Suggested Summer Reading List

KINDERGARTEN

• Asch, Frank, “Moongame”
• Barton, Byron, Any title
• Berenstain, Jan, Any title in the “Berenstain Bears” series
• Calmenson, Stephanie, “It Begins With An A”
• Carle, Eric, Any title, but especially “The Very Busy Spider”
• Crews, Donald, “Ten Black Dots”
• dePaola, Tomie, “Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose”
• Ehlert, Lois, “Color Zoo”
• Galdone, Paul, “The Three Little Pigs”
• Hoban, Tana, Any title, but especially “I Read Signs”
• Keats, Ezra Jack, “Peter’s Chair”
• LeSieg, Theo., “Ten Apples Up On Top!”
• London, Jonathan, “Froggy Learns To Swim”
• MacDonald, Suse, “Alphabatics”
• Martin, Bill, Jr., “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”
• Martin, Bill, Jr., “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”
• Piper, Watty, pseud., “The Little Engine That Could”
• Rey, H. A., Any Curious George title
• Scarry, Richard, “Richard Scarry’s Best Mother Goose Book Ever”
• Schade, Susan, “Cat On The Mat”
• Sendak, Maurice, “Where The Wild Things Are”
• Seuss, Dr., Any title, but especially “The Cat In The Hat” and “Hop On Pop”
• Tafuri,Nancy, “Have You Seen My Duckling”
• Walsh, Ellen Stoll, “Mouse Count”

FIRST GRADE

• Aker, Suzanne, “What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s?”
• Asch, Frank, “Goodbye House”
• Brown, Margaret Wise, “Goodnight Moon”
• Carle, Eric, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
• Crews, Donald, “School Bus”
• Ehlert, Lois, “Color Farm”  and “Eating The Alphabet: Fruits And Vegetables From A To Z”
• Gibbons, Gail, “Zoo”
• Henkes, Kevin, “Jessica”
• Hoban, Tana, “I Read Signs” and “Look!  Look!  Look!”
• Hutchins, Pat, “Rosie’s Walk”
• MacDonald, Suse, “Alphabatics”
• Martin, Bill, Jr., “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”
• Mayer, Mercer, “All By Myself”
• McCloskey, Robert, “Blueberries For Sal”
• Numeroff, Laura Joffe, “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie”
• Rey, H. A., “Curious George Goes To School”
• Rockwell, Anne, “In Our House”
• Rosen, Michael, “We’re Going On A Bear Hunt”
• Seuss, Dr., “My Many Colored Days”
• Walsh, Ellen Stoll, “Mouse Paint”
• Wells, Rosemary, “Timothy Goes To School”
• Williams, Sue, “I Went Walking”
• Wood, Audrey, “The Napping House”

• SECOND GRADE

• Allard, James, “Miss Nelson Is Missing!”
• Brown, Jeff, “Flat Stanley”
• Brown, Marc, “Arthur’s Eyes”
• Burten,VirginiaLee, “The Little House”
• Cannon, Janell, “Stellaluna”
• Coerr, Eleanor, “The Josefina Story Quilt”
• Cooney, Barbara, “Miss Rumphius”
• Cummings, Pat, “Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!”
• Freeman, Don, “Corduroy”
• Gag, Wanda, “Millions Of Cats”
• Gannett, Ruth Stiles, “My Father’s Dragon”
• Giff, Patricia Reilly, “Today Was A Terrible Day”
• Lobel,Arnold, “Grasshopper On The Road” and “Mouse Soup”
• Numeroff, Laura Joffe, “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie”
• O’Connor, Jane, “Molly The Brave And Me”
• Osborne, Mary Pope, Any title from the “Magic Tree House” series
• Parish, Peggy, “Amelia Bedelia”
• Pfister, Marcus, “The Rainbow Fish”
• Scieszka, Jon, “The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs”
• Sharmat, Marjorie W., Any title from the “Nate The Great” series
• Viorst, Judith, “Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”
• Ward, Lynd, “The Biggest Bear”
• Yolen, Jane, “Owl Moon”
• Ziefert, Harriet, “A New Coat For Anna”

• THIRD GRADE

• Alder, David A., “CamJansen And The Chocolate Fudge  Mystery”
• Allard, James, “Miss Nelson Has A Field Day”
• Blume, Judy, “Otherwise Known As Sheila The Great”
• Broekel, Ray, “Gerbil Pets, And Other Small Rodents”
• Cameron, Ann, “Julian, Secret Agent”
• Christopher, Matt, “Man Out At First”
• Cleary,Beverly, “Ramona The Brave”
• Conford, Ellen, “A Case For Jenny Archer”
• Dahl, Roald, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• Fradin, Dennis, “Comets, Asteroids, And Meteors”
• Hurwitz, Johanna, “Busybody Nora”
• Kline, Suzy, “Herbie Jones And The Class Gift”
• Podendorf, Illa, “Rocks And Minerals”
• Posell, Elsa Z., “Whales And Other Sea Mammals”
• Prelutsky, Jack, “Something Big Has Been Here”
• Rosenthal, Bert, “Soccer”
• Stone, Lynn M. “Endangered Animals”
• Warner, Gertrude, “The Amusement Park Mystery” and “The Camp Out Mystery”
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls, “On The Way Home”

• FOURTH GRADE

• Blume, Judy, “Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing”
• Cleary, Beverly, “Dear Mr. Henshaw”
• Dakos, Kalli, “If You’re Not Here, Raise Your Hand: Poems About School”
• Etra, Jonathan, “Aliens For Breakfast”
• Hamilton,Virginia, “The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales”
• Henry, Marguerite, “Misty of Chincoteque”
• Howe, Deborah, “Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale Of Mystery”
• King-Smith, Dick, “Babe: The Gallant Pig”
• MacLachlan, Patricia, “Arthur, For The Very First Time”
• McCloskey, Robert, “Homer Price”
• Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds, “TheFear Place”
• Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux, “Mayfield Crossing”
• Park, Barbara, “Skinnybones”
• Paton Walsh, Jill, “The Green Book”
• Podendorf, Illa, “Rocks And Minerals”
• Schroeder, Alan, “Minty: A Story Of Young Harriet Tubman”
• Spinelli, Jerry, “Fourth Grade Rats”
• Steig, William, “Abel’sIsland”
• Van Allsburg, Chris, “The Mysteries of Harris Burdick”
• Winthrop, Elizabeth, “The Castle In The Attic”

FIFTH GRADE

• Avi, “Poppy”
• Altman, Susan, “Followers Of The North Star”
• Banks, Lynne Reid, “Indian In The Cupboard,” “The Return Of The Indian,” and “The Secret Of The Indian”
• Demi, “In The Eyes Of The Cat: Japanese Poetry For All Seasons”
• Fritz, Jean, “Around The World In A Hundred Years”
• Gauch, Patricia Lee, “This Time,TempeWick?”
• Hudson, Wade, “Five Brave Explorers”
• Keller, Helen, “The Story Of My Life”
• Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds, “To Walk The Sky Path”
• Parks, Rosa, “Rosa Parks: My Story”
• Siebert, Diane, “Heartland”
• Silverstein, Shel, “A Light In The Attic”
• Sperry, Armstrong, “Call It Courage”
• Susi, Geraldine Lee, “Looking For Pa: A Civil War Journey From Catlett ToManassas, 1861”
• Winter, Jeanette, “Follow The Drinking Gourd”
• Woodruff, Elvira, “Dear Levi: Letters From TheOverland Trail”