Summer Booklist for Lower School Students

Additional reading selections can be found in, A Reader’s Guide: A Reading List and Plan for Classical Students and Parents (Classical Academic Press), distributed to all ILS parents.

Jr. Kindergarten/Kindergarten

Averill, Esther The Fire Cat Berenstain, Stan and Jan Old Hat, New Hat Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Dr. Seuss The Foot Book Dr. Seuss Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss Ten Apples up on Top! Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Dr. Seuss The Tooth Book Eastman, P.D. Are You My Mother? Eastman, P.D. Big Dog…Little Dog Eastman, P.D. Go, Dog, Go Eastman, P.D. The Best Nest Hoff, Syd Danny and the Dinosaur Hoff, Syd Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp Hoff, Syd Oliver Hoff, Syd Sammy and the Seal Hoff, Syd The Horse in Harry’s Room Karlin, Nurit The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat Krauss, Ruth The Carrot Seed Lopshire, Robert Put Me in the Zoo Nodset, Joan L. Go Away, Dog Palmer, Helen Fish Out of Water

Kindergarten/First Grade

Cazet, Denys Minnie and Moo (series) Chaconas, Dori Cork and Fuzz (series) Cushman, Doug Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery Guest, Elissa Haden Iris and Walter (series) Harrison, David L. Johnny Appleseed: My Story Hoban, Lillian Arthur’s Pen Pal/Arthur’s Funny Money Hoban, Russell A Bargain for Frances/Bread and Jam for Frances Lewis, Kim Floss Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad (series) Lobel, Arnold Mouse Soup Lobel, Arnold Mouse Tales Lobel, Arnold Owl at Home Milton, Joyce Whales: The Gentle Giants Minarik, Else Little Bear (series) Parish, Peggy Amelia Bedelia (series) Redmond, Shirley Raye Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge (series) Rylant, Cynthia Mr. Putter and Tabby (series) Slobodkina, Esphyr Caps for Sale Woods, Andrew Young Abraham Lincoln Woods, Andrew Young George Washington

First Grade

Varies American Girl Books Varies History Maker Biographies (series) Adler, David A. Young Cam Jansen (series) Burton, Virginia Lee Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton, Virginia Lee The Little House Carlson, Natalie Savage The Family Under the Bridge Dalgliesh, Alice The Bears on Hemlock Mountain Dalgliesh, Alice The Courage of Sarah Noble Freeman, Don Gregory’s Shadow Gannet, Ruth Stiles Elmer and the Dragon Ganner, Ruth Stiles My Father’s Dragon Gannet, Ruth Stiles The Dragons of Blueland Gardiner, John Reynolds Stone Fox George, Jean Craighead One Day in the Woods Hall, Donald Ox-Cart Man Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody Balto and the Great Race Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie The Canada Geese Quilt Kulling, Monica Escape North!: The Story of Harriet Tubman Kunhardt, Edith Pompeii...Buried Alive! Little, Emily The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War Littledale, Freya The Magic Fish MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall Mason, Jane B. Paul Bunyan and Other Tall Tales McCloskey, Robert Blueberries for Sal Mcgovern, Ann Stone Soup Osborne, Mary Pope Hour of the Olympics Osborne, Mary Pope Mummies in the Morning Osborne, Mary Pope Vacation Under the Volcano Rey, H.A. Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys Warner, Gertrude Chandler The Boxcar Children (series) Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House in the Big Woods Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit

First/Second Grades

Atwater, Richard A. Mr. Popper's Penguins Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh Peet, Bill Farewell to Shady Glade Richardson, Arleta In Grandma's Attic Sobel, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (series) White, E.B. Stuart Little White, E.B. Charlotte's Web

Second Grade

Varies Childhood of Famous Americans (series) Bond, Michael A Bear Called Paddington Brink, Carol Ryrie Caddie Woodlawn Cleary, Beverly Runaway Ralph Cleary, Beverly The Mouse and the Motorcycle Dejong, Meindert The Wheel on the School du Bois, William Pene The Twenty-One Balloons Enright, Elizabeth Thimble Summer Henry, Marguerite Justin Morgan Had a Horse Henry, Marguerite Misty of Chincoteague Lewis, C.S. The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Lewis, C.S. Prince Caspian McCloskey, Robert Homer Price Nesbit, E. Five Children and It Nesbit, E. The Railway Children Norton, Mary The Borrowers Norton, Mary The Borrowers Afield Norton, Mary The Borrowers Afloat Speare, Elizabeth George The Sign of the Beaver White, E.B. The Trumpet of the Swan Wilder, Laura Ingalls Farmer Boy Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House on the Prairie Wilder, Laura Ingalls The Long Winter

Third and Fourth Grades

Adams, Richard Watership Down Bond, Douglas The Accidental Voyage: Discovering Hymns of the Early Centuries Bond, Douglas Mr. Pipes and the British Hymn Makers Bond, Douglas Mr. Pipes and the Psalms and Hymns of the Reformation Bond, Douglas Mr. Pipes comes to America Burnett, Frances Hodgson A Little Princess Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden Carroll, Lewis Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Cather, Willa Shadows on the Rock Collodi, Carlo Pinocchio Crane, Stephen Red Badge of Courage Dampler, William Voyage Around the World DiCamillo, Kate The Tale of Despereaux Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain George, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain Green, Roger Lancelyn King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Green, Roger Lancelyn The Adventures of Robin Hood Hunt, Irene Promises in the Wind Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Leithart, Peter Wise Words Lewis, C.S. The Horse and His Boy Lewis, C.S. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Lewis, C.S. The Silver Chair Lewis, C.S. The Last Battle Paulsen, Gary Hatchet Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square Taylor, Sydney All-of-a-Kind Family Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins Winterfield, Henry Detectives in Togas