2023 Lower School Wheeler and Hamilton Summer Reading

When he is assigned Teddy Roosevelt as his biography project in school, fourth-grader Riley finds himself inspired by Roosevelt's tenacity and perseverance and resolves to find a way to get what he most wants a saxophone and music lessons.

When a hurricane causes the river near his Hawaiian home to flood, a boy named Calvin Coconut makes a daring rescue.

When Oy and her Thai American family move to a new neighborhood, her third-grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different.

The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.

Seven-year-old Shaquille O'Neal, a talented basketball and video game player, learns to share the spotlight with his cousin Barry when the youngsters work together to earn money by watering plants.

Lulu's parents refuse to give in when she demands a brontosaurus for her birthday and so she sets out to find her own, but while the brontosaurus she finally meets approves of pets, he does not intend to be Lulu's.

When Lulu's next-door neighbor doesn't seem to be looking after his rabbit properly, Lulu and her cousin Mellie devise a scheme to make him pay more attention to his pet.

As the youngest in her family, seven-year-old Violet identifies with small creatures in the natural world, but when she tries to help a special ladybug, she learns an important lesson about animal habitats.

Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.

The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.

Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter.

A history of the Galapagos Island, describing how the island formed and animals came to inhabit it.

Describes how Anne Carroll Moore created libraries for children.

A series of books about pet pig who lives with Mr. and Mrs. Watsons. Each books' subtitle gives the reader a hint on what Mercy will do next.

Nate the Great is a boy detective, who solves mysteries along with his pal Sherlock , who is also his pet dog.

Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends, Frog and Toad.

Jack and Annie are brother and sister. They discover this magic tree house in the woods. This magical tree house sends them on various adventures in different places and time periods.

Four orphans, two boys and two girls, set up housekeeping in an old boxcar.

This beginner readers series follows the many adventures of a boy and his dog; Henry and Mudge.