Elementary Summer Reading Lists

Kindergarten

 
Reading Readiness Work Books  
   

First Grade:  Read each day, here are suggested books:

 
   
Aesops Fables Aesop
Madeline Bemelmans, Ludwig
Stone Soup Brown, Marcia
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton, Virginia Lee
Stellaluna Cannon, Janell
The Very Hungry Caterpillar  Carle, Eric
Diary of a Worm Cronin, Doreen
Strega Nona DePaola, Tommie
Corduroy Freeman, D
Millions of Cats Gag, Wanda
Danny the Dinosaur Hoff, S.
Leo the Late Bloomer Krause, Robert
Frederick Lionni, Leo
Froggy Goes to School London, Jonathan
Chica Chica Boom Boom Martin jr., Bill
Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey, Robert 
Curious George Rey, H. A.
Where the Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice
Alexander and the Terrible, horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Viost, judith
Carlo Likes Reading Spanyol, J
Franklin Series Bougeois, Paulette
Arthur Brown, Mark
Frog and Toad Series Lobel, Arnold
Froggy  London, Jonathan
Little Beaar Books Minarik, Else
Dr. Seuss Books Dr. Seuss
   

Second Grade:  Read 6 books

 
   
Feelings Aliki
Red Fox and His Canoe Benchley, nathaniel
Arthur’s Eyes Brown, Marc
The Very Busy Spider Carle, Eric
Leo the Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert
Knots on a Counting Rope Martin, Bill
Amelia Bedelia Parish, Peggy
Curious George Rey, H. A.
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss
The Napping House Wood, Audrey
   

Third Grade:  Read 2 books

 
   
Madeline Bemelmans, Ludwig
Owl and Moon  Yolen, Jane
Stone Soup Brown, Marcia
Superfudge Blume, Judy
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Cole, JoAnna
A Pocket for Corduroy Freeman, Don
The Patchwork Quilt  Flournoy, Valerie
Roxaboxen McLerran, Alice
What a Catch! Hughes, Dean
When I Was Young in the Mountains  Rylant, Cynthia
   

Fourth Grade:  Read 2 books

 
   
The Indian in the Cupboard Banks, Lynne Reid
The Great Gilly Hopkins Paterson, Katherine
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Atwater, Richard
Black Beauty Sewell, Anna
Sounder Armstrong, William H.
Stuart Little White, E.B.
Runaway Ralph Clearly, Beverly
Ramona and Her Father Clearly, Beverly
Sunken Treasure Gibbons, Gail
   

Fifth Grade:  Read 1 book, pass the

 accelerated reading test,

and complete a book report form (at school)

 
   
Henry and the Clubhouse Clearly, Beverly
The Mouse and the Motorcycle Clearly, Beverly
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor
Saving Shiloh Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
The Best Christmas Pageant Robinson, Barbara
Holes Sachar, Louis
Chocolate Fever Smith, Robert Kimmel
Charlotte’s Web White, E. B.
Little House in the Big Woods Wilder, Laura Ingalls
   

Sixth Grade:  Read 1 book, complete a book report at school

 
   
Banner in the Sky Ullman, James
The Family Under the Bridge Carlson, Natlie
Hatchet Paulsen, Gary
Julie of the Wolves George, Jean
The Whipping Boy Fleischman, Sid