Suggested Summer Reading List:


The Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Public Library encourage you to get healthy when you join the You Are What You Read Summer Reading Program this summer. It’s easy to get started: just read for fun and then come to your local library to tell us what you like about the books. Books are a great way to explore healthy living and exercise your mind. Here are some great books to get you started:


Kindergarten


April and Esme, Tooth Fairies by Bob Graham Froggy Goes to the Doctor by Jonathan London Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow: A Compost Story by Linda Glaser Get Up and Go! by Nancy Carlson Good Enough to Eat by Lizzy Rockwell Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat My Five Senses by Aliki Rah-Rah Radishes: A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler Wiggle by Doreen Cronin


3rd-4th grade A to Z Mysteries: The School Skeleton by Ron Roy


All You Can Be: Learning and Growing Through Sports by Kerry Wood


Burp!: Crazy Human Body Stories by Scholastic, Inc.


Chasing Vermeer by Balliett Blue The Dentist from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler Everything You Need to Know About the Human Body by Patricia Macnair Get Moving in the City by Jackie Heron Good Sports: Rhymes About Running, Jumping, Throwing and More by Jack Prelutsky


Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole The Monster Health Book: A Guide to Eating Healthy, Being Active & Feeling Great for Monsters & Kids! by Edward Miller


5th-6th grade


Able to Play: Overcoming Physical Challenges by Glenn Stout Does an Apple a Day Keep the Doctor Away?: And Other Questions about Your Health and Body by Sandy Donovan


Eat This Not That! for Kids!: Thousands of Simple Food Swaps That Can Save Your Child from Obesity! by David Zinczenko


1st-2nd grade


Anna Banana: 101 Jump Rope Rhymes by Joanna Cole Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries: What Is in the Fruits Group? by Brian P. Cleary


The Busy Body Book: A Kid’s Guide to Fitness by Lizzy Rockwell Doctor de Soto by William Steig How Cooking Works by DK Publishing Junie B. Jones, First Grader: Toothless Wonder by Barbara Park Six Sheeps Sip Thick Shakes: And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters by Brian P. Cleary


Tell Me, All About Trees for Kids by Gail Gibbons When You Are Happy by Eileen Spinelli Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, & Yawn by Melvin Berger


From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg Great Moments in the Summer Olympics by Matt Christopher Human Body by Steve Parker Travel Team by Mike Lupica Why Do Feet Smell?: And 20 Questions about the Human Body by Gilda Berger Your 21st


Century Brain: Amazing Science Games to Play with Your Mind by Rob DeSalle


7th-8th grade


101 Ways to Get in Shape by Charlotte Guillain Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson


Food and Nutrition: Eating to Win by Emily Sohn Heroes of the Environment: True Stories of People Who Help Protect Our Planet by Harriet Rohmer


Hoops by Robert Burleigh The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat by Michael Pollan Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls and Rhythms by Charles R. Smith, Jr. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin


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