SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LISTS
KINDERGARTEN
Books About Me
• I Like Me! by Nancy L. Carlson
• I Like to Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
• The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
• My Five Senses by Aliki
• Owen by Kevin Henkes
• When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer
Stories with a pattern using rhyme or rhythm
• Curious George by H. A. Rey
• Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
• The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
• Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
• What’s in Fox’s Sack? by Paul Galdone
Beginning, Middle, and End Concept
• Bony-Legs by Joanna Cole
• A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen
• Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
• Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Color and Counting Books
• Each Orange Had Eight Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti Jr.
• Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert
• Frog Counts to Ten by John Liebler
• Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
• Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? by Tana Hoban
• Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
• Ten Bears in My Bed: A Goodnight Countdown by Stanley Mack
• Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood
• 26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
1st GRADE
Fun Books to Share
• And I Mean It, Stanley by Crosby Bonsall
• Arthur series by Marc Brown
• A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon
• Berenstain Bear series by Jan and Stan Berenstain
• Clifford series by Norman Bridwell
• Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish
• The Eye Book by Theo LeSieg
• Franklin series by Paulette Bourgeois
• Froggy series by Jonathan London
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
• How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
• Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
• Little Critter series by Mercer Mayer
• Morris the Moose by Bernard Wiseman
• Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
• Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
• The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Learning to Read Series
• Hello Reader!
• I Can Read Books
• Puffin Easy-to-Read
• Step Into Reading Levels 1–4
Alphabet Books
• Animalia by Graeme Baese
• The Icky Bug Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
• Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
Classics to Read to a First Grader
• Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
• The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• When Will I Read? by Miriam Cohen
2nd GRADE
School Stories
• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
• Arthur’s Prize Reader by Lillian Hoban
• The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
• Fish Face by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
• Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
• Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard
• Polk Street Gang series by Patricia Reilly Giff
Books About Friends
• A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban
• The Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Fox on the Job by James Marshall
• Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
• Horrible Harry and the Green Slime by Suzy Kline
• Pinky and Rex by James Howe
Historical Fiction
• American Girls series
• Deputy Dan and the Bank Robbers by Joseph Rosenbloom
• Kamishibai Man by Allen Say
3rd GRADE
School Stories
• Kirsten Learns a Lesson: A School Story by Janet Beeler Shaw
• Ramona Quimby Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Great Series Books
• Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish
• American Girl series
• Arthur series by Marc Brown
• Berenstain Bears series by Jan and Stan Berenstain
• Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
• Eyewitness Science Explorers
• Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
• Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline
• Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Nancy Drew Notebooks by Carolyn Keene early series
• Pee Wee Scouts by Judy Delton
• Polk Street School by Patricia Reilly Giff
School Stories
• 4B Goes Wild by Jamie Gilson
• Harriet, the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
• My Teacher Fried My Brains by Bruce Coville
• Ramona and Her Father by Beverley Cleary
• Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Mystery and Adventure Stories
• The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop (Challenging independent read)
• Culpepper’s Cannon by Gary Paulsen
• Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man by Donald J. Sobol
• Julian, Secret Agent by Ann Cameron
Historical Fiction
• The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgleish
• The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
• The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Well by Mildred D. Taylor (Challenging independent read)
Series Books
• The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin
• Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Cam Jansen by David A. Adler
• Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
• The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon
• Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
• Marvin Redpost series Louis Sachar
• Nancy Drew Mysteries by Carolyn Keene
• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• The Stories that Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
4th GRADE
Great Reads
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsberg
• Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
• Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
• Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Mystery and Adventure
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (Challenging independent read)
Newbery Medal and Honor Books
• Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
• Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
• Dragon’s Gate by Laurence Yep (Challenging independent read)
• The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
• Homesick, My Own Story by Jean Fritz
• Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Historical Fiction
• Black Stallion by Walter Farley (Challenging independent read)
• Bull Run by Paul Fleischman
• Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac
• Sarah Bishop by Scott O’Dell
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