Elementary school summer reading list
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MJCS Elementary School SUMMER READING LIST Dear Parents, Continuing to read over the summer is an important step in retaining literacy skills and preparing for the next grade level (and it’s fun!). Below is a list of books that are commonly available at libraries and bookstores. These books are leveled by difficulty to help you find those “just right” books for your child to read independently this summer. Your child’s independent reading level is currently ____________. Books near that level would be appropriate choices for your child to enjoy by themselves. Also, children can typically understand books read to them two-three grade levels above where they’re currently reading on their own, so please feel free to help your child pick higher level books that you can read together or read aloud to him or her. Have fun reading! STEP LEVEL 1A-3C/Kindergarten See the City by David F. Marx I Love You Sun, I Love You Moon by Tomie dePaola Silly Sally by Betsy Franco-Feeny Let’s Go Visiting by Sue Williams From Sheep to Sweater by Ellen Tarlow How Many Fish? by Caron Lee Cohen Who Lives in a Tree? by Betsey Chessen and Susan Canizares Rick is Sick by David McPhail A Lunch with Punch by Jo S. Kittinger I Like Stars by Margaret Wise Brown Game Day by Cari Meister Come Here, Tiger by Alex Moran I Can Ski by Melanie Davis Jones Field Day by Melanie Davis Jones Melanie Davis Jones Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom Car Wash Kid by Cathy Goldberg Fishman Ollie by Oliver Dunrea Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert Hoptoad by Jane Yolen Bear Play by Miela Ford Wake Up, Big Barn by Suzanne Tanner Chitwood Hide and Seek by Brenda Shannon Yee STEP LEVEL 4-E/Beginning First Grade Bears In The Night by Stan and Jan Berenstain Bears on Wheels by Stan and Jan Berenstain The Blue Bug series by Virginia Poulet Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin The Chick and the Duckling by Mirra Ginsberg Dinosaurs Galore by Audrey Eaton Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Merle Peek Sid and Sam by Nola Buck Ear Book by Al Perkins Farmer in the Dell by Kathy Parkinson Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow Foot Book by Dr. Seuss Go, Dog, Go by Philip D. Eastman Inside, Outside, Upside Down by Stan and Jan Berenstain Monkey See, Monkey Do by Marc Gave Morris the Moose by Bernard Wiseman Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill STEP LEVEL 5-G/Middle First Grade Buzz Said the Bee by Wendy Lewison The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss Cars by Anne Rockwell The Fat Cat Sat on a Mat by Nurit Karlin The Great Race by David McPhail Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox by Grace Maccarone P.J. Funnybunny Camps Out by Marilyn Sadler Pizza Party by Grace Maccarone Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw Soccer Game by Grace Maccarone The Teeny, Tiny Woman by Jane O’Connor Who Will Be My Friends? by Syd Hoff Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak Buzz, Buzz, Buzz by Byron Barton George Shrinks by William Joyce Put Me In the Zoo by Robert Lopshire Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus STEP Level 6-I/End of First Grade Are You My Mother? By Philip D. Eastman Benny Bakes A Cake by Eve Rice Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie DePaola Clocks and More Clocks by Pat Hutchins Corduroy by Don Freeman Curious George series by Margaret Rey Danny and the Dinosaur series by Syd Hoff Fox series by James Marshall Golly Sisters series by Betsy Byars Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox He Bear, She Bear by Stan and Jan Berenstain Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant Jamberry by Bruce Degan Little Bear series by Else H. Minarik M & M series by Pat Ross Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans Mr. Putter series by Cynthia Rylant Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Poppleton series by Cynthia Rylant Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathman Soccer Cousins by Jean Mazollo Three Stories You can Read To Your Cat by Sara Swan Miller Two Crazy Pigs by Karen Berman Nagel When I get Bigger by Mercer Mayer STEP 7-K/Beginning of Second Grade Arthur series by Lillian Hoban Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack Bear’s Bargain by Frank Asch Best Nest by Philip D. Eastman Best Teacher in the World by Bernice Chardiet Big Max by Kin Platt The Big Sneeze by Ruth Brown Buzby by Julia Hoban The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss Clifford series by Norman Bridwell Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen Curious George series by Margaret Rey Franklin series by Paulette Bourgeois If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff Lionel series by Stephen Krensky Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by Vera B. Williams Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog by Sara Miller STEP LEVEL 8-L/Middle of Second Grade Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Lio Lionni Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish The Best Worst Day by Bonnie Graves Cam Jansen series by David Adler Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen The day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Noble The Dragons of Blueland series by Ruth Stiles Gannett Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne STEP LEVEL 9-M/End of Second Grade Abe Lincoln’s Hat by Martha Brenner The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola Arthur chapter books by Stephen Krensky Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey Blueberries for Sal by Robert McClosky Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett George and Martha by James Marshall Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat Happy Birthday Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park The Littles series by John Peterson The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sacher Miss Nelson series by Harry Allard Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car by John Burningham Pinky and Rex series by James Howe Rats on the Roof by James Marshall Triplet Trouble series by Debbie Dadey STEP LEVEL 10-N/Beginning Third Grade Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco The Cloud Book by Tomi DePaola Flat Stanley series by Jeff Brown Song Lee series by Suzy Kline The Trojan Horse by Emily Little STEP LEVEL 11-O/Middle Third Grade Babysitter’s Club series by Ann M. Martin Herbie Jones series by Suzy Kline The King’s Equal by Katherine Paterson Meg Mackintosh series by Lucinda Landon Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater Pony Pals series by Jeanne Betancourt Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary Ramona series by Beverly Cleary Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles Tornado by Betsy Byars What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz STEP LEVEL 12-P/End of Third Grade Aldo Ice Cream by Johanna Hurwitz Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner Bunnicula series by James Howe Chocolate Fever by Robert Smith A Dragon in the Family by Jackie French Koller Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald Sobol George’s Marvelous Medicine by Road Dahl Henry series by Beverly Cleary Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole Time Warp Trio by John Scieszka The Twits by Road Dahl Fourth-Fifth Grades Abel’s Island by William Steig Anastasia series by Lois Lowry Babe the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis The Black Stallion by Walter Farley Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Matilda by Roald Dahl My Teacher Series by Bruce Coville Poppi by Avi Stuart Little by E.B. White Time Warp Trio Series by Jon Scieszka
