Suggested reading lists

Kindergarten Suggested Reading

Here are some new and old favorites for your summer reading!

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" by Judith Viorst
"The Bossy Gallito", by Lucia M. Gonzalez
"Corduroy at the Zoo" by Don Freeman
"The Doorbell Rang" by Pat Hutchins
"If you Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff
" Is Your Mama a Llama?" by Deborah Guarino
"Minnie and Moo Go to Paris" by Denys Cazet
"Ring! Yo?" by Chris Raschka
"Tomorrow's Alphabet" by George Shannon
"Town Mouse, Country Mouse" by Jan Brett
"Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak

1st grade suggested reading

"Animalia" by Graeme Baese

"Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions" by Margaret Musgrove

"Bunny Riddles" by Katy Hall and Lisa Eisenberg

"How Much Is a Million?" by David M. Schwartz

"Minnie and Moo Go Dancing" by Denys Cazet

"Poppleton" by Cynthia Rylant

"A Story, A Story" by Gail E. Haley

"Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse" by William Wise

"The Very Busy Spider" by Eric Carle

"Wild, Wild Hair" by Nikki Grimes

"Z was Zapped" by Chris Van Allsberg

2nd grade suggested reading

Practice reading to get better.

"Amelia Bedelia" by Peggy Parish

"The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room" by Patricia Reilly Giff

"Commander Toad and the Voyage Home" by Jane Yolen

"The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" by Trinka Hakes Noble

"Deputy Dan and the Bank Robbers"by Joseph Rosenbloom

"The Grandma Mix-up" by Emily Arnold McCully

"Horrible Harry and the Green Slime" by Suzy Kline

"Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse" by Kevin Henkes

"No Fighting, No Biting" by Else Minarik

"The Titanic, Lost and Found" by Judy Donnelly

Classics to Read Aloud

"Alice in Wonderland " by Lewis Carroll

"Winnie the Pooh " by A.A. Milne

"The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum


3rd grade suggested reading

What great books for third graders! These chapter books are just waiting to be read by you. Enjoy!

"All because of a Cup of Coffee" by Geronimo Stilton

"Babe: the Gallant Pig" by Dick King-Smith

"Ben and Me" by Robert Lawson

Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

"Catwings" by Ursula K. Le Guin

"Doctor De Soto" by William Steig

"Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingels Wilder

"Mirandy and Brother Wind" by Patricia C. McKissack

"Pink and Say" by Patricia Polacco

"Ramona Quimby: Age 8" by Beverly Cleary

Great series for third graders

Geronimo Stilton books

American Girl books

Time Warp Trio books

4th grade suggested reading

Awesome, stupendous,and fantastic books for fourth graders!

"The Castle in the Attic" by Elizabeth Winthrop

" The Courage of Sarah Noble" by Alice Dalgleish

The Hardy Boys series by Franklin W. Dixon

"Harriet, the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh

"The Hundred Penny Box" by Sharon Bell Mathis

"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis

"Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Nancy Drew Mysteries by Carolyn Keene

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

"Sideways Stories from Wayside School" by Louis Sachar

"Tall Man in the Pivot" by Matt Christopher

5th grade suggested reading

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Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

"Bull Run" by Paul Fleischman

Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo

Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling

"Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

"Holes" by Louis Sachar

"Matilda" by Roald Dahl

Redwall series by Brian Jacques

"The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi

"The Watsons go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis