Wheeler and Hamilton Lower School Summer Reading & Math List 2018

Tells a humorous story of how the rock, paper, and scissors found each other and formed a battle game.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate the bonds of love that connect us all

A literate fox attempts to teach a trio of overzealous lemmings to read in order to save them from their habit of jumping off cliffs.

"When he is paired with a girl who has lost her legs, Rescue worries that he isn't up to the task of being her service dog"--OCLC

Three billy goats must outwit the big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they have to cross on their way up the mountain.

Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins

Elephant and Piggie read a book about deciding what shoes to wear.

The Martinez family is headed for a weekend at the beach, along with their friends, but Sofia has packed so many games that she does not have room for clothes.

"Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone-- carried into another realm by an ogre. When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything... except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power of their magic plants may not be enough to get them back to earth alive"--Back cover.

Things are looking up for best friends Hammy and Gerbee, a hamster and a gerbil, when they find out they're both in Miss Capybara's class. But it's not long before school becomes a battle between the good (Hammy and Gerbee), the bad (spelling bees and pop quizzes), and the evil (mice twins Anna and Hanna)"--OCLC.

Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the too-brief time they spent together. While in Mexico, Paloma meets Lizzie and Gael, who present her with an irresistible challenge: The siblings want her to help them find a valuable ring that once belonged to beloved Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Finding the ring means a big reward -- and the thanks of all Mexico. What better way to honor her father than returning a priceless piece of jewelry that once belonged to his favorite artist!"--Jacket flap.

"Anais, who has recently emigrated from Africa to Maine with her mother and young brother, copes with acclimating he rself to a new country, understanding American culture, learning English, figuring out how to fit in at school, and moving from motel to shelter and finally to a permanent ap artment"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.

The lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.

Looks at Leonard Nimoy's childhood and his getting into acting as an adult.

A picture book biography of Malala Yousafzai, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, discussing her childhood and her political activism.

Text and illustrations describe how a cat was reunited with its family after it was lost while its owners were traveling as refugees from Iraq to Greece.

The more we study the world around us, the more living things we discover every day. The planet is full of millions of species of plants, birds, animals, and microbes, and every single one including us is part of a big, beautiful, complicated pattern. When humans interfere with parts of the pattern, by polluting the air and oceans, taking too much from the sea, and cutting down too many forests, animals and plants begin to disappear. What sort of world would it be if it went from having many types of living things to having just one?"

This kids' book describes how scientists have used science notebooks to learn, explore, and discover"--Provided by publisher.

The true story of how Eugenie Clark became the ocean's most fearless scientist