Oconee County Schools K-5 Summer Reading List

Your child’s Lexile Reading Level may be found on the MAP report, which is included in the report card folder. Lexile levels are suggested reading bands. Studies show that students who read over the summer may gain a month of proficiency in reading. So pick up some books and let’s read for enjoyment! Please note: This is not a required reading list. These are just some of our favorites as suggestions!

Lexile Suggested Titles Reading Level Those noted with an * are part of a series. If your child likes it, he or she may wish to investigate more titles in the series. Other books may have more by the same author that just aren’t part of a series, so check them out too!

Various Tome Literacy Society - 2019-2020 It List ● A Whale in Paris - Daniel Presley and Claire Polders (650L) Levels ● Granted - John David Anderson (800L) ● Journey of the Pale Bear - Susan Fletcher (790L) ● The Story Collector - Kristin O’Donnell Tubb (740L) ● The Train to Impossible Places - P. G. Bell (750L) ● The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street - Karina Yan Glaser (810L) ● When the Sea Turned Silver - Grace Lin (750L) 2019-2020 Georgia Book Awards ● K-4 Nominees (AD260L-AD900L) - not all labeled Adult Directed ● 4-8 Nominees (310L-960L) Mensa for Kids ● K-3 List (230L-910L) ● 4-6 List (580L-1070L) ● 7-8 List (380L-1410L)

BR ● No, David! - David Shannon (BR)* ● Joseph had a Little Overcoat - Simms Taback (BR) (Beginning Reader) ● Ten Apples Up On Top - Theo LeSieg (Dr. Seuss) (BR) ● We are in a Book - Mo Willems (BR)* ● I Like Bugs - Margaret Wise Brown (BR) ● See Otto (from The Adventures of Otto) - David Milgrim (BR)* 100-400 ● Nate the Great - Marjorie Sharmat (130L)* ● Pete the Cat: I love my White Shoes - Eric Litwin (240L)* ● Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus - Mo Willems (120L)* ● Miss Nelson is Missing - Harry Allard (340L)* ● Hi! Fly Guy - Tedd Arnold (280L)* ● Dino-Basketball - Lisa Wheeler (300L)* ● Detective Blue - Steve Metzger (300L) ● Little Bear - Else Minarik (300L)* ● Carl and the Puppies - Alexandra Day ( 180L)* ● Once I Ate a Pie - Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan Charest(230L) ● Sam and Dave Dig A Hole - Mac Barnett (310L)

300-600 ● Mercy Watson To the Rescue - Kate DiCamillo (450L)* ● Amelia Bedelia - Peggy Parish (340L)* ● Geronimo Stilton: The Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye - Geronimo Stilton (530L)* ● Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse - Kevin Henkes (540L) ● Baghead - Jarrett J. Krosoczka (420L) ● Sarah , Plain and Tall - Patricia MacLachlan (560L)* Lexile Suggested Titles Reading Level

300-600 ● Diary of a Worm - Doreen Cronin (360L)* ● I Like Me! - Nancy Carlson (400L)* (Continued) ● Frog and Toad are Friends - Arnold Lobel (400L)* ● Freckle Juice - Judy Blume (400L) ● Stonekeeper (Amulet series) - Kazu Kibuishi (310L)* ● It’s Only Stanley - Jon Agee (370L) ● Ivy & Bean - Annie Barrows (510L)*

500-800 ● Turtle in Paradise - Jennifer Holm (610L) ● The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate (570L) ● Stone Fox - John Reynolds Gardiner (550L) ● Fish in a Tree - Lynda Mullaly Hunt (550L) ● Ready Freddy: Tooth Trouble - Abby Klein (560L)** ● Judy Moody, Girl Detective - Megan McDonald (570L)* ● I Survived: The Shark Attacks of 1916 - Lauren Tarshis (610L)* ● Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot - Dav Pilkey (520L)* ● The Grimm Legacy - Polly Shulman (600L)* ● Breadcrumbs - Anne Ursu (720L)

600-900 ● Coyote Autumn - Bill Wallace (600L) ● Land of Stories - Chris Colfer (760L)* ● Because of Winn-Dixie -Kate DiCamillo ( 610L) ● Echo - Pam Munoz Ryan (680L) ● Maze of Bones - Rick Riordan (610L)* ● Out of my Mind - Sharon Draper (700L) ● Fish - Gregory Mone (810L) ● Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder (930L)* ● The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke (640L) ● Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech (770L) ● My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George (810L)* 700-1000 ● Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Grace Lin (810L)* ● Ralph S. Mouse - Beverly Cleary (860L) ● Wonder - R.J. Palacio (790L)* ● One Crazy Summer - Rita Williams-Garcia (750L)* ● Masterminds - Gordon Korman (730L) ● The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann (880L)* ● Savvy - Ingrid Law (900L)* ● The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Frank L. Baum (1030L)* ● The Apothecary - Maile Meloy (740L)* ● The Danger Box - Blue Balliett ( 750L) ● The Princess Academy - Shannon Hale (890L)*

800-1050 ● Watsons Go to Birmingham - Christopher Paul Curtis (1000L) ● Ida B - Katherine Hannigan (900L) ● Dolphin Song - Lauren St. John (980L) ● The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Lewis (940L)* ● I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) - Malala Yousafzai (830 L) ● Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (890L)* ● Dovey Coe - Frances O’Roark Dowell (980L) ● No Such Thing as Dragons - Philip Reeve (920L) ● Doll Bones - Holly Black (840L) ● The Alchemyst - Michael Scott (890L)* ● Heat - Mike Lupica (940L)

900-1150 ● Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket (1010L)* ● Mudshark - Gary Paulsen (1080L) ● Hatchet - Gary Paulsen (1020L)* ● Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O’Dell ( 1000L) ● Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World - Jennifer Armstrong ( 1090L) ● The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley (1120L)* ● The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger’s Apprentice series) - John Flanagan (920L)* ● Undefeated - Steve Sheinkin (980L) ● The Blue Whale - Jenni Desmond (1060L)