Summer Reading List 2014

With the unofficial start of summer behind us it's time to make our summer reading list.  Annabelle turns 5 at the end of June and is already reading!  We are going to participate in some of the activities offered by our local library district through their summer reading program, this summer's theme is Fizz Boom Read.

We'll of course visit our local library several times throughout the summer and borrow early reader books and children's books to read with and to Annabelle.  Along with those I am going to start reading chapter books with Annabelle, we've just finished our first chapter book, "Ivy & Bean Break the Fossil Record" book 3 in the Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows.  Annabelle really liked Ivy and Bean, so I suspect we'll be reading more of the books in this series and I found one called The Never Girls that we want to read about a group of friends who accidentally end up in Neverland.

But I also want to introduce her to some old favorites:  the Ramona Series by Beverly Cleary, Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers, Matilda by Rolad Dahl, and Charlotte's Webb by E.B. White.  I'm also excited to start reading the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder with Annabelle, but I think that series will have to wait a little while longer.

Then I found a list of books for young girls on Imagination Soup, more books we're going to have to check out!

My personal reading list included a couple of books by Philippa Gregory, an excellent historical fiction author. I'm currently reading "The White Princess" and due out later this summer is "The King's Curse."  Each of Philippa Gregory's books follows a woman's perspective through some of the most notable events in English history.

What's on your summer reading list?