KINDERGARTEN
Entering Kinderdarten suggested summer reading:
- Please and Thank You - Robert Lawson
- Madeline (480) - Ludwig Bemelmans
- Stone Soup (480) - Marcia Brown
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (820) - Virginia Lee Burton
- The Story About Ping (920) - Marjorie Flack
- Little Bear Series (240-370) - Else Homelund Minarik
- The Rainbow Fish (410) - Marcus Pfister
- Horton Hatches the Egg (460) - Dr. Seuss
- Runaway Bunny (600) - Margaret Wise Brown
- Danny and the Dinosaur (200) - Syd Hoff
- Over in the Meadow (380)- Any author
- Whistle for Willie (410) - Ezra Jack Keats
- Katy No-Pocket - Emmy Payne
- Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (760) - Bernard Waber
- The Velveteen Rabbit (820) - Margery Williams
FIRST GRADE
Entering First Grade suggested summer reading:
- The Snowy Day (500) - Ezra Jack Keats
- The Carrot Seed (230) - Ruth Krauss
- Good Night Moon - Margaret Wise Brown
- Mr. Gumpy's Outing (390) - John Burningham
- Fables (540) - Arnold Lobel
- Miss Spider's Wedding - David Kirk
- If You Give a Moose a Muffin (590) - Laura Numeroff
- Blueberries for Sal (890) - Robert McCloskey
- Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (280) - Charlotte Zolotow
- Go, Dog, Go! - P.D. Eastman
- Henry and Mudge Series (180-560) - Rylant
- Clifford Series (160-490) - Bridwell
- Elephant and Piggie Series - Willems
- Hello Reader Series Level 1 and up
- The Foot Book - Dr. Seuss
SECOND GRADE
Entering Second Grade suggested summer reading:
- Billy and Blaze (806) - C.W. Anderson
- Amelia Bedelia Series (80-340) - Peggy Parish
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (770) - Verna Aardema
- Something BIG has Been Here - Jack Prelutsky
- Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (720) - John Steptoe
- Alex Series - Nancy Levene
- Berenstein Bear Chapter Books (190-340)
- Arthur Chapter Books (290-510) - Marc Brown
- Roscoe Riley Series - Katherine Applegate
- Ivy and Bean Series (440-520)
- Little Bill Series (200-580) - Bill Cosby
- Geronimo Stilton Series (410-810)
- Bullseye Step into Classics Series (290-370)
- Junie B. Jones Series (250-420) Barbara Park
- Any Beverly Cleary Book (240-860)
THRID GRADE
Entering Third Grade suggested summer reading:
- Mr. Popper's Penguins (910) Richard and Florence Atwater
- Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (560) Donald Sobol
- How to Survive Third Grade Laurie Lawlor
- Cam Jansen Series (360-560) David A. Adler
- Sophie Series Dick King-Smith
- Akimbo Series (860) Alexander McCall Smith
- Detectives in Togas (700) Henry Winterfelt
- My Father's Dragon Series (990) Ruth Styles Gannett
- The Bells of Christmas (570) Virginia Hamilton
- My America Series (320-640)
- Three Cousins Detective Club Elspeth Campbell Murphy
- Box Car Children Series (340-600) Gertrude Chandler
- Any Beverly Cleary Book (670-910)
- American Girl Series (610-720)
- My Life As.... Series (630-810) Bill Myers
FOURTH GRADE
Entering Fourth Grade suggested summer reading:
- The Whipping Boy (570) Sid Fleischman
- Stuart Little (920) E.B. White
- The Toothpaste Millionaire (820) Jean Merrill
- Fourth Grade Rats (340) Jerry Spinnelli
- The Miss Piggle Wiggle Series (840-1070) Betty MacDonald
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret (820) Brian Selznick
- Harriet the Spy (760) Louise Fitzhugh
- The Hundred and One Dalmatians Dodie Smith
- Misty of Chincoteague (750) Marguerite Henry
- Number the Stars (670) Lois Lowry
- Chronicles of Narnia (870-970) C.S. Lewis
- Nancy Drew Series (610-820) Carolyn Keene
- Hardy Boys Series (630-800) Franklin Dixon
- Little House Series (630-1250) Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Sugar Creek Gang Series (1080-1150) Paul Hutchens
FIFITH GRADE
Entering Fifth Grade suggested summer reading:
- Ben and Me Robert Lawson
- Homer Price (1000) Robert McCloskey
- Chasing Vermeer (770) Blue Balliett
- Elijah of Buxton (1070) Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Watsons go to Birmingham (1000) Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Hobbit (1000) J.R.R. Tolkein Gentle Ben (740) Walt Morey
- The Indian in the Cupboard (780) Lynne Reid Banks
- Black Stallion Series (680) Walter Farley
- The Twenty-one Balloons (1070) William Pene Du Bois
- Crispin, the Cross of Lead (780) Avi
- Any Book by Mildred D. Taylor (750-850)
- The Nicki Holland Mysteries Angela Elwell Hunt
