Students are encouraged to read during the summer.
Teachers’ Suggested Summer Reading Lists
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 1
Suggested Authors: Eric Carle Dr. Seuss Leo Leoni Eric Litwin (Pete the Cat) Laura Numeroff Peggy Parish (Amelia Bedelia) Rob Scotton (Splat the Cat)
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 2
Suggested Authors: Chapter Books: E. B. White Cam Jansen Series Pet Hotel Matt Christopher Geronimo Stilton Rainbow Magic Fairy Tomie de Paola Magic School Bus Boxcar Children Arnold Lobel Bailey School Kids The Littles Ezra Jack Keats Berenstain Bears Fairy animals Jan Brett Magic Tree House Arthur Jane O’Connor (Fancy Nancy) Ready Freddie! Series Magic Pony Beverly Cleary Flat Stanley Magic Puppy Barbara Park (Junie B. Jones) Henry and Mudge Magic Kitten Robert Munsch Jigsaw Jones Puppy Place Louis Sacher (Sideways Stories) Judy Moody Kitty Corner Michael Thaler (Black Lagoon Series) A to Z Mysteries Owl Diaries Critter Club
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 3
Suggested Books: Series: Beverly Cleary Books A to Z Mysteries Bunnicula Harry Potter Geronimo Stilton Thea Stilton Cricket in Times Square by G. Seldon Box Car Children Owl Diaries My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett Horrible Harry Bad Kitty Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White Bailey School Kids Beauty and the Beast Stuart Little by E.B. White Dragon Slayers” Academy My Weird School Days Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler Encyclopedia Brown Wayside School Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Magic Tree House I Survived Series by Lauran Tarshis Sports Series by Matt Christopher
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 4
Suggested Authors: Series/Books: Andrew Clements The Narnia Chronicles Kate DiCamillo Dear America books Gary Paulsen I Survived Series Matt Christopher My Weirder School Roald Dahl Historical novels Jerry Spinelli Biographies Mike Lupica Newberry Medal Winner books Anne M. Martin Wings of Fire Series Judy Blume Percy Jackson Series Madeline L’Engle Who Was? Series Rick Riordan What Was? Series James Patterson Animal Ark
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 5
Shiloh by Phylis R. Naylor Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord The View from Saturday by E.L.Konigsburg From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L.Konigsburg Lost in the Pacific, 1942: Not a Drop to Drink by Tod Olsen Chasing Red Bird by Sharon Creech Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Frindle by Andrew Clements Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell Matilda by Roald Dahl My Daniel by Pam Conrad
Newberry Medal Winner books
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 6
A Boy Called Slow by Joseph Brochac The Secret Garden by Frances Hadgson Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Danger Zone by David Klass The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Dog Friday by Hilary McKay The Egypt Game by Zilpha K. Snyder Alice the Brave by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor The Well: David’s Story by Mildred Taylor Guardians of Ga’Hoole Series by Katherine Lasky Wonder by R.J. Palacio Percy Jackson Series I Heard the Owl Call My Name by M. Craven All books by Gary Paulson The Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 7 & 8
Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith The Westing Game by Raskin The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank Redwall Series by Brian Jacques