Summer Reading

Go Green @ Your Library, All Ages Welcome! It’s almost impossible to complete a day without hearing or seeing something that reminds us to “go green.” From organic products and fashion to politics and technology, there is a barrage of messages coming at us from all sides. Yet, how many of us pause to think about what it means to “go green?” The 2010 Massachusetts Statewide Summer Reading Adventure, Go Green at Your Library, provides libraries with an outstanding opportunity to do what we do best: share information! So, while we celebrate summer reading efforts, we plan to offer a variety of activities that encourage us to think about our planet and our actions, both good and bad.

Sponsored by the Eldredge Public Library, the Friends of the EPL, the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and the Boston Bruins,, Go Green at Your Library, promises to be a fun-filled, thoughtful summer of activities, events, and reading celebrations for children, teens, and families of all ages. Stop by Youth Services to pick up your July and August calendars and register for the summer reading challenge beginning July 1st!

Chatham Public Schools' Summer Reading List

Grade Five Summer Reading - Chatham Middle School

Select a minimum of three books to read during the summer. Choose books that will interest you! Please be ready to share information about your summer reading with your fifth grade class in the fall.

Please put in writing: title, author, illustrator, favorite passage

Grade Six Summer Reading - Chatham Middle School

Select a minimum of three books:

a biography of your choice, a collection of poetry of your choice, and one book chosen from the list below:

Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

A View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Loser by Jerry Spinelli

The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle

What a Great Idea! Inventions that Changed the World by Stephen M. Tomacek

You may wish to read these with a friend, a parent, or even form a book club. Take notes on each book you read. Your notes should reflect your thoughts, questions, and observations. These notes are to be handed to your teacher the first week of school. In addition, during the first weeks of school, there will be an assessment activity based upon your summer reading. We invite and encourage you to read more than that which is required.