WSSD Elementary Reading List
Summer Before Second Grade
Fiction:
Buehner, Caralyn
Cronin, Doreen
Falconer, Ian
Grey, Mini
Harrington, Janice N.
Howe, James
Keller, Holly
Kraus, Robert
Lies, Brian
Long, Melinda
Maloney, Peter
Perkins, Lynne Rae
Schachner, Judith
Sis, Peter
Spiegelman, Nadja
Watt, Melanie
Wheeler, Lisa
Willems, Mo
Superdog: The Heart of a Hero
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
Pictures From Our Vacation
Skippyjon Jones
Madlenka
Zig and Wikki in Something Ate my Homework
Scaredy Squirrel
Dino Baseball
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
Series:
Cazet, Denys
Chaconas, Dori
Cosby, Bill
Cushman, Doug
Danziger, Paula
DiCamillo, Kate
Howe, James
Manushkin, Fran
Rylant, Cynthia
Sharmat, Marjorie
Willems, Mo
Minnie and Moo
Cork and Fuzz
Little Bill
Dirk Bones; Inspector Hopper
A is for Amber
Mercy Watson
Pinky and Rex
No More Teasing
Henry and Mudge
Nate the Great
Knuffle Bunny; Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Nonfiction:
Agee, Jon
Chin, Jason
Clements, Andrew
Myron, Vicki
Pfeffer, Wendy
Prelutsky, Jack
Ryder, Joanne
Sidman, Joyce
Sweet, Melissa
Ziefert, Harriet
Orangutan Tongs
Redwoods
Dogku
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
A Place for Birds
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
Samuels, Barbara
Shannon, David
Spinelli, Eileen
Steig, William
Stevens, Janet
Watt, Melanie
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
Dolores Meets Her Match
A Bad Case of Stripes
Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Jackalope
Chester
Series:
Adler, David
Barrows, Annie
Cameron, Ann
Grimes, Nikki
Hicks, Betty
Look, Lenore
Lowry, Lois
Lumry, Amanda
McDonald, Megan
Nolan, Lucy
Osborne, Mary Pope
Pennypacker, Sara
Roy, Ron
Cam Jansen
Ivy and Bean
Stories Julian Tells
Dyamonde Daniel
Gym Shorts
Ruby Lu
Gooney Bird Greene
Adventures of Riley
Judy Moody; Stink
Down Girl and Sit
Magic Tree House
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures
A-Z Mysteries
Nonfiction
Bishop, Nic
Coppendale, Jean
Cousins, Lucy
Davies, Jacqueline
Florian, Douglas
Kajikawa, Kimiko
Levine, Robert
Lewis, Patrick
Pallotta, Jerry
Raffin, Deborah
Butterflies and Moths; Spiders; Frogs
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
Tsunami
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
Frederick, Heather Vogel
Funke, Cornelia
Hill, Kirkpatrick
Kerby, Mona
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
Spy Mice: For Your Paws Only
Igraine the Brave
The Year of Miss Agnes
Owney the Mail-Pouch Pooch
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
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
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
Deedy, Carmen Agra
Dennis, Major Brian
Hughes, Langston
Krull, Kathleen
McCarthy, Megan
Rappaport, Doreen
Sturm, James
Weitzman, David
Winter, Jonah
Worth, Valerie
Lizards
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
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
WSSD Elementary Reading List
Summer Before Fifth Grade
Fiction:
Balliett, Blue
Barber, Ronde and Tiki
Berlin, Eric
Birdsall, Jeanna
Broach, Elise
Clements, Andrew
Clements, Andrew
Creech, Sharon
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Davis, Eleanor
DiCamillo, Kate
Ibbotson, Eva
Levine, Gail Carson
Lynne, Janell
Mass, Wendy
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
Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School
No Talking
Ruby Holler
Bud, Not Buddy
Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
Tale of Despereaux
The Star of Kazan
Ella Enchanted
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
11 Birthdays
How to Steal a Dog
Becoming Naomi Leon
Millicent Min, Girl Genius
Series:
Baker, E.D.
Barnett, Mac
Bosch, Pseudonymous
Collins, Suzanne
Holm, Jennifer
Horowitz, Anthony
Sanderson, Brandon
Stewart, Trenton Lee
Stone, Jeff
Tales of the Frog Princess
Brixton Brothers Mysteries
Terces Society Mysteries
Gregor the Overlander
Boston Jane
Diamond Brothers Mysteries
Alcatraz
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Five Ancestors
Nonfiction:
Chaiken, Andrew
Mission Control, This is Apollo:
The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
Cherry, Lynne
How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate:\
Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming
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