WSSD Elementary Reading List
Summer Before First Grade
Fiction:
Bingham, Kelly
Cannon, Janell
DaCosta, Barbara
Eastman, P.D.
Ehlert, Lois
Fox, Mem
Frazee, Marla
Going, K.L.
Henkes, Kevin
Himmelman, John
McMullan, Kate
Pulver, Robin
Watt, Melanie
Willems, Mo
Z is for Moose
Stellaluna
Nighttime Ninja
Are you my Mother?
Planting a Rainbow
Hello Baby
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
Dog in Charge
Old Bear
Chickens to the Rescue
I’m Dirty
Thank You, Miss Dover
Chester
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Series:
Arnold, Tedd
Capucilli, Alyssa
Hoff, Syd
Hood, Susan
Litwin, Eric
Minarik, Else Holmelund
Numeroff, Laura
O’Connor, Jane
Rylant, Cynthia
Scotton, Rob
Weeks, Sarah
Wells, Rosemary
Willems, Mo
Fly Guy
Katy Duck Makes a Friend; Biscuit
Danny the Dinosaur
Pup and Hound
Pete the Cat
Little Bear
If you give a Mouse a Cookie
Fancy Nancy
Mr. Putter and Tabby
Splat the Cat
Mac and Cheese
Max and Ruby
Cat the Cat, Who is That?; Elephant and Piggie
Non Fiction:
Davies, Nicola
Florian, Douglas
Hale, Christy
Hartland, Jessie
Hoberman, Mary Ann
Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page
Low, William
Mayo, Margaret
Pinkney, Jerry
Prelutsky, Jack
Scanlon, Elizabeth Garton
Schuh, Mari
Schwartz, David M.
Sill, Cathryn P.
Stevens, Janet
Dolphin Baby!
Zoo's Who
Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building
How the Sphinx got to the Museum
You Read to Me and I'll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together
My First Day
Machines Go To Work in the City by
Dig, Dig Digging
The Lion and the Mouse
Me I Am!
All the World
Volcanoes
Where in the Wild?
About Rodents: A Guide for Children
Tops and Bottoms
WSSD Elementary Reading List
Summer Before Second Grade
Fiction:
Cronin, Doreen
Falconer, Ian
Grey, Mini
Harrington, Janice N.
Howe, James
Keller, Holly
Kraus, Robert
Lies, Brian
Long, Melinda
Maloney, Peter
Schachner, Judith
Sis, Peter
Spiegelman, Nadja
Watt, Melanie
Willems, Mo
Diary of a Spider
Olivia
Traction Man is Here
The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County
Horace and Morris Say Cheese
Help! The Story of Friendship
Whose Mouse Are You?
Bats at the Library
How I Became a Pirate
The Magic Hockey Stick
Skippyjon Jones
Madlenka
Zig and Wikki in Something Ate my Homework
Scaredy Squirrel
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
Series:
Adler, David
Cazet, Denys
Chaconas, Dori
Cosby, Bill
Cushman, Doug
Danziger, Paula
DiCamillo, Kate
Henkes, Kevin
Howe, James
Manushkin, Fran
Rylant, Cynthia
Sharmat, Marjorie
Wheeler, Lisa
Willems, Mo
(various)
Young Cam Jansen
Minnie and Moo
Cork and Fuzz
Little Bill
Dirk Bones; Inspector Hopper
A is for Amber
Mercy Watson
Penny and her Doll
Pinky and Rex
No More Teasing
Henry and Mudge
Nate the Great
Dino Baseball
Knuffle Bunny; Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Geronimo Stilton
Nonfiction:
Agee, Jon
Chin, Jason
Clements, Andrew
Lewis, J. Patrick
Myron, Vicki
Pfeffer, Wendy
Prelutsky, Jack
Ryder, Joanne
Sidman, Joyce
Singer, Marilyn
Sweet, Melissa
Wardlaw, Lee
Ziefert, Harriet
Orangutan Tongs
Redwoods
Dogku
National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry
Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library
Life in a Coral Reef
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Panda Kindergarten
Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors
On the Same Day in March
A Place for Birds
Wonton
One Red Apple
WSSD Elementary Reading List
Summer Before Third Grade
Fiction:
Allard, Harry
DiCamillo, Kate
Fleischman, Paul
Jenkins, Emily
Knutson, Barbara
Manushkin, Fran
Myers, Walter Dean
O’Malley, Kevin
Oppel, Kenneth
Poydar, Nancy
Shannon, David
Spinelli, Eileen
Steig, William
Stevens, Janet
Miss Nelson is Missing
Louise: the Adventures of a Chicken
Weslandia
Toys Go Out
Love and Roast Chicken
The Shivers in the Fridge
Looking Like Me
Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates
The King’s Taster
Fish School
A Bad Case of Stripes
Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Jackalope; Little Red Pen
Series:
Adler, David
Barrows, Annie
Cameron, Ann
Grimes, Nikki
Hicks, Betty
Kirby, Stan
Look, Lenore
Lowry, Lois
Lumry, Amanda
McDonald, Megan
Nolan, Lucy
Osborne, Mary Pope
Pennypacker, Sara
Preller, James
Roy, Ron
Cam Jansen
Ivy and Bean
Stories Julian Tells
Dyamonde Daniel
Gym Shorts
Captain Awesome
Ruby Lu
Gooney Bird Greene
Adventures of Riley
Judy Moody; Stink
Down Girl and Sit
Magic Tree House
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures
Jigsaw Jones
A-Z Mysteries
Nonfiction
Bishop, Nic
Chin, Jason
Coppendale, Jean
Cousins, Lucy
Davies, Jacqueline
Florian, Douglas
Hatkoff, Juliana
Kajikawa, Kimiko
Laroche, Giles
Levine, Robert
Lewis, Patrick
Pallotta, Jerry
Raffin, Deborah
Butterflies and Moths; Spiders; Frogs
Island: the story of the Galapagos Island
The Great Big Book of Mighty Machines
Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales
Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation
Bow Wow Meow Meow
Winter’s Tail
Tsunami
What’s Inside? Fascinating structures around the world
The Story of the Orchestra
Spot the Plot: a Riddle Book of Book Riddles
The Flower Alphabet Book
Mitzi’s World
WSSD Elementary Reading List
Summer Before Fourth Grade
Fiction:
Davies, Jacqueline
DiCamillo, Kate
Fleischman, Paul
Fleming, Candace
Funke, Cornelia
Hill, Kirkpatrick
Kerby, Mona
Knight, Eric
Levine, Ellen
Lubar, David
Marsden, Carolyn
McGhee, Alison
Polacco, Patricia
Selznick, Brian
Yee, Lisa
The Lemonade War
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Dunderheads
The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Igraine the Brave
The Year of Miss Agnes
Owney the Mail-Pouch Pooch
Lassie Come-Home
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
Punished
The Gold Threaded Dress; Silk Umbrellas
Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing)
Thank You, Mr. Falker
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)
Series:
Amoto, Mary
Buckley, Michael
Butler, Dori Hillestad
Colfer, Eoin
English, Karen
Friedman, Laurie B.
Gutman, Dan
Holm. Jennifer
Howe, James
Knudson, Jack
Look, Lenore
Rodda, Emily
Salisbury, Graham
Sobol, Donald
Winkler, Henry
Riot Brothers
Sisters Grimm
The Buddy Files
Legend of Spud Murphy
Nikki and Deja
Mallory
Baseball Card Adventures
Babymouse
Bunnicula
Raymond and Graham
Alvin Ho
Fairy Realm
Calvin Coconut
Encyclopedia Brown
Hank Zipzer
Nonfiction:
Bishop, Nic
Boldner, Phil
Deedy, Carmen Agra
Dennis, Major Brian
Hughes, Langston
Krull, Kathleen
McCarthy, Megan
Nivola, Claire
Rappaport, Doreen
Sturm, James
Weitzman, David
Winter, Jonah
Worth, Valerie
Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Lizards
Unforgettable Season
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle
My People
The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
Pop! The Invention of Bubblegum
Life in the Ocean: the story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
Eleanor, Quiet no More
Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles into Comics
Pharoah’s Boat
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
Animal Poems
Hand in Hand: ten Black men who changed America
WSSD Elementary Reading List
Summer Before Fifth Grade
Fiction:
Balliett , Blue
Barber, Ronde and Tiki
Berlin, Eric
Birdsall, Jeanna
Broach, Elise
Clements, Andrew
Curtis, Christopher Paul
DiCamillo, Kate
Dowd, Siobhan
Ibbotson, Eva
Levine, Gail Carson
Mass, Wendy
Matthew, Cody
O’Connor, Barbara
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Yee, Lisa
Chasing Vermeer
Kickoff
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
The Penderwicks: A Summer of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy
Masterpiece
No Talking
Bud, Not Buddy
Tale of Despereaux
The London Eye Mystery
The Star of Kazan
Ella Enchanted
11 Birthdays
Powerless
How to Steal a Dog
Becoming Naomi Leon
Millicent Min, Girl Genius
Series:
Baker, E.D.
Barnett, Mac
Bosch, Pseudonymous
Clements, Andrew
Collins, Suzanne
Holm, Jennifer
Horowitz, Anthony
Sanderson, Brandon
Stewart, Trenton Lee
Stone, Jeff
Sutherland, Tui
Tales of the Frog Princess
Brixton Brothers Mysteries
Terces Society Mysteries
Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School
Gregor the Overlander
Boston Jane
Diamond Brothers Mysteries
Alcatraz
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Five Ancestors
Wings of Fire
Nonfiction:
Chaiken, Andrew
Cherry, Lynne
Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids
Explore Global Warming
DeCristofano, Carolyn Cinami A Black Hole is not a Hole
Denenberg, Barry
Titanic Sinks!
Fraden, Denis
Duel! Burr and Hamilton’s Deadly War of Words
Hopkins, Lee Bennett
My America
Jackson, Donna M.
Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature’s Mysteries from Perilous Places
Jenczko, Paul
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing
Leedy, Loreen
There’s a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings
Nelson, Kadir
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
Nelson, Vaundra Micheaux
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall
Nobleman, Marc Tyler
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman
Prelutsky, Jack
My Dog is a Genius
Yezerski, Thomas
Meadowlands: a wetland survival story