Summer Reading Grades K-5
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GRADE 1:
Series books appear at the end of the list.
- Agee, Jon – Milo’s hat trick
- Bruchac, Joseph – How Chipmunk got his stripes : a tale of bragging and teasing
- Choi, Yangsook – The name jar
- Eastman, P. D. (Philip D.) – Are you my mother?
- Jenkins, Emily – Five creatures
- Johnson, Crockett – Harold and the purple crayon
- Kellogg, Steven – A penguin pup for Pinkerton
- Kimmel, Eric A – Anansi and the magic stick
- LeSieg, Theo. – Ten apples up on top!
- Long, Melinda – When Papa snores
- Look, Lenore – Henry’s first-moon birthday
- Mayer, Mercer – There’s an alligator under my bed
- McCloskey, Robert – Make way for ducklings
- Middleton, Charlotte – Tabitha’s terrifically tough tooth
- Pattou, Edith – Mrs. Spitzer’s garden
- Piper, Watty, pseud – The little engine that could
- Rey, Margret – The complete adventures of Curious George
- Rylant, Cynthia – The great Gracie chase : stop that dog!
- Shaw, Nancy (Nancy E.) – Sheep in a jeep
- Showers, Paul – The listening walk
- Smith, Charles R., Jr – Loki & Alex : the adventures of a dog and his best friend
- Stevens, Janet – And the dish ran away with the spoon
- Stewart, Sarah – The journey
- Suen, Anastasia – Hamster chase
- Watt, Melanie – Leon the chameleon
- Wick, Walter – Walter Wick’s optical tricks
- Winthrop, Elizabeth – Dumpy La Rue
- Wood, Audrey – The napping house
- Wood, Audrey – Quick as a cricket
- Wood, Audrey – The napping house
Recommended authors for Grade 1
Eric Carl ; P. D. Eastman; Dr. Seuss; Kevin Henkes; Laura Joffe Numeroff; Rosemary Wells
Recommended series for Grade 1
GRADE 2:
Series books are shown at the end of the list.
- Allard, Harry – Miss Nelson is back
- Allard, Harry – Miss Nelson is missing!
- Arnold, Tedd – No more water in the tub!
- Arnold, Tedd – The signmaker’s assistant
- Bercaw, Edna Coe – Halmoni’s day
- Brown, Jeff – Flat Stanley
- Cannon, Janell – Stellaluna
- Creech, Sharon – Fishing in the air
- Ehlert, Lois – Waiting for wings
- Finchler, Judy – Miss Malarkey doesn’t live in room 10
- Guarino, Deborah – Is your mama a llama?
- Hale, Bruce – The chameleon wore chartreuse
- Hoffman, Mary – Amazing Grace
- Kvasnosky, Laura McGee – Zelda and Ivy
- Leedy, Loreen – Mapping Penny’s world
- Lester, Helen – Tacky the penguin
- Lester, Helen – Tacky the penguin
- Markle, Sandra – Outside and inside dinosaurs
- Palatini, Margie – The web files
- Prelutsky, Jack – It’s raining pigs & noodles : poems
- Seeger, Pete – Abiyoyo
- Seeger, Pete – Abiyoyo
- Silverstein, Shel – The giving tree
- Simont, Marc – The stray dog : from a true story by Reiko Sassa
- Simont, Marc – The stray dog : from a true story by Reiko Sassa
- Wood, Audrey – King Bidgood’s in the bathtub
- Wood, Audrey – King Bidgood’s in the bathtub
Recommended series for Grade 2
- Barrows, Annie – Ivy + Bean
- Danziger, Paula – Amber Brown is not a crayon
- Gantos, Jack – Rotten Ralph
- Hoban, Russell – Bedtime for Frances
- Hoban, Russell – Bedtime for Frances
- Lobel, Arnold – Frog and toad are friends
- McDonald, Megan – Judy Moody
- Meadows, Daisy – The Rainbow magic collection. Volume 1 , Books 1-4
- Meddaugh, Susan – Martha speaks
- Minarik, Else Holmelund – Little bear. Pictures by Maurice Sendak
- Osborne, Mary Pope – Dinosaurs before dark
- Parish, Peggy – Amelia Bedelia
- Park, Barbara – Junie B. Jones and the stupid smelly bus
- Preller, James – The case of Hermie the missing hamster
- Rylant, Cynthia – Henry and Mudge
- Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman – Nate the great
- Zion, Gene – Harry, the dirty dog
Grade 3
- Allard, Harry – Miss Nelson is missing!
- Artell, Mike – Petite Rouge : a Cajun Red Riding Hood
- Barrett, Judi – Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
- Blume, Judy – Freckle juice
- Cameron, Ann – The stories Julian tells
- Cherry, Lynne – The great kapok tree : a tale of the Amazon rain forest
- Cole, Joanna – Bony-legs
- Dahl, Roald – Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Ernst, Lisa Campbell – Little Red Riding Hood : a newfangled prairie tale
- Etra, Jonathan – Aliens for breakfast
- Ferris, Jeri – Go free or die : a story about Harriet Tubman
- Ferris, Jeri – What are you figuring now?
- Ferris, Jeri – Walking the road to freedom : a story about Sojourner Truth
- Fleming, Denise – Where once there was a wood
- Frasier, Debra – Miss Alaineus : a vocabulary disaster
- George, Jean Craighead – Look to the north : a wolf pup diary
- Giff, Patricia Reilly – Oh boy, Boston!
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett – Sports! sports! sports! : a poetry collection
- Kline, Suzy – Horrible Harry and the dungeon
- Krull, Kathleen – Wilma unlimited : how Wilma Rudolph became the world’s fastest woman
- MacLachlan, Patricia – Sarah, plain and tall
- McGill, Alice – Molly Bannaky
- Polacco, Patricia – The keeping quilt
- Polacco, Patricia – The bee tree
- Robinson, Barbara – The best school year ever
- Rockwell, Thomas – How to eat fried worms
- Rockwell, Thomas – How to eat fried worms
- Rodowsky, Colby F – Not my dog
- Seattle, Chief – Brother eagle, sister sky : a message from Chief Seattle
- White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) – Charlotte’s web
- White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) – Charlotte’s web
- Yolen, Jane – Letting Swift River go
Recommended series for Grade 3
- Adler, David A – Cam Jansen and the mystery of the stolen diamonds
- Dadey, Debbie – Monsters don’t scuba dive
- Danziger, Paula – Amber Brown is not a crayon
- Landon, Lucinda – Meg Mackintosh and the case of the missing Babe Ruth baseball : a solve-it-yourself mystery
- Osborne, Mary Pope – Dinosaurs before dark
- Peterson, John Lawrence – The Littles
- Preller, James – The case of Hermie the missing hamster
- Roy, Ron – The absent author
- Sachar, Louis – Marvin Redpost : kidnapped at birth?
- Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman – Nate the great
- Sobol, Donald J. – Encyclopedia Brown boy detective
- Warner, Gertrude Chandler – The boxcar children
Recommended authors for Grade 3
Matt Christopher, Beverly Cleary, Barbara Cooney, Robert McCloskey, Patricia McKissack, Allen Say, Jon Scieszka, William Steig, and Chris Van Allsburg.
GRADE 4:
Series books appear at the end of the list.
- Barasch, Lynne – Radio rescue
- Blume, Judy – Fudge-a-mania
- Blume, Judy – Fudge-a-mania
- Coville, Bruce – My teacher is an alien
- Dahl, Roald – James and the giant peach
- Erickson, John R. – The original adventures of Hank the Cowdog
- Howe, Deborah – Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of mystery
- Howe, Deborah – Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of mystery
- Lowry, Lois – Anastasia Krupnik
- Lowry, Lois – Anastasia Krupnik
- MacLachlan, Patricia – Caleb’s story
- O’Brien, Patrick – The Hindenburg
- O’Brien, Robert C – Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH
- Richler, Mordecai – Jacob Two-Two meets the Hooded Fang
- Sachar, Louis – Sideways stories from Wayside School
- Sachar, Louis – Sideways stories from Wayside School
- St. George, Judith – So you want to be president?
- Tang, Greg – The grapes of math : mind stretching math riddles
- Thayer, Ernest Lawrence – Casey at the bat
- Thayer, Ernest Lawrence – Ernest L. Thayer’s Casey at the bat
- Thayer, Ernest Lawrence – The illustrated Casey at the bat
Recommended Series for Grade 4
(Listed is one title in the series as an example) Thirty nine clues series has different authors for each title.
Grade 5
- Avi – Never mind! : a twin novel
- Berlin, Eric – The puzzling world of Winston Breen
- Birdsall, Jeanne – The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy
- Birdsall, Jeanne – The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy
- Birdsall, Jeanne – The Penderwicks
- Bosch, Pseudonymous – The name of this book is secret
- Broach, Elise – Masterpiece
- Clements, Andrew – No talking
- Clements, Andrew – No talking
- Codell, Esme Raji – Vive la Paris
- Corbett, Sue – Free baseball
- Davies, Nicola – Extreme animals : the toughest creatures on Earth
- Erdrich, Louise – The birchbark house
- Erdrich, Louise – The birchbark house
- Fleischman, Sid – Escape! the story of the great Houdini
- Fleischman, Sid – Escape! : the story of the great Houdini
- Fleischman, Sid – Escape! the story of the great Houdini
- Going, K. L. (Kelly L.) – The liberation of Gabriel King
- Gutman, Dan – The kid who ran for President
- Haven, Paul – Two hot dogs with everything
- Ibbotson, Eva – The haunting of Granite Falls
- Ibbotson, Eva – The haunting of Granite Falls
- Janeczko, Paul B – A kick in the head: an everyday guide to poetic forms
- Juster, Norton – The phantom tollbooth
- Lange, Karen E – 1607 : a new look at Jamestown
- Lowry, Lois – The Willoughbys
- Lowry, Lois – The Willoughbys
- Lowry, Lois – The Willoughbys
- McKissack, Pat – Porch lies : tales of slicksters, tricksters, and other wily characters
- Mercado, Nancy E. – Tripping over the lunch lady : and other school stories
- O’Connor, Barbara – How to steal a dog : a novel
- O’Connor, Barbara – How to steal a dog : a novel
- Park, Linda Sue – Project Mulberry : a novel
- Park, Linda Sue – Project Mulberry
- Patron, Susan – The higher power of Lucky
- Patron, Susan – The higher power of Lucky
- Patron, Susan – The higher power of Lucky
- Schanzer, Rosalyn – John Smith escapes again!
- Selznick, Brian – The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures / by Brian Selznick
- Selznick, Brian – The invention of Hugo Cabret
- Selznick, Brian – The invention of Hugo Cabret
- Woods, Brenda (Brenda A.) – My name is Sally Little Song
- Yue, Guo – Little Leap Forward : a boy in Beijing
Recommended authors for Grade 4
Matt Christopher, Eleanor Coerr, Roald Dahl, Dan Gutman, Gordon Korman, Lois Lowry, Ann McGovern (Mainly j 973′s), Patricia Polacco, Shel Silverstein (j 811′s), Mildred Taylor, and Ann Turner.