HMS Summer Enrichment Program

Program Duration: June 1, 2025 – August 8, 2025 (8 weeks total, with 2 weeks allowed for vacations)

Math:

  • Time Commitment: 20 minutes/day x 4 days/week (640 minutes minimum)
  • Additional Suggestions:
    • MAP Skills
    • Big Ideas Math Skills
    • Personal Skills or Recommended Skills by Classroom Teacher

Reading:

  • All Grades K-8:
    • Weekly Activity: Fill out Google Form 
  • Grades K-4:
    • Time Commitment: 30 minutes/day x 5 days/week (40 days minimum)
    • Form: HMS Summer Reading Log Grades K-4 click here

  • Grades 5-8:
  • Activity: Read 1 chapter book at their level each week (8 books minimum)
  • Form: HMS Summer Reading Log Grades 5-8 click here

Rewards Party:

  • Date: Friday, August 15, 2025
  • Location: HMS Richards Adventist School
  • Includes:
    • Pizza
    • Ice Cream

Dear Parents and Students,
As we approach the summer break, I am delighted to share with you a curated list of recommended reads for our HMS Richards Adventist School community. Please find attached the list of books that I believe will inspire, entertain, and expand young minds.


Before suggesting any book to your child, I encourage you to review the content yourself to ensure it aligns with your values and preferences. Additionally, remember
that this list is just the beginning. This list is only the start. As you delve into the world of literature, you will stumble upon new authors and titles that capture your child’s imagination.


Reading is not just an activity; it’s a journey that allows us to travel, learn, explore, and imagine. I hope this summer provides ample opportunities for your family to embark on exciting literary adventures.


Wishing you all a wonderful summer!
Mrs. Jordan
Principal
HMS Richards Adventist School

Grades K-2 Reading List:

  • A Baby Sister for Frances
  • A Fly Went By
  • A Giraffe and a Half
  • Alexander and the Terrible Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
  • Amelia Bedelia
  • Are you My Mother?
  • Bedtime for Frances
  • Best Friends for Frances
  • Big Red Barn
  • Blueberries for Sal
  • Bread and Jam for Frances
  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear
  • Camille and the Sunflowers
  • Caps for Sale
  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
  • Corduroy
  • Curious George Books
  • Degas and the Little Dancer -Laurence Anholt
  • Fox in Socks
  • Goodnight Moon
  • Guess How Much I Love You
  • Harold and the Purple Crayon
  • Harry the Dog (book Series)
  • Hop on Pop
  • I am a Bunny
  • I Went Walking
  • If I only Had a Green Nose
  • If you Give a Mouse a Cookie
  • Inch by Inch
  • Leo the Late Bloomer
  • Leonardo and the Flying Boy
  • Llama Llama Red Pajama
  • Madeline (book series)
  • Make Way for Ducklings
  • Mama Do you Love Me?
  • Matisse, The King of Color
  • Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
  • Owen
  • Owl Babies
  • Richard Scarry Books
  • Salt in His Shoes
  • Sandra Boynton Books
  • Stellaluna
  • Swimmy
  • The Brand New Kid
  • The Cat in the Hat
  • The Emperors Pot
  • The Fire Cat
  • The Grouchy Lady Bug
  • The Legend of the Teddy Bear
  • The Little Engine That Could
  • The Little Red Caboose
  • The Magical Gardens of Claude Monet
  • The Napping House
  • The Oak inside the Acorn
  • The Relatives Came
  • The Runaway Bunny
  • The Story of Ferdinand
  • The Tales of Peter Rabbit (picture book)
  • The Tiny Seed
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
  • The Very Busy Spider
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  • The Very Lonely Firefly
  • Time for Bed by Mem Fox
  • We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends
  • Where the Wild Things Are

Grades 3-4 Reading List:

  • Canyon Girl, Valley Girl, Hood River Girl -Paula Montgomery
  • Charlotte’s Web
  • Childhood of Famous Americans (there are hundreds of these! And they are good!)
  • Courage of Sarah Noble
  • Encyclopedia Brown (Book Series)
  • Falling Up
  • Family Under the Bridge
  • Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
  • In Grandma’s Attic Book Series -Richardson
  • James Herriot Treasury for Children
  • Little House on the Prairie (Book Series)
  • Maniac Magee
  • Prairie School
  • Ramona Quimby Age 8 (Beverly Cleary books)
  • Riding Freedom
  • Sarah, Plain and Tall
  • Snow Treasure
  • The Biggest Bear
  • The Giving Tree
  • The Great Gily Hopkins
  • The Hundred Dresses
  • The Secret Garden
  • The Secret School
  • The Whipping Boy
  • The Year of Miss Agnes
  • Viking Adventure
  • Where the Red Fern Grows
  • Winnie the Pooh (seriously! The best!)

Grades 5-6 Reading List:

  • Homer Price
  • Little Britches
  • Little Pear
  • Mr. Tucket
  • My Side of the Mountain
  • Number the Stars
  • Nyla and the White Crocodile – Youngberg
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms
  • Shiloh
  • Shoeshine Girl
  • Spotted Boy and the Comanches – Cason
  • Stone Fox
  • Swift Arrow – Cunningham
  • The Box-Car Children
  • The Door in the Wall
  • The Great Wheel
  • The Kidnapped Prince
  • The Moffats
  • The Penderwicks
  • The Perilous Road
  • The Secret of the Cave – Maxwell
  • The Sign of the Beaver
  • The Trailblazer Series (Dave & Neta Jackson
  • Treasures of the Snow
  • Twenty and Ten
  • When My Name Was Keoko

Grades 7-8 Reading List:

  • A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal
  • A Lion Called Christian
  • A Long Way to Water
  • Anne of Green Gables (Book Series)
  • Big Red
  • Boys in the Boat
  • Bridge to Terabithia
  • Cromwell’s Boy
  • David Livingstone, Foe of Darkness
  • Fever
  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler
  • George Washington’s World
  • Guns of Thunder – Douglas Bond
  • Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
  • Heidi
  • Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
  • I Am Malala (Young Reader’s Version)
  • Johnny Tremain
  • Joni – Joni Eareckson
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy
  • Little Women
  • Maniac Magee
  • Miracles on Maple Hill
  • Montana Bullwacker – Rouse
  • Noah Webster: Master of Words – David Collins
  • Old Yeller
  • Out of the Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
  • Paul Revere and the World He Lived In
  • Pilgrim’s Progress
  • Rebel’s Keep – Douglas Bond
  • Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
  • The American Revolution (Landmark Books) – Bruce Bliven
  • The Bronze Bow
  • The Double Life of Pocahontas
  • The Perilous Road
  • The Twenty-One Balloons
  • The War that Saved My Life
  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond
  • The Witchcraft of Salem Village
  • Walk Two Moons
  • White Fang
  • Why Not, Lafayette?