brief
quiz which will help in creating a profile for him/her.
11. When this is done you can then search for books.
12. Click on Book, Read/Listen to story
Students all grade levels can use the resource. Many fun titles to enjoy!
For questions/ contact Suzzanne Garcia at suzzanne.garcia@stmmsa.org
READING LOG OPTIONS
THE LISTS
PRE-K3 IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish
Cari Caricias - Maria Del Mar Benegas Ortiz
Vamos a Cazar Un Oso - Michael Rosen
Cocodrilo - Antonio Rubio
Un Elefante Se Balanceaba - Marianne Dubuc
Cucu Tras - Francesca Ferri
Mama Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury - F. Isabel Campoy
Elefantitos - Susie Jaramillo
La Oruga Muy Hambrienta- Eric Carle
El Abecedario De don Hilario- Gloria Fuertes
El dia que los crayones renunciaron- Drew Daywalt
Guadalupe: Primeras Palabras- Patti Rodriguez
Ratoncitos - Susie Jaramillo
Salta Ranita Salta! - Robert Kalan
Choose 2 English
Brown Bear- Billy Martin Jr.
Duck Rabbit- Amy Krouse,
Mix It Up- Herve Tullet
Pirate Girl - Cornelia Funke
PRE-K4 IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish
El Monstruo de Colores - Ana Llenas
Por El Camino - Mariana Ruiz Johnson
Si Yo Fuera Un Camaleon - Ana Galan
El día que los crayones renunciaron - Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
Cuadros De Familia - Carmen Lomas Garza
Chimoc En Machu Picchu - Andrea & Claudia Paz
El día en que descubres quién eres - Rafael Lopez
Veo Veo - Antonio Rubio
Ven a mi casa -Dr. Seuss
Oso pardo, oso pardo - Billy Martin Jr.
Clifford el gran perro colorado - Norman Bridwell
Leo el retoño tardío - Jose Aruego
Choose 2 English
Good night moon, Margaret Wise Brown
The very hungry caterpillar, Eric Carle
It's okay to be different, Todd Parr
Chicka Chicka boom boom, Bill Martin Jr.
Rosie Revere, Engineer, Andrea Beaty
Dragons Love Tacos, Adam Rubin
Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel, Adam Rubin
KINDERGARTEN IN 2024-25
Choose 5 In Spanish:
Las Tortillas del Burro - Terri Fields
Dale, Dale, Dale: Una Fiesta De Numeros - Rene Saldana, Jr.
Lucía the Luchadora by Cynthia Leonor Garza,
Soñadores by Yuyi Morales
Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre by Juana Martínez-Neal
El Día En Que Descubres Quien eres by Jacqueline Woodson
¡Solo pregunta!: Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú by Sonia Sotomayor
Qué cosas dice mi abuela by Ana Galán
La Luz de Lucia by Margarita del Mazo
Amor by Matt de la Peña
La Mariquita Malhumorada by Eric Carle
La Oruga impaciente by Ross Burach
La Gallinita Roja by Lucinda Mcqueen
Choose 2 In English:
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
Just In Case You Want to Fly by Juile Fogliano
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freeman
Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez
Saturday Is Swimming Day by Hyewon Yum
Grow Up, David! by David Shannon
There's a Dragon In Your Book by Tom Fletcher
One is a pinata: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
1ST GRADE IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish:
La Ola De Estrellas - Dolores Brown
Superninos - Anya Damirón
Un Lobo Con Mucha Hambre - Silvia Borando
El Fuertecito Rojo - Brenda Maier
La Idea más maravillosa - Ashley Spires
Cómo esconder un León - Helen Stephan
El Canto del mosquito - Alma Flor Ada
Frida - Yuyi Morales
Pan y Mermelada para Francisca - Russell Hoban
La llavecita dorada - Roberta Aliaga
Lola - Yuno Diaz
Chato y su Cena - Gary Soto
Viva - Sonia Sotomayor, Jonah Winter & Edel Rodríguez
Choose 2 English:
Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell
The Princess and the Pit Stop by Tom Angleberger
The Field by Baptiste Paul
The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do by Ashley Spires
Rosie Revere, Engineer, Andrea Beaty
Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type, Doreen Cronin
Leonardo, The Terrible Monster, Mo Willems
Owl Moon, Jane Yolen
Carlo and The Really Nice Librarian, Jessica Spanyol
2ND GRADE IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish:
Senorita Mariposa - G, Mister
De Aqui Como El Coqui - Nomar Perez
Imagina - Juan Felipe Herrera
Estela en el mercado de pulgas, Alexis O'Neill
Flotando con la canción de mama, Yuyi Morales
Viva Frida, Yuyi Morales (Autor e Illustrador)
Los tipos malos, Aaron Blabey
Que puedes hacer con una paleta?, Carmen Tafolla
Pelitos , Sandra Cisneros
Dragon, Dav Pilkey
Capitan Calzoncillos, Dav Pilkey
Esperando a Papa, Rene Colato Lainez
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx, Jonah Winter & Edel Rodriguez
Choose 2 English:
Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve (part of series), Osborne, Mary Pope
Fly Guy and the Frankenfly (part of series), Arnold, Ted
Creepy-Crawly Camping Adventure (part of series), Birney, Betty G. Humphrey
Nate the Great (part of series), Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman
Ivy & Bean (part of series), Barrows, Annie
The Day the Crayons Quit, Daywalt, Drew
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, Gerstein, Mordicai
Thank You, Mr. Falker, Polacco, Patricia
How to Babysit a Grandpa, Reagan, Jean
3RD GRADE IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish:
Sarai Salva La Musica - Sarai Gonzalez
Luis Y Jennifer En: Cesar Chavez Y La Maquina Del Tiempo - Juan Carlos Quezadas
El Rubi Del Monte Fuji - Nacho Pangua
Alerta! Un Monstruo En La Familia - Jose Ignacio Valenzuela
Bajo la luna de limón, Edith Hope Fine
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx, Jonah Winter La Cenicienta, Gabriela Mistral
Abecedario De Plantas, Yanetzia Canetti
Cali Y Mona, Pepe Valle
De Cómo Dicen Que Fue Hecho el Mar, Mrinali Álvarez Astacio
Esperanza Renace, Pam Munoz Ryan
Amigos Del Otro Lado, Gloria Anzaldua
Buenas Noches Capitan Mama, Graciela Triscareno-Sato
Soccermania / Futbolmanía, Juan Pablo Lombana
Choose 2 English:
Super fudge: Judy Blume
The B.F.G. Roald Dahl
Mr. Popper's Penguins: Richard and Florence Atwater
Diary of a Wimpy kid: Jeff Kinney
Tale of Despereaux: Kate DiCamillo
A to Z Mysteries: Ron Roy
Never Girl: Kiki Thorpe
4TH GRADE IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish
Primera Caida! - Diego Mejía Eguiluz
Kiko Robot - Valentin Rincon
Campamiento Miedo - Jaime Sandoval
La Frontera: El Viaje Con Papa - Deborah Mills
La Niña Invisible - Puño
Frida: El Misterio Del Anillo Del Pavo Real Y Yo - Angela Cervantes
El béisbol nos salvó, Ken Mochizuki
Emma está al aire: ¡Noticias de última hora! Ida Siegal
¡Estamos en un libro!, Mo Willems
La historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar, Luis Sepulveda
El chico de la calle Canela, Phoebe Stone
El enmascarado de lata, Vivian Mansour
Un lugar entre las sombras, Walter Dean Myers
Choose 2 English
Tales of the 4th grade nothing, Judy Blume
James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
Freckle Juice, Judy Blume
Wonder, RJ Palacio
Holes, Louis Sachar
Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, CS Lewis
Number The Stars, Lois Lowry
The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Beverly Cleary
Smile, Raina Telgemeier
El Deafo, Cece Bell
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum, Meghan McCarthy
Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the True Story of an American Feud, Suzanne Tripp Jurmain
5th GRADE IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish:
Luna Fortuna - Diana Lopez
Yo, Noemi Leon - Pam Muñoz Ryan
El Golpe De Viento - Javier Peñalosa
El Diario De Nisha - Veera Hiranandani
Esperanza renace by Pam Munoz Ryan
Nacer bailando by Alma Flor Ada
Domítíla, Coburn
Primer día en las uvas, Perez
Al fin en casa, Elya
La vasija que Juan Fabrico, Andrews-Goebel
Una película en mi almohada, Argueta
Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico! Brotes de las Américas, Mora
¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! Descubriendo el bosque nublado /Olinguito, from A to Z! Unveiling the Cloud Forest, Delacre
Choose 2 English:
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
The City of Ember by Jeanne DePrau
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
Hello Universe by Erin Kelly
Restart by Gordon Korman
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
6TH GRADE IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish:
Antes De Ser Libres - Julia Alvarez
Los Watson Van A Birgmingham - 1963 - Christopher Curtis
Hola, Universo - Erin Kelly
Alma Y La Isla - Monica Rivera
Mas Alla De Mi - Francisco Jimenez
El soñado - Pam Muñoz Ryan
Lloro Por La Tierra - Mildred Taylor
Aru Shah Y El Fin Del Tiempo - Roshani Chokshi
El Crossover - Kwame Alexander
Mari Suarez Se Pone Las Pilas - Meg Medina
Cajas de cartón: Relatos de la vida peregrina de un niño campesino - Francisco Jimenez
El color de mis palabras - Lynn Joseph
Béisbol en abril y otros cuentos - Gary Soto
Choose 2 English:
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen or Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation) An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive by Laura Hillenbrand
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: Young Readers’ Edition by William Kamkwamba
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story by Karen Levine
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Vladimir Radunsky
A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Journeys Across America, Laura Ingalls Wilder
7TH GRADE IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish
El Color de Mis Palabras - Lynn Joseph
AMANDA BLACK 1 - UNA HERENCIA PELIGROSA - Juan Gomez Jurado
Yo no soy tu perfecta hija Mexicana - Erika L. Sánchez
Vuelo a la libertad: Relatos en primera persona - Ana Veciana-Suarez
Esperanza renace - Pam Munoz Ryan
Nacer bailando - Alma Flor Ada
MAYA ERIKSON Y EL MISTERIO DEL LABERINTO - Isabel Alvarez
Todas Para Una - W. Ama
CUENTOS PARA ENTENDER EL MUNDO - Eloy Moreno
EL QUIJOTE CONTADO A LOS NIÑOS - Rosa Navaro Duran
En Busca De La Secreta - Rosario Ana
365 ENIGMAS Y JUEGOS DE LÓGICA - Miguel Capo
FUTBOLISIMOS 1: EL MISTERIO DE LOS ÁRBITROS DORMIDOS - Roberto Santiago
Choose 1 Fiction:
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
New Kid by Jerry Craft
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Choose 1 Non-Fiction:
The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics (Young Readers’ Adaption) by Daniel James Brown
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans by Don Brown
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible, Leon Leyson
An Invisible Thread (Young Readers Adaptation) by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, James L. Swanson
8TH GRADE IN 2024-25
Choose 5 Spanish:
Caperucita en Manhattan - Carmen Martin Gaite
El caballo de Lord Byron - Vanesa Perez Sauquillo
Las lágrimas de Naraguyá - Catalina Gonzalez Vilar
Duna. Diario de un verano - Muriel Villanueva
Los escarabajos vuelan al atardecer - Maria Gripe
Tania Val de Lumbre - Maria Parr y Zuzanna Celej
Senderos fronterizos by Francisco Jimenez
La playa de los inútiles - Alex Nogués y Bea Enríquez
Vuelo a la libertad by Ana Veciana-Suarez
El bestiario de Axlin - Laura Gallego
Vango - Timothée De Fombelle
Devolver al Remitente by Julia Alvarez
El principito by Antoine de Saint-Esbury
Choose 2 Fiction:
The Thing About Jelleyfish by Ali Benjamin
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Choose 2 Non-Fiction:
Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson
Sonia Sotomayor: A Biography by Sylvia Mendoza
Hidden Figures: (Young Reader’s Edition) by Margot Lee Shetterly
Edgar Allan Poe by Thomas Streissguth
With Their Eyes: September 11th: The View from a High School at Ground Zero by Annie Thoms Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai
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