Below is a list of the most recent suggested Summer Reading List:
K-1 Fiction for Beginning Readers
K-l Fiction Picture Books
Grades2/3 Fiction
Grades 2/3 Fiction: Picture Books
Grades 4/5 Fiction
Poetry
Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends and Mythology
Biography and Autobiography
Non-Fiction: Information
Books for Families to Read Aloud
K-1 Fiction for Beginning Readers
Author Title
Avi Abigail Takes The Wheel
Avi Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams
Baker, Barbara Digby and Kate and the Beautiful Day
Bauer, Marion Bear's Hiccups
Bauer, Marion Turtle Dreams
Bliss, Corinne Shortest Kid in the World
Bliss, Corinne Snow Day
Cazet, Denys Minnie and Moo Go Dancing (series)
Johnston, Tony Sparky and Eddie: The First Day of School
Johnston, Tony Sparky and Eddie: Wild Wild Rodeo
Krensky, Stephen Lionel (series)
Little, Jean Emma‚s Magic Winter
Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad (series)
Lobel, Arnold Mouse Tales
McDonald, Megan Beezy At Bat
McDonald, Megan Beezy Magic
Marshall, James Fox Be Nimble (series)
Rylant, Cynthia Henry & Mudge (series)
Rylant, Cynthia Mr. Putter & Tabby (series)
K-l Fiction Picture Books
Author Title
Aardema, Verna Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Adoff, Arnold Flamboyan
Allard, Harry Miss Nelson Is Missing (series)
Anno, Mitsumasa Anno‚s Journey (series)
Barrett, H. Judi Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Brown, Margaret Wise The Little Scarecrow Boy
Calhoun, Mary Hot-Air Henry (series)
Cichester, Clark, Emma I Love You, Blue Kangaroo
Conrad, Pam Tub People (series)
Ernst, Lisa C. Ginger Jumps
Fields, Julia The Green Lion of Zion Street
Friedman, Ina How My Parents Learned to Eat
Gelsanliter, Wendy Dancin‚ in the Kitchen
Golembe, Carla Dog Magic
Hanson, Mary Snug
Harper, Dan Telling Time with Big Mama Cat
Heo, Yumi One Afternoon
Howard, Elizabeth Aunt Flossie‚s Hats (and crab cakes later)
Hutchins, Pat It‚s My Birthday!
Johnson, Crockett Harold and the Purple Crayon
More K-1 Picture Books
Lester, Alison Imagine
Martin, Bill Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom
Mathers, Petra Lottie‚s New Beach Towel
McCloskey, Robert Blueberries for Sal
Meddaugh, Susan Martha Walks the Dog (series)
Medearis, Angela Poppa‚s New Pants
Medearis, Angela Rum-a-tum-tum
Murphy, Stuart Lemonade for Sale
Nickle, John The Ant Bully
Numeroff, Laura If you Give a Pig a Pancake (series)
Porte, Barbara Tale of a Tadpole
Rathman, Peggy Officer Buckle and Gloria
Shannon, David No, David!
Shulevitz, Uri Snow
Sloat, Teri There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Trout
Steig, William Pete‚s A Pizza
Steig, William Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Wells, Rosemary Shy Charles
Wells, Rosemary Yoko
Grades2/3 Fiction
Author Title
Avi Emily Upham‚s Revenge
Brenner, Barbara Wagon Wheels
Byars, Betsy Tornado
Carrick, Carol Stay Away from Simon
Catling, Patrick Chocolate Touch
Cazet, Denys Minnie and Moo Go Dancing (series)
Christopher, Matt Peach Street Mudders (series)
Cleary, Beverly Ramona Forever (series)
Dahl, Roald Fantastic Mr. Fox
Danziger, Paula Amber Brown (series)
Erickson, Russell Warton and Morton (series)
Fowler, Susi Albertina the Practically Perfect
Hoban, Lillian Arthur‚s Birthday Party
Howe, James Bunnicula (series)
Howe, James Horace & Morris but Mostly Dolores
Howe, James Pinky and Rex (series)
Kalman, Maira Next Stop Grand Central
King-Smith, Dick Martin‚s Mice
Koller, Jackie Dragonling (series)
More 2/3 Fiction
Krensky, Stephen Louise Takes Charge
Landon, Lucinda Meg Macintosh (series)
Little, Jean Emma‚s Magic Winter
Moss, Marissa Amelia Takes Command (series)
Namioka, Lensey Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear (series)
Osborne, Mary Pope Magic Tree House (series)
Park, Barbara Junie B. Jones (series)
Rockwell, H. How to Eat Fried Worms
Rodowsky, Colby Not My Dog
Rylant, Cynthia Blue Hill Meadows
Rylant, Cynthia Poppleton (series)
Sanvoisin, Eric The Ink Drinker
Say, Allen Tea with Milk
Scieszka, Jon Time Warp Trio (series)
Scieszka, Jon True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Smith, Doris Taste of Blackberries
Sobol, Donald Encyclopedia Brown (series)
Stevenson, James Mud Flat (series)
Stoltz, Mary Ballad of the Civil War
Warner, Gertrude Boxcar Children (series)
Grades 2/3 Fiction: Picture Books
Author Title
Brisson, Pat The Summer My Father was Ten
Dunrea, Olivier The Trow-Wife’s Treasure
Garland, Sherry S. Lotus Seed
Hall, Donald The Milkman‚s Day
Johnson, Dolores Now Let Me Fly: The Story of a Slave Family
Lasky, Kathhryn She‚s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!
Lester, Julius Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story
Levine, Arthur Pearl Moscowitz‚s Last Stand
McCully, Emily Popcorn at the Palace
Mitchell, Margaree Uncle Jed‚s Barbershop
Polocca, Patricia Thank you, Mr. Falker
Ratligen, Jama Dumpling Soup
Say, Allen Grandfather‚s Journey
Stanley, Diane Raising Sweetness
Thomas, Joyce I Have Heard of a Land
Grades 4/5 Fiction
Author Title
Dear America (series)
My Name is America (series)
Aliki Medieval Feast
Avi Perloo the Bold
Avi Poppy (series)
Avi Something Upstairs
Avi S.O.R. Losers
Babbitt, Natalie Kneeknock Rise
Bruchac, Joseph The Arrow Over the Door
Burnford, Sheila Incredible Journey
Byars, Betsy Bingo Brown and the Language of Love (series)
Byars, Betsy Summer of the Swans
Chambers, Veronica Amistad Rising: A Story of Freedom
Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr. Henshaw
Clements, Andrew Frindle
Coleman, M. Weirdo‚s War
Cooper, Susan Dark is Rising (series)
Creech, Sharon Bloomability
Fenner, Carol The King of Dragons
Fenner, Carol Yolanda‚s Genius
More Grade 4-5 Fiction
Fitzgerald, John Great Brain (series)
Fleischman, Sid Bandit‚s Moon
Fletcher, Susan Shadow Spinner
Forester, Sandra Sound the Jubilee
Gantos, Jack Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
George, Jean C. My Side of the Mountain (series)
Gordon, Sheila The Middle of Somewhere
Greenfield, Eloise Sister
Haas, Jessie Unbroken
Haddix, Margaret Among the Hidden
Haddix, Margaret Running Out of Time
Hamilton, Virginia Cousins
Harrah, Madge My Brother, My Enemy
Hearne, Betsy Listening for Leroy
Hearne, Betsy Seven Brave Women
Hest, Amy The Great Green Notebook of Katie Roberts: Who Just Turned 12 on Monday (series)
Isaacs, Anne Treehouse Tales
Johnson, Tony The Wagon
Knight, Eric Lassie Come Home
Konigsburg, E.L. View from Saturday
Lee, Milly Nim and the War Effort
More Grade 4-5 Fiction
L‚Engle, Madeleine Wrinkle in Time (series)
Lowry, Lois Stay! Keeper‚s Story
McCaughrean, Gerald The Pirate‚s Son
McKissack, Patricia Run Away Home
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables (series)
Morris, Gerald The Squire‚s Tale
Neuberger, Anne The Girl-Son
O‚Brien, Robert Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Roberts, Willo D. The View from the Cherry Tree
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer‚s Stone (series)
Sachar, Louis Holes
Schlein, Miriam The Year of the Panda
Scieszka, Jon Squids will be Squids
Scieszka, Jon Summer Reading is Killing Me
Soto, Gary Baseball in April
Speare, Elizabeth Witch of Blackbird Pond
Staples, Suzanne Shabanu
Stevenson, James The Bones in the Cliff
Stevenson, James Unprotected Witness (sequel)
Taylor, Mildred The Friendship (series)
Wells, Rosemay Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories
Zemser, Amy Beyond the Mango Tree
Poetry
Author Title
Cole, Joanna Miss Mary Mack and Other Children‚s Street Rhymes
de Regniers, Beatrice Sing a Song of Popcorn
Esbensen, Barbara Echoes for the Eye
Florian, Douglas In the Swim
Florian, Douglas Insectlopedia
Florian, Douglas Laugh-eteria
George, Kristine Little Dog Poems
Greenfield, Eloise Honey, I Love
Hall, Donald Oxford Book of Children‚s Verse in America
Hopkins, Lee B. Sports! Sports! Sports!
Hughes, Lee B. Dream Keeper and Other Poems
Hughes, Lee B. I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African - American Poetry
Isaacs, Anne Cat Up a Tree
Joseph, Lynn Coconut Kind of Day
Myers, Walter Dean Harlem: A Poem
Myers, Walter Dean The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children
Prelutsky, Jack Pizza the Size of the Sun
Prelutsky, Jack Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Rand, Paul Paul Revere‚s Ride
Service, Robert Cremation of Sam McGee
More Poetry
Shields, Carol Lunch Money and Other Poems About School
Silverstein, Shel Falling Up
Stevenson, James Candy Corn
Stevenson, James Popcorn
Whipple, Laura Celebrating America: A Collection of Poems and
Images of the American Spirit
Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends and Mythology
Author Title
Andersen, Hans Christian Thumbelina
Babbit, Natalie Ouch! A Tale From Grimm
Bang, Molly Wiley and the Hairy Man
Bodkin, Odds The Crane Wife
Brett, Jan The Mitten
Cullen, Lynn The Mightiest Heart
Goble, Paul Iktomi and the Coyote: A Plains Indian Story
Grifalconi, Anne Village of Round and Square Houses
Hamilton, Virginia A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa
Hamilton, Virginia In the Beginning: Creation Stories
Here is my Kingdom: Hispanic-American Literature and Art for Young People
Hickox, Rebecca The Golden Sandal
More Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends and Mythology
Hodges, Margaret St. George and the Dragon
Johnson, Tony Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella
Kellogg, Steven Pecos Bill (series)
Lurie, Alison The Black Geese
Maddern, Eric Fire Children
Mayo, Margaret Magical Tales from Many Lands
Normandin, Christine Echoes of the Elders: The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska
Normandin, Christine Spirit of the Cedar People: More Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska
People of Corn: A Mayan Story
Perrault, Charles Cinderella
Pinkney, Jerry The Ugly Duckling
Pyle, Howard Story of King Arthur and his Knights
Roth, Susan Fire Came to the Earth
San Souci, Robert Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella
San Souci, Robert Even More Short & Shivery: Thirty Spine-Tingling Stories
San Souci, Robert Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior
San Souci, Robert The Hired Hand
Snyder, Dianne Boy of the Three Year Nap
Steig, Jeanne A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales
Steptoe, John Story of Jumping Mouse
Winthrop, Elizabeth Vasilissa the Beautiful
Yep, Laurence The Man Who Tricked a Ghost
Biography and Autobiography
Author Title
Accorsi, W. Rachel Carson
Adler, David Picture Book Biographies (series)
Alcott, Louisa May Louisa May Alcott: Her Childhood Diary
Anderson, William Laura‚s Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura
Anderson, William Pioneer Girl: Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Bail, Raymond Where Lincoln Walked
Burchard, Peter Charlotte Forten: A Black Teacher in the Civil War
Burleigh, Robert Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth
Coles, Robert Story of Ruby Bridges
Cooney, Barbara Eleanor
Cooney, Barbara Emily
Cummings, Pat Talking with Adventurers: Conversations with Christine A. Allen, Robert Ballard, Michael L. Blakey, Ann Bowles, David Doubilet, Jane Goodall, Dereck & Beverly Joubert, Michael Novacek, Johan Reinhard, Rick C. West, and Juris Zarins
Dahl, Roald Boy
DePaola, Tomie 26 Fairmount Avenue
Fisher, Leonard E. Gandhi
Greene, Carol Katherine Dunham
Biography and Autobiography
Fleischman, Sid Abracadabra
Freedman Russell Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
Johnson, Jane My Dear Noel: The Story of a Letter from Beatrix Potter
Kent, D. Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court
Kwan, Michelle Michelle Kwan, Heart of a Champion: An Autobiography
Lowry, Lois Looking Back
Lyons, Mary Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith
Martin, Jacqueline Snowflake Bentley
Matthews, Tom Light Shining Through the Mist: a Photobiography of
Dian Fossey
Nickens, Bessie Walking the Log: Memories of a Southern Childhood
Parks, Rosa Rosa Parks: My Story
Pickney, Andrea Duke Ellington
Roop, Peter Keep the Lights Burning, Abby
Say, Allen Grandfather‚s Journey
Sis, Peter Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei
Stanley Diane Joan of Arc
Szabo, Corrine Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart
Towle, Wendy The Real McCoy
Townton, Evelyn Frederick Douglas and the War Against Slavery
Wells, Rosemary Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories
Winter, Jeanette My Name is Georgia: A Portrait
Non-Fiction: Information
Author Title
Go In and Out the Window: An Illustrated Songbook for Young People
Aliki Corn is Maize
Aliki Mummies Made in Egypt
Aliki William Shakespeare & the Globe
Armstrong, Jennifer Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
Arnold, Caroline El Nino: Stormy Weather for People and Wildlife
Cole, Joanna The New Baby at Your House
Cole, Joanna Rain & Shine Activity Book
Darlington, Kathy Desert Babies (series)
Dooley, Norah Everybody Cooks Rice (series)
Ehlert, Lois Planting a Rainbow
Elliot, Keith Zack‚s Story: Growing Up with Same-Sex Parents
George, Lindsay Who‚s Been Here? (series)
Gerstein, Mordicai The Wild Boy
Gibbons, Gail Gulls, Gulls, Gulls (other titles)
Giblin, James The Mystery of the Mammoth Bones and How it was Solved
Goodall, Jane With Love
Herbert, Janis Leonardo da Vinci for Kids: His Life and Ideas: 21 Activities
Hoban, Tana 26 Letters and 99 Cents
Jenkins, Steve Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest
Non Fiction\Informational
Jenkins, Steve The Top of the World: Climbing Mt. Everest
Johnson, Jinny Simon & Schuster Children‚s Guide to Insects and Spiders
Krull, Kathleen Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame and What the Neighbors Thought (series)
Lauber, Patricia Be A Friend to Trees
Lauber, Patricia Volcano
Maass, Robert Tugboats
Macy, Sue Winning Ways: A Photohistory of American Women in Sports
Markle, Sandra Outside and Inside of Birds
Martin, Patricia Animals That Walk on Water
Murphy, Jim Gone A Whaling: The Lure of the Sea and the Hunt of the Great Whale
Maynard, Caitlin Rain Forests and Reefs: A Kid‚s Eye View of the Tropics
Onefulu, Ifeoima Chidi Only Likes Blue
Peacock, Louise Crossing the Delaware: A History in Many Voices
Perenyi, Constance Wild, Wild West: Western Wildlife Habitat
Peterson, Cris Harvest Year
Robbins, Ken Autumn Leaves
Rounds, Glen Beaver
Shattil, Wendy City Foxes
Silcox-Jarreh, Diane Heroines of the American Revolution: America‚s Founding Mothers
Sturges, Philemon Bridges Are To Cross
Swanson, Diane Buffalo Sunrise: The Story of a North American Giant
Books for Families to Read Aloud
Author Title
Adams, Richard Watership Down ˆ Audio Book
Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper‚s Penguins
Avi Poppy ˆ Audio Book
Burnett, Frances Secret Garden
Curtis, Christopher Paul The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963
Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach
Dodge, Mary Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates
Graham, Kenneth Wind in the Willows
Irving, Washington Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Mowat, Farley Owls in the Family
Norton, Mary Borrowers (series)
Paterson, Katherine King‚s Equal
Prelutsky, Jack Random House Book of Poetry
Rawlings, Marjorie Yearling
Scieszka, Jon Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Soto, Gary Crazy Summer
Spryi, Johanna Heidi
Taylor, Mildred Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
White, E.B. Stuart Little
Wilder, Laura Little House in the Big Woods (series)
Wyss, Johann Swiss Family Robinson ˆ Audio Book
Note: You can find many of these titles in audio books
Happy Reading!!