Rising Kindergarten Summer Reading List
(For those students entering Kindergarten)
Title
My Five Senses
Giraffes Can’t Dance
Little Lions
Moonbear’s Pet
Naughty Little Monkeys
Flag Day
The Mitten
Goodnight Moon
My Brother, Ant
The Tiny Seed
Happy Birthday America!
So What!
Red-eyed Tree Frog
Ten Black Dots
Click Clack Moo Cows that Type
Nighttime Ninja
Surprising Sharks
The Art Lesson
Mother Goose Favorites
Cave Boy
Are You My Mother?
Fish Eyes
Bark, George
Three Little Kittens
From Seed to Plant
Fire Fire!
Animals Born Alive and Well
The Fourth of July
Danny and the Dinosaur
Morris the Moose
Sammy the Seal
Tidy Titch
The Zoo
Veterinarians Help Keep Animals Healthy
Leo, the Late Bloomer
The Carrot Seed
A Day in the Life of a Zookeeper
The Pet Vet
Inch by Inch
Swimmy
Author
Aliki
Andreae, Giles
Arnosky, Jim
Asch, Frank
Aylesworth, Jim
Bennett, Kelly
Brett, Jan
Brown, Margaret Wise
Byars, Betsy
Carle, Eric
Chall, Marsha Wilson
Cohen, Miriam
Cowley, Jay
Crews, Donald
Cronin, Doreen
DaCosta, Barbara
Davies, Nicola
De Paola, Tomie
De Paola, Tomie
Dubowski, Cathy
Eastman, P.D.
Ehlert, Lois
Feiffer, Jules
Gladone, Paul
Gibbons, Gail
Gibbons, Gail
Heller, Ruth
Hess, Debra
Hoff, Sid
Hoff, Sid
Hoff, Sid
Hutchins, Pat
Kallen, Stuart K.
Kalman, Bobbie
Kraus, Robert
Krauss, Ruth
LeBoatillier, Nate
Leonard, Marcia
Lionni, Leo
Lionni, Leo
Pete the Cat
Small Pig
Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Polar Bear, Polar Bear
I Am A Leaf
I Am Water
All By Myself
Just Me and My Dad
Eating Fractions
Farm Alphabet Book
My Farm Friends
We Share Everything
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
The Kissing Hand
From Seed to Pumpkin
The Rainbow Fish
Martin’s Big Words
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Skippyjon Jones
Family Pets
Splat the Cat
Where the Wild Things Are
David Goes to School
No! David
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
Z is for Zookeeper: A Zoo Alphabet
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Amazing Whales
The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything
Alphabet Adventure
The Napping House
Silly Sally
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Hats Off for the Fourth of July
Series Books
Berenstain Bears
Clifford
Biscuit
Eric Carle
Dear Dragon
Pinkalicious
Fancy Nancy
Amelia Bedelia
Curious George
Litwin, Eric
Lobel, Arnold
Maccarone, Grace
Martin Jr., Bill
Martin Jr., Bill
Marzollo, Jean
Marzollo, Jean
Mayer, Mercer
Mayer, Mercer
McMillan, Bruce
Miller, Jane
Minor, Wendell
Munsch, Robert
Numeroff, Laura
Penn, Audrey
Pfeffer, Wendy
Pfister, Marcus
Rappaport, Doreen
Rosen, Michael
Schachner, Judy
Schaefer, Lola
Scotten, Rob
Sendak, Maurice
Shannon, David
Shannon, David
Slate, Joseph
Smith, Marie
Stevens, Janet or Paul Galdone
Thomson, Sarah L.
Williams, Linda
Wood, Audrey
Wood, Audrey
Wood, Audrey
Yolen, Jane
Ziefert, Harriet
Author
Berenstain, Stan and Jan
Bridwell, Norman
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin
Carle, Eric
Hillert, Margaret
Kann, Victoria
O’Connor, Jane
Parrish, Peggy
Rey, Margaret
Rising First Grader Summer Reading List
(For those students entering First Grade)
Title
Can You Guess What Estimation Is?
Rumble in the Jungle
Max’s Words
Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin
Franklin
Ivy and Bean
Paul Bunyan
Airmail to the Moon
Bad Kitty
Two Times the Fun
Diary of a Worm
First Day Jitters
Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox
Pancakes for Breakfast
Follow the Water From Brook to Ocean
Market Day: A StoryTold with Folk Art
Stella Louella’s Runaway Book
Olivia
Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book
In the Small Small Pond
Corduroy
My Father’s Dragon
The Big Snow
Pecos Bill
Chrysanthemum
Sheila Rae the Brave
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Angelina Ballerina
Lions
Chameleons Are Cool
Apples, Apples Everywhere: Learning about Apple Harvest
Missing Math: A Number Mystery
Hooway for Wodney Wat
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
Fox on the Job
George and Martha
One Smile
Little Bear
Hatch
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
A Visit to the Apple Orchard
Author
Adamson, Thomas K. and Heather
Andreae, Giles
Banks, Kate
Barretta, Jean
Barrows, Annie
Blair, Eric
Birdseye, Tom
Bruel, Nick
Cleary, Beverly
Cronin, Doreen
Danneberg, Julie
Dealy, Erin
De Paola, Tomie
Dorros, Arthur
Ehlert, Lois
Ernst, Lisa Campbell
Falconer, Ian
Feelings, Muriel
Flemming, Denise
Freeman, Don
Gannett, Ruth S.
Hader, Berta and Elmer
Gleeson, Brian
Henkes, Kevin
Henkes, Kevin
Henkes, Kevin
Holabird, Katharine
Ipcizade, Catherine
Jenkins, Martin
Koontz, Robin
Leedy, Loreen
Lester, Helen
Lovell, Patty
Marshall, James
Marshall, James
McKinley, Cindy
Minarik, Else
Monro, Roxie
Moss, Lloyd
Murphy, Patricia J.
The Life of Sacagawea
Thunder Rose
I Need My Monster
Beatrice Doesn’t Want To
Dinosaurs Before Dark
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This
Clementine
Dog Breath
Me I AM
Ruby the Copycat
The Boy Who Loved Words
African Elephants
Alice the Fairy
A Bad Case of the Stripes
Duck on a Bike
If the World Were a Village
The Water Horse
Changing Seasons
Tops and Bottoms
The Life Cycle of an Apple Tree
Safari (National Geographic)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good
Very Bad Day
Ira Sleeps Over
Bunny Money
Emily’s First 100 Days of School
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Knuffle Bunny
Alligators
Series Books
The Berenstein Bears
Clifford
Arthur
Llama Llama
Frog and Toad
Henry and Mudge
Curious George
Nelson, Maria
Nolen, Jerdine
Noll, Amanda
Numeroff, Laura
Osborne, Mary Pope
Page, Robin and Steve Jenkins
Pennypacker, Sara
Pilkey, Dave
Prelutsky, Jack
Rathman, Peggy
Schotter, Ronie
Schuetz, Kari
Shannon, David
Shannon, David
Shannon, David
Smith, David
Smith, Dick King
Smith, Sian
Stevens, Janet
Tagliaferro, Linda
Tuchman, Gail
Viorst, Judith
Waber, Bernard
Wells, Rosemary
Wells, Rosemary
Willems, Mo
Willems, Mo
Zobel, Derek
Author
Berenstain, Stan and Jan
Bridwell, Norman
Brown, Marc
Dewdney, Anna
Lobel, Arnold
Rylant, Cynthia
Rey, H.A.
Rising Second Grader Summer Reading List
(For those students entering Second Grade)
Title
How Tall How Short How Far Away
Miss Nelson
Miss Nelson is Back
My Hands
Jackie Robinson
The Mayor’s Office
Hi, Fly Guy
Super Fly Guy
Madeline
Pain and the Great One
Stellaluna
Diary of a Worm
Diary of a Spider
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Charlie Needs a Cloak
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
Pee Wee Scouts
Mercy Watson
Eating the Alphabet
Pocket for Corduroy
The Three Little Pigs
Flying
What’s a Governor?
What’s a Mayor?
Sheila Rae, The Brave
Julius, the Baby of the World
Chester’s Way
Owen
A Bargain for Frances
Toot and Puddle
Amazing Grace
Animals Called Mammals
The Snowy Day
Peter’s Chair
Chicken Little
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
Lionel in the Fall
Frederick
Frog and Toad
Days with Frog and Toad
Author
Adler, David
Allard, Harry
Allard, Harry
Aliki
Amoroso, Cynthia
Armentrout, David
Arnold, Ted
Arnold, Ted
Bemelmans, Ludwig
Blume, Judy
Cannon, Jannell
Cronin, Doreen
Cronin, Doreen
Dean, Sheri
De Paola, Tomie
De Paola, Tomie
Delton, Judy
DiCamillo, Kate
Ehlert, Lois
Freeman, Don
Galdone, Paul
Gibbons, Gail
Harris, Nancy
Harris, Nancy
Henkes, Kevin
Henkes, Kevin
Henkes, Kevin
Henkes, Kevin
Hoban, Lillian
Hobbie, Holly
Hoffman,
Kalman, Bobbie
Keats, Ezra Jack
Keats, Ezra Jack
Kellogg, Steven
Kimmel, Eric
Krensky, Stephen
Lionni, Leo
Lobel, Arnold
Lobel, Arnold
Mouse Soup
Troll Country
Three Up a Tree
Little Critter
Eating Fractions
Martha Speaks
Farm Noises
Moses Goes to a Concert
The Paper Bag Princess
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
I Wanna Iguana
Good Work Amelia Bedelia
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby
The Stars
What is a Bird?
What is a Mammal?
What is a Reptile?
What is an Amphibian?
What is an Insect?
Bats
The U.S. Presidency
Millions to Measure
Gregory the Terrible Eater
Mitchell is Moving
Nate the Great
Amazing Bats
Imogene’s Antlers
Interrupting Chicken
Me on the Map
The Frog Prince
Teacher from the Black Lagoon
School Nurse from the Black Lagoon
How the Sky Got It’s Stars: a Hopi Legend
Tales of Amanda Pig
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late
Lobel, Arnold
Marshall, Edward
Marshall, James
Mayer, Mercer
McMillan, Bruce
Meddaugh, Susan
Miller, Jane
Millman, Isaac
Munsch, Robert
Noble
Orloff, Karen
Parish, Peggy
Parish, Peggy
Rustad, Martha
Schaefer, Lola
Schuetz, Kari
Schuh, Mari
Schwartz, David
Sharmak, Mitchell
Sharmat, Marjorie
Sharmat, Marjorie
Simon, Seymore
Small, David
Stein, David
Sweeney, Joan
Tarcov
Thaler, Mike
Thaler, Mike
Tuchman, Gail
Van Leeuwen, Jean
Willems, Mo
Series Books
Cam Jansen
Amber Brown
Horrible Harry
Magic Tree House
A to Z Mysteries
Author
Adler, David
Danziger, Paula
Kline, Suzy
Osborne, Mary Pope
Roy, Ron
Rising Third Grader Summer Reading List
(For those students entering Third Grade)
Title
The Night Crossing
Aesop’s Fables
All About Alligators
Poppy
Greece
Piedmont
Mountains
This is our Earth
Pop Pop’s First Fourth
Fudge-a-Mania
Linnea in Monet’s Garden
Day Light Night Light
Life on the Great Barrier Reed
Arthur’s Mystery Envelope
The Big Wave
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; Two Friends
Baseball Stories
Ramona the Pest
Henry Huggins
Get the Scoop on Animal Poop
James and the Giant Peach
Amber Brown is not a Crayon
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
Animal Fact, Animal Fable
Louise: The Adventures of a Chicken
The Boy and the Water Buffalo
Beethoven: The Man and his Music
Greece
One Hundred Dresses
Olivia and the Missing Toy
Dirt on My Shirt
Recycle! A Handbook for Kids
Howler Monkeys
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart
Boundless Grace
Bunnicula
The Great Graph Contest
Measuring Penny
Tacky the Penguin
Three Cheers for Tacky
Author
Ackerman, Karen
Aesop
Arnosky, Jim
Avi
Bartell, Jim
Bennett, Doraine
Bennett, Doraine
Benson, Laura Lee
Berry, Lauren
Blume, Judy
Bjork, Cristina
Branley, Franklyn
Brooks, Caitlin
Brown, Marc
Buck, Pearl S.
Celsi, Teresa Noel
Christopher, Matt
Cleary, Beverly
Cleary, Beverly
Cusick, Dawn
Dahl, Roald
Danziger, Paula
Deedy, Carmen Agra
De Groat, Diane
DiCamillo, Kate
Doak, Robin
Doak, Robin
Donaldson, Madeline
Estes, Eleanor
Falconer, Ian
Foxworthy, Jeff
Gibbons, Gail
Gillenwater, Chadwick
Gray, Libby Moore
Hoffman, Mary
Howe, James
Leedy, Loreen
Leedy, Loreen
Lester, Helen
Lester, Helen
Sarah Plain and Tall
George and Martha
Knots on a Counting Rope
Blueberries for Sal
Judy Moody
Roxaboxen
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
What Do We Buy? A Look at Goods and Services
Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm
The Littles
Chicken Sunday
Apple Fractions
The Chalk Doll
Something Big Has Been Here (Poetry)
The Open Sea
Tar Beach
Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky
Poppleton Everyday
The Not-so-Jolly-Roger (The Time Warp Trio)
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid
Tales
Cowgirl Katie and Cocoa
Falling Up
Magnets
Motion Push and Pull Fast and Slow
Brave Irene
Math for All Seasons
Two Bad Ants
Before John was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John
Coltrane
MacLachlan, Patricia
Marshall, George
Martin, Bill Jr.
McCLoskey, Robert
McDonald, Megan
McLerran, Alice
McNamara, Margaret
Nelson, Robin
Parish, Peggy
Peterson, John
Polacco, Patricia
Pallotta, Jerry
Pomerantz, Charlotte
Prelutsky, Jack
Pryor, Kimberly Jane
Ringgold, Faith
Ringgold, Faith
Rylant, Cynthia
Scieszka, Jon
Scieszka, Jon
Silverman, Erica
Silverstein, Shel
Stille, Darlene
Stille, Darlene
Stolz, Mary
Tang, Greg
Van Allsburg, Chris
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Series Books
Cam Jansen
Ramona
Amber Brown
Horrible Harry
Magic Tree House
A to Z Mysteries
Author
Adler, David
Cleary, Beverly
Danziger, Paula
Kline, Suzy
Osborne, Mary Pope
Roy, Ron
Rising Fourth Grader Summer Reading List
(For those students entering Fourth Grade)
Title
Poppy
Tuck Everlasting
Indian in the Cupboard
Cicada Summer
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
A Bear Called Paddington
Flat Stanley Books
The Secret Garden
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Frindle
Help! I’m A Prisoner in the Library
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
One Grain of Rice: A Math Folktale
Mercy Watson Rights Crime
The Hundred Dresses
Go Free or Die
Possum Magic
The Thirteen Colonies
Joey Pigza Loses Control
A Time for Andrew
M.C. Higgins, the Great
Hoot
Bunnicula
The Boston Tea Party
Lords of the Sea the Vikings Explore the North
Atlantic
Mapping Penny’s World
The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Yeh-Shen
All About Sam
Saving the Liberty Bell
If You Lived in Colonial Times
A Year Down Yonder
The U.S. Constitution
Martin’s Big Words
Shiloh
The Missing Mummy
Holes
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Author
Avi
Babbitt, Natalie
Banks, Lynne Reid
Beaty, Andrea
Blume, Judy
Bond, Michael
Brown, Jeff
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Cleary, Beverly
Clemente, Andrew
Clifford, Eth
Dahl, Roald
Danzinger, Paula
Demi
DiCamillo, Kate
Estes Eleanor
Ferris, Jeri
Fox, Mem
Fradin, Dennis
Gantos, Jack
Hahn, Mary Downing
Hamilton, Virginia
Hiaason, Carl
Howe, James
Klingel, Cynthia
Lassieur, Allison
Leedy, Loreen
Lord, Bette Boa
Louie, Ai-Ling
Lowry, Lois
McDonald, Megan
McGovern, Ann
Peck, Richard
Peterson, Christine
Rappaport, Dorene
Reynolds, Naylor
Roy, Ron
Sacher, Louis
Sacher, Louis
Math Curse
A Light in the Attic
A Taste of Blackberries
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
Little House on the Prairie
Series Books
Fudge Books
Ramona
Hank the Cowdog
Dork Diaries
Royal Diaries
Scieska, Jon
Silverstein, Shel
Smith, Doris Buchanan
Sobol, Donald
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Author
Blume, Judy
Cleary, Beverly
Erickson, John R.
Russell, Rachael Renee
Scholastic
Rising Fifth Grader Summer Reading List
(For those students entering Fifth Grade)
Hope Was Here
The Civil War
The Constitution of the United States
Chocolate Touch
Walk Two Moons
The Watson’s Go to Birmingham
Matilda
24/7 Goes to War Pearl Harbor; the U.S. Enters
World War II
Secrets of Shakespeare’s Grave
Maya Angelou: Greeting the Morning
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Henry’s Freedom Box
If You Were There When They Signed the
Constitution
The Giver
The Hundred Penny Box
Anne of Green Gables
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Hatchet
The U.S. Constitution
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
The Lightening Thief
Timeline of the Civil War
The U.S. Supreme Court
A is for America
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Loser
What Are Citizen’s Basic Rights?
Freedom on the Menu The Greensboro Sit-Ins
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to
Freedom
The Memory Coat
Show Way
Bauer, Joan
Benoit, Peter
Butler, Christine-Taylor
Catling, Patrick
Creech, Sharon
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Dahl, Roald
Dougherty, Steve
Hicks, Deron R.
King, Sara
Lewis, C.S.
Levine, Ellen
Levy, Elizabeth
Lowry, Lois
Mathis, Sharon
Montgomery, L.M.
O’Brian, Robert
O’Del,l Scott
Paulsen, Gary
Pearl, Norman
Philbrick, Rodman
Riordan, Rick
Samuels, Charlie
Schuh, Mari
Scillian, Devin
Selznick, Brian
Spinelli, Jerry
Thomas, William
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Woodruff, Elvira
Woodson, Jacqueline
Series Books
Selected Books
Dear America
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Author
Blume, Judy
Gregory, Kristiana
Kinney, Jeff
Royal Diaries Series
Narnia Chronicles
39 Clues
Lasky, Kathryn
Lewis, C.S.