Suggested Summer Reading

Suggested Summer Reading List by Grade

 

Kindergarten

• Last Stop on Market Street By Matt de la Pena
• Lulu the Duck By Hillary McKoy
• Mr. Putter and Tabby Clear the Decks By Cynthia Rylant
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle
• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Grade 1

• Ramona (Series) By Beverly Cleary
• Amber Brown (Series) By Paula Danziger
• Planting a Rainbow By Lois Ehlert
• Leo the Late Bloomer By Robert Kraus
• Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Palin By Verna Aardema

Grade 2

• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters By John Steptoe
• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Folktale By Verna Aardema
• Anansi and the Talking Melon By Eric A. Kimmel
• The Keeping Quilt By Patricia Polacco
• The Giving Tree By Shel Silverstein

Grade 3

• Judy Moody (series) By Megan McDonald
• Ramona (series) By Beverly Cleary
• Fly Away Home By Eve Bunting
• Julian Tells By Ann Cameron
• Tales of the 4th Grade Nothing By Judy Blume

Grade 4

• Charlotte’s Web By E.B. White
• Because of Winn Dixie By Kate DiCamillo
• Fly Away Home By Eve Bunting
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory By Roald Dahl
• Goosebumps (series) By R.L. Stine

Grade 5

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe By C.S. Lewis
• Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes By Eleanor Coerr
• Charlotte’s Web By E.B. White
• Because of Winn Dixie By Kate DiCamillo
• Magic Tree House (series) By Mary Pope