Great books for summer reading:
preK (and up):
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
Llama llama books by Anna Dewdney
Perfect Square by Michael Hall
100 Things that Make me Happy by Amy Schwartz
Baby Bear Counts One by Ashley Wolff
Have you seen my Dragon? by Steve Light
Have you seen my new blue socks? by Eve Bunting
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Rinker
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Colors Everywhere by Tana Hoban
Dog and Bear by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Where is the green sheep? by Mem Fox
Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh
Mouse Count by Ellen Walsh
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Walsh
Don’t Laugh, Joe by Keiko Kasza (and other books by this writer)
Cat the Cat series by Mo Willems
Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong
Kindergarten-1st grade (and up)
No, David by David Shannon
Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel
Don’t Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus and other pigeon books by Mo Willems
Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny books by Mo Willems
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker
Click Clack Moo and other books by Doreen Cronin
Biscuit series by Alyssa Capucilli
Benny and Penny series by Geoffrey Hayes
A is for Musk Ox by Erin Cabatingan
Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham
Mitten series by Lola Schaefer
Pete the Cat books (picture books and early readers, some by Eric Litwin, some by James Dean)
Ice Cream Summer by Peter Sis
Froggy books by Jonathan London
Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann (multiple books)
Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor (multiple books)
The Doghouse, Rhyming Dust Bunnies and others by Jan Thomas
Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman
books by Kevin Henkes
Early readers, early chapter books, transitional readers for K-2
Cowgirl Kate & Cocoa by Erica Silverman
High-rise Private Eyes by Cynthia Rylant
Puppy Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
Henry & Mudge by Cynthia Rylant (and other series by Cynthia Rylant)
Geronimo Stilton
Ling & Ting by Grace Lin
Monkey & Elephant by Carole Lexa Schaefer
Young Cam Jansen by David Adler
Chapter book series for 1st, 2nd and up
Katie Woo by Fran Manushkin
Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows
Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger
Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper
Dyamonde Daniel by Nikki Grimes
Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon
Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
My Weird School by Dan Gutman
The Life of Ty by Lauren Myracle
Jasper John Dooley by Caroline Adderson
The Chicken Squad by Doreen Cronin
Mercy Watson by Kate diCamillo
Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
Stink by Megan McDonald
Nikki & Deja by Karen English
Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel (chapter books)
Rainbow Street Shelter by Wendy Orr
Princess Posey by Stephanie Greene
Heidi Heckelbeck by Wanda Coven
Lulu series by Hilary McKay
A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
Cam Jansen by David Adler
The Magic Shop series by Kate Egan
Ellray Jakes by Sally Warner
Keena Ford by Melissa Thomson
Three-Ring Rascals by Kate Klise
Lulu books by Judith Viorst
Biographies and nonfiction for young readers
I am . . . series by Brad Meltzer
Me, Jane by Patrick McDonnell
books by Doreen Rappaport (about Abe Lincoln, Helen Keller, Theodore Roosevelt, and others)
Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life by Lois Ehlert
biographies by Jonah Winter
biographies and other books by Jeanette Winter
books by Steve Jenkins (Actual Size, What do you do with a Tail like this?, Creature Features, etc.)
books by Nic Bishop (Lizards, Marsupials, Frogs, Snakes, etc.)
Gravity by Jason Chin (and other books by this author)
books by April Pulley Sayre
Boy, were we wrong about . . . series by Kathleen Kadlinski
National Geographic Kids First Big Book . . . by various authors (ocean, dinosaurs, bugs)
Graphic Novel series
Lunch Lady by Jarrett Krosoczka
Squish by Jennifer Holm & Matthew Holm
Baby Mouse by Jennifer Holm & Matthew Holm
Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires
Benny & Penny by Geoffrey Hayes
ADDITIONAL AUTHORS
Here are some more great authors & illustrators to explore for primary readers:
Byron Barton, Chris Barton, Bonny Becker, Nic Bishop, Lizi Boyd, Jan Brett, Marc Brown, Peter Brown, Eric Carle, Peter
Catalanotto, Beverly Cleary, Lauren Child, Andrew Clements, Joanna Cole, Floyd Cooper, Doreen Cronin, Tomie DePaola, Kate
DiCamillo, Ed Emberley, Candace Fleming, Denise Fleming, Brian Floca, Emily Gravett, Kevin Henkes, Tad Hills, Mary Ann
Hoberman, Oliver Jeffers, Keiko Kasza, Ezra Jack Keats, Steven Kellogg, Eric Kimmel, Jon Klassen, E.B. Lewis, Leo Lionni, Pat
McKissack, Bill Martin, Susan Meddaugh, Robert Munsch, Laura Numeroff, Margie Palatini, Dav Pilkey, Jerry Pinkney, Daniel
Pinkwater, Patricia Polacco, Antoinette Portis, James Ransome, Peter Reynolds, Eric Rohmann, John Rocco, Amy Krouse
Rosenthal, Cynthia Rylant, Jon Scieszka, Laura Vaccaro Seeger, David Shannon, William Steig, Mark Teague, Jan Thomas, Chris
Van Allsburg, Rosemary Wells, David Wiesner, Harriet Ziefert