We believe summer reading is so important to a child’s growth and education. To give you a hand selecting books, we’ve compiled a list of classics to consider. We hope this will just be the start of a summer full of books. Parents: be sure to spend time reading to your children, it will open their imagination. And, let us know what your family is reading!
Summer Reading List
Kindergarten:
Curious George Series H.A. Rey
Mother Goose Rhymes
Dr. Seuss Series
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
1st grade:
Little Bear Series by Else Holmelund Minarik
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Caps for Sale Esphyr Slobodkina
Frog and Toad Series by Arnold Lobel
2nd grade:
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Book of Fairy Tales by Amy Ehrlich
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
Stuart Little by E.B. White
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Daniel Colton Under Fire by Elain L. Schulte
Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
Narcissa Whitman, Brave Pioneer by Louis Sabin
Ian and the Gigantic Leafy Obstacle by Shelia Miller
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
Pilgrim’s Progress Simplified by Marion Hedgquist
3rd grade:
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Sara, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
The Aesop for Children by Aesop and Milo Winter
Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
In Search of Perlas Grandes by Timothy Davis
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
The Children’s Homer by Padraic Colum
4th grade:
Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Amos Fortune by Elizabeth Yates
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
5th grade:
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Shane by Jack Schaefer
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
6th grade:
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Silas Marner by George Eliot
The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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