Summer Reading Grades K-5
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GRADE 1:
- Agee, Jon – Milo’s hat trick
- Bemelmans, Ludwig – Madeline : story & pictures
- Blume, Judy – Freckle juice
- Bourgeois, Paulette – Franklin rides a bike
- Brett, Jan – Daisy comes home
- Bruchac, Joseph – How Chipmunk got his stripes : a tale of bragging and teasing
- Burton, Virginia Lee – The little house
- Burton, Virginia Lee – The little house
- Christelow, Eileen – Five little monkeys sitting in a tree
- Christelow, Eileen – Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
- Eastman, P. D. (Philip D.) – Are you my mother?
- Eastman, P. D. (Philip D.) – Are you my mother?
- Gantos, Jack – Rotten Ralph helps out
- Gantos, Jack – Rotten Ralph helps out
- Henkes, Kevin – Wemberly worried
- Henkes, Kevin – Owen
- 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
- Mayer, Mercer – There’s an alligator under my bed
- McCloskey, Robert – Make way for ducklings
- McCloskey, Robert – Make way for ducklings
- Middleton, Charlotte – Tabitha’s terrifically tough tooth
- Numeroff, Laura Joffe – If you give a mouse a cookie
- Numeroff, Laura Joffe – If you give a pig a pancake
- Numeroff, Laura Joffe – Mouse cookies & more : a treasury
- Numeroff, Laura Joffe – If you give a mouse a cookie
- Pattou, Edith – Mrs. Spitzer’s garden
- Piper, Watty, pseud – The little engine that could
- Piper, Watty, pseud – The little engine that could
- Rey, H. A. (Hans Augusto) – Curious George
- Rey, H. A. (Hans Augusto) – Curious George
- 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
- Watt, M̩lanie РLeon the chameleon
- Wells, Rosemary – McDuff moves in
- Wells, Rosemary – McDuff comes home
- 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
GRADE 2:
- 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
- Barracca, Debra – The adventures of taxi dog
- Bercaw, Edna Coe – Halmoni’s day
- Brown, Jeff – Flat Stanley
- Cannon, Janell – Stellaluna
- Creech, Sharon – Fishing in the air
- Danziger, Paula – You can’t eat your chicken pox, Amber Brown
- Danziger, Paula – You can’t eat your chicken pox, Amber Brown
- Danziger, Paula – You can’t eat your chicken pox, Amber Brown
- De Paola, Tomie – Strega Nona : an old tale
- De Paola, Tomie – Strega Nona : an old tale
- Ehlert, Lois – Waiting for wings
- Finchler, Judy – Miss Malarkey doesn’t live in room 10
- Gantos, Jack – Rotten Ralph helps out
- Gantos, Jack – Rotten Ralph helps out
- Guarino, Deborah – Is your mama a llama?
- Hale, Bruce – The chameleon wore chartreuse
- Henkes, Kevin – Lilly’s purple plastic purse
- Hest, Amy – The Friday nights of Nana
- Hoffman, Mary – Amazing Grace
- Hood, Susan – Look! I can read!
- Keats, Ezra Jack – Peter’s chair
- Kerley, Barbara – The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
- Kerley, Barbara – The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
- Kvasnosky, Laura McGee – Zelda and Ivy
- Leedy, Loreen – Mapping Penny’s world
- Lester, Helen – Tacky the penguin
- Lester, Helen – Tacky the penguin
FROG AND TOAD SERIES INCLUDES:
- Lobel, Arnold – Adventures of Frog and Toad
- Lobel, Arnold – Frog and toad all year
- Lobel, Arnold – Frog and toad together
- Lobel, Arnold – Frog and toad are friends
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- Markle, Sandra – Outside and inside dinosaurs
- Meddaugh, Susan – Martha blah blah
- Meddaugh, Susan – Martha blah blah
- Meddaugh, Susan – Martha and Skits
- Meister, Cari – Tiny the snow dog
LITTLE BEAR SERIES INCLUDES:
- Minarik, Else Holmelund – Little bear
- Minarik, Else Holmelund – Little Bear’s friend
- Minarik, Else Holmelund – Little Bear’s visit
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MAGIC TREEHOUSE SERIES INCLUDES:
- Osborne, Mary Pope – Tonight on the Titanic
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- Palatini, Margie – The web files
- Park, Barbara – Junie B. Jones smells something fishy
- Polacco, Patricia – Mrs. Katz and Tush
- Preller, James – The case of the spooky sleepover
- Prelutsky, Jack – It’s raining pigs & noodles : poems
HENRY & MUDGE, MR. PUTTER & TABBY SERIES INCLUDES:
- Rylant, Cynthia – Henry and Mudge
- Rylant, Cynthia – Henry and Mudge in the green time
- Rylant, Cynthia – Mr. Putter and Tabby pour the tea
- Rylant, Cynthia – Mr. Putter and Tabby walk the dog
- Rylant, Cynthia – Henry and Mudge in puddle trouble
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- Scieszka, Jon – The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales
- Scieszka, Jon – The true story of the 3 little pigs
- Scieszka, Jon – The true story of the 3 little pigs
- Scieszka, Jon – The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales
- Seeger, Pete – Abiyoyo
- Sendak, Maurice – Chicken soup with rice : a book of months
NATE THE GREAT SERIES INCLUDES:
- Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman – Nate the Great and the missing key
- Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman – Nate the great
- Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman – Nate the Great and the boring beach bag
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- 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
- Standiford, Natalie – The bravest dog ever : the true story of Balto
- Steptoe, John – Mufaro’s beautiful daughters : an African tale
- Wick, Walter – I spy gold challenger! : a book of picture riddles
I SPY BOOKS INCLUDE:
- Wick, Walter – I spy fun house : a book of picture riddles
- Wick, Walter – I spy school days : a book of picture riddles
- Wick, Walter – Can you see what I see? : Seymour makes new friends
- Wick, Walter – Can you see what I see? Dream machine
- Wiesner, David – The three pigs
- Wood, Audrey – King Bidgood’s in the bathtub
- Wood, Audrey – King Bidgood’s in the bathtub
- Young, Ed – Lon Po Po : a Red-Riding Hood story from China
- Zion, Gene – Harry, the dirty dog
GRADE 3:
CAM JANSEN SERIES INCLUDES:
- Adler, David A – Cam Jansen and the mystery of the U.F.O.
- Adler, David A – Cam Jansen and the mystery of the stolen diamonds
- Adler, David A – Cam Jansen and the mystery of the dinosaur bones
- Adler, David A – Cam Jansen and the mystery of the television dog
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- Aliki – Mummies made in Egypt
- Aliki – Digging up dinosaurs
- Allard, Harry – Miss Nelson is missing!
- Atwater, Richard – Mr. Popper’s penguins
- Atwater, Richard – Mr. Popper’s penguins
- Avi – Poppy
- Avi – Poppy
- Barrett, Judi – Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
- Barrett, Judi – Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
- Blume, Judy – Tales of a fourth grade nothing
- Blume, Judy – Tales of a fourth grade nothing
- Blume, Judy – Tales of a fourth grade nothing
- Blume, Judy – Freckle juice
- Cameron, Ann – The stories Julian tells
- Cherry, Lynne – The great kapok tree : a tale of the Amazon rain forest
- Cleary, Beverly – Ramona the pest
- Cleary, Beverly – Ramona Quimby, age 8
- Cole, Joanna – Bony-legs
BAILEY SCHOOL SERIES INCLUDES:
- Dadey, Debbie – Ghosts don’t eat potato chips
- Dadey, Debbie – Santa Claus doesn’t mop floors
- Dadey, Debbie – Werewolves don’t go to summer camp
- Dadey, Debbie – Cupid doesn’t flip hamburgers
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- Dahl, Roald – The BFG
- Dahl, Roald – The BFG
AMBER BROWN SERIES INCLUDES:
- Danziger, Paula – Amber Brown is not a crayon
- Danziger, Paula – Amber Brown is not a crayon
- 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? : a story about Benjamin Banneker / by
Jeri Ferris ; illustrations by Amy Johnson
- 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
- Kline, Suzy – Horrible Harry and the dungeon
- Krull, Kathleen – Wilma unlimited : how Wilma Rudolph became the world’s fastest woman
MEG MACKINTOSH SERIES INCLUDES:
- Landon, Lucinda – Meg Mackintosh and the case of the missing Babe Ruth baseball
- Landon, Lucinda – Meg Mackintosh and the case of the curious whale watch
- Landon, Lucinda – Meg Mackintosh and the mystery in the locked library
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- MacLachlan, Patricia – Sarah, plain and tall
AMELIA BEDELIA SERIES INCLUDES:
- Parish, Peggy – The Amelia Bedelia treasury : three books
- Parish, Peggy – Amelia Bedelia
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LITTLES SERIES INCLUDES:
- Peterson, John – The Littles
- Peterson, John Lawrence – The Littles have a wedding
- Peterson, John Lawrence – The Littles take a trip
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- Polacco, Patricia – The keeping quilt
- Polacco, Patricia – The bee tree
JIGSAW JONES SERIES INCLUDES:
- Preller, James – The case of the Christmas snowman
- Preller, James – The case of the secret valentine
- Preller, James – The case of Hermie the missing hamster
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- Robinson, Barbara – The best school year ever
- 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
- Rodowsky, Colby F – Not my dog
- Ross, Pat – M & M and the mummy mess
- Ross, Pat – Meet M and M
- Ross, Pat – Meet M & M
A TO Z MYSTERY SERIES INCLUDES:
- Roy, Ron – The absent author
- Roy, Ron – The canary caper
- Roy, Ron – The bald bandit
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- Sachar, Louis – Marvin Redpost : kidnapped at birth?
- Scieszka, Jon – Math curse
- Scieszka, Jon – Baloney : (Henry P.)
- Scieszka, Jon – Baloney, Henry P.
- Seattle, Chief – Brother eagle, sister sky : a message from Chief Seattle
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN SERIES INCLUDES:
- Sobol, Donald J. – Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the secret pitch
- Sobol, Donald J. – Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective
- Sobol, Donald J. – Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective
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- Steig, William – Doctor De Soto
- Steig, William – Doctor De Soto
- Steig, William – Brave Irene
- White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) – Charlotte’s web
- White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) – Charlotte’s web
- Yolen, Jane – Letting Swift River go
GRADE 4:
SECRETS OF DROON SERIES INCLUDES:
- Abbott, Tony – The sleeping giant of Goll
- Abbott, Tony – Journey to the volcano palace
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- Aliki – Wild and woolly mammoths
- Barasch, Lynne – Radio rescue
- Blume, Judy – Fudge-a-mania
- Blume, Judy – Fudge-a-mania
- Borden, Louise – Sleds on Boston Common
- Bower, Tamara – The shipwrecked sailor : an Egyptian tale with hieroglyphs
- Coville, Bruce – My teacher is an alien
- Dahl, Roald – James and the giant peach
- Dahl, Roald – James and the giant peach
CODY SERIES INCLUDES:
- Duffey, Betsy – Cody’s secret admirer
- Duffey, Betsy – Cody unplugged
- Duffey, Betsy – Cody unplugged
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- Erickson, John R. – The original adventures of Hank the Cowdog
- Ferris, Jeri – Native American doctor : the story of Susan LaFlesche Picotte
- George, Jean Craighead – My side of the mountain
- George, Jean Craighead – My side of the mountain
ZACK FILES SERIES INCLUDES:
- Greenburg, Dan – A ghost named Wanda
- Greenburg, Dan – Through the medicine cabinet
- Greenburg, Dan – Great-Grandpa’s in the litter box
OWEN FOOTE SERIES INCLUDES:
- Greene, Stephanie – Owen Foote, mighty scientist
- Greene, Stephanie – Owen Foote, second grade strongman
- Greene, Stephanie – Owen Foote, soccer star
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- Hahn, Mary Downing – Time for Andrew : a ghost story
- Heide, Florence Parry – Some things are scary
- Howe, Deborah – Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of mystery
- Howe, Deborah – Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of mystery
- Hurwitz, Johanna – New neighbors for Nora
- Hurwitz, Johanna – New neighbors for Nora
- King-Smith, Dick – Ace, the very important pig
- Lauber, Patricia – Lost star : the story of Amelia Earhart
- Lowry, Lois – Anastasia Krupnik
- Lowry, Lois – Anastasia Krupnik
- MacLachlan, Patricia – Caleb’s story
- Martin, Ann M. – Claudia and the phantom phone calls
- Mowat, Farley – Owls in the family
- Nixon, Joan Lowery – Search for the shadowman
- O’Brien, Patrick – The Hindenburg
- O’Brien, Robert C – Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH
- Prelutsky, Jack – Awful Ogre’s awful day
- Richler, Mordecai – Jacob Two-Two meets the Hooded Fang
- Sachar, Louis – Sideways stories from Wayside School
- Sachar, Louis – Sideways stories from Wayside School
- Sachar, Louis – Sideways stories from Wayside School
- Sachar, Louis – Sideways stories from Wayside School
TIME WARP TRIO INCLUDES:
- Scieszka, Jon – The not-so-jolly Roger
- Scieszka, Jon – The not-so-jolly roger
- Scieszka, Jon – Knights of the kitchen table
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- 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
- White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) – Stuart Little
- White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) – Stuart Little; pictures by Garth Williams
GRADE 5
- Adams, Simon – The best book of volcanoes
- Banks, Lynne Reid – The farthest-away mountain
- Banks, Lynne Reid – The Indian in the cupboard
- Banks, Lynne Reid – The Indian in the cupboard
- Bellairs, John – The treasure of Alpheus Winterborn
- Bellairs, John – The treasure of Alpheus Winterborn
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) – The big wave
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson – The secret garden
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson – The secret garden
- Byars, Betsy Cromer – The dark stairs : a Herculeah Jones mystery
- Cleary, Beverly – Dear Mr. Henshaw
- Cleary, Beverly – Dear Mr. Henshaw
- Clements, Andrew – The school story
- Coles, Robert – The story of Ruby Bridges
- Conrad, Pam – My Daniel
- Conrad, Pam – My Daniel
- Creech, Sharon – Chasing Redbird
- Creech, Sharon – Walk two moons
- Creech, Sharon – Walk two moons
- Creech, Sharon – Chasing Redbird
- Curtis, Christopher Paul – Elijah of Buxton
- Dahl, Roald – Charlie and the chocolate factory
- Dahl, Roald – Charlie and the chocolate factory
- Dahl, Roald – Matilda
- Dahl, Roald – Matilda
- Danziger, Paula – Amber Brown is not a crayon
- Danziger, Paula – Amber Brown is not a crayon
- DiCamillo, Kate – The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane
- DiCamillo, Kate – The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane
- DiCamillo, Kate – Because of Winn-Dixie
- Fleischman, Sid – The whipping boy
- Frank, Anne – The diary of a young girl : the definitive edition
- Frank, Anne – The diary of a young girl
- Freedman, Russell – Lincoln : a photobiography
- Freedman, Russell – Lincoln : a photobiography
- Giblin, James – The many rides of Paul Revere
- Haddix, Margaret Peterson – Running out of time
- Haddix, Margaret Peterson – Running out of time
- Hahn, Mary Downing – Time for Andrew : a ghost story
- Hahn, Mary Downing – Wait till Helen comes : a ghost story
- Hahn, Mary Downing – Wait till Helen comes : a ghost story
- Juster, Norton – The phantom tollbooth
- Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) – The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
- Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) – The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
- Lord, Bette – In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
- Lord, Bette – In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
- Lowry, Lois – Number the stars
- Lowry, Lois – Number the stars
- Millard, Anne – A street through time
- Namioka, Lensey – Yang the youngest and his terrible ear
- Namioka, Lensey – Yang the youngest and his terrible ear
- Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds – Shiloh
- Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds – Shiloh
- O’Dell, Scott – Island of the Blue Dolphins
- O’Dell, Scott – Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Prelutsky, Jack – Good sports : rhymes about running, jumping, throwing, and more
- Ryan, Pam Munoz – Esperanza rising
- San Souci, Robert D – Kate Shelley : bound for legend
- Schlitz, Laura Amy – Good masters! Sweet Ladies! : voices from a medieval village
- Thayer, Ernest Lawrence – The illustrated Casey at the bat
- Thayer, Ernest Lawrence – Casey at the bat
- Thayer, Ernest Lawrence – Ernest L. Thayer’s Casey at the bat
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls – Little house in the big woods
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls – little house in the big woods
ADDITIONAL GRADE 5 BOOKS:
- 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, …
- Birdsall, Jeanne – The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, …
- Bosch, Pseudonymous – The name of this book is secret
- Broach, Elise – Masterpiece
- Clements, Andrew – No talking
- Codell, Esm̩ Raji РVive la Paris
- Corbett, Sue – Free baseball
- Davies, Nicola – Extreme animals : the toughest creatures on Earth
- Erdrich, Louise – The birchbark house
- 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
- 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
- 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