Suggested Reading List for

Kindergarten

 

Alphabet Books

Alphabet City by Stephen Johnson

An Amazing Alphabet by J. Patience

An Island Alphabet by Erica Rutherford

Apples, Alligators, and Also Alphabets by Odette and Bruce Johnson

 

Counting Books

          One by One by Hindley

          Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed by Eileen Christelow

          One Crow: A Counting Rhyme by Jim Aylesworth

Other Suggested Titles

Riddles to Take on Vacation by Jan & Stan Berenstein
Arthur's Family Vacation by Marc Brown
Red Light, Green Light by Margaret Wise Brown
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Choo Choo by Virginia Lee Burton
The King, the Mice and the Cheese by Nancy Gurnie
The Day the Teacher Went Bananas by James Howe
Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg
Backyard Bugs by Robin Kittrell Laughlin
Pretend You're a Cat by Jean Marzollo
Just Grandpa and Me by Mercer Mayer8
Me Too! by Mercer Mayer
There's an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Martin and Archambault
The Cow That Went Oink by Bernard Most
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by David McPhail
David's Father & Paperbag Princes by Robert Munsch
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Just Grandma and Me by Robert Munsch
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas

Suggested Reading List for

First Grade

 

Authors

Mercer Mayer

Eric Carle

Ezra Jack Keats

 

Book Series

          Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

          Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant

          Cam Jansen Series by David Adler

          Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Other Suggested Titles

Faithful Friend Robert San Souci
Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathman
Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens
Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg
Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto
Grandaddy's Stars by Helen V. Griffith
Guess How Much I Love You? by Sam McBratney
Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton
Math Curse by Jan Scieszka
Miss Nelson is Missing (& others) by Harry Allard
Twist with a Burger, Jitter with a Bug  byLinda Lowery
When the Wind Stops by Charlotte Zolotow 


 

 

 

Suggested Reading List for

Second Grade

 

Authors

Amelia Bedelia - Peggy Parish
Arthur Series - Marc Brown
Matt Christopher Series
Nate the Great - David Adler
Pee Wee Scouts - Judy Delton
Magic Tree House Series
Strega Nona Books - Tomie dePaola

 

Book Series

       Young Cam Jansen series by David Adler

The Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole

Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger

Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parrish

Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Other Suggested Titles

 

The Day the Teacher Went Bananas by James Howes

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Fly away Home - Eve Bunting
Freckle Juice - Judy Blume
Frog and Toad Together - Arnold Lobel
How Much Is a Million - David Schwartz
Ira Says Goodbye - Bernard Waber
The Legend of the Bluebonnet - Tomie dePaola
Little Beaver and the Echo - Amy MacDonald
Mitchell Is Moving - Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Old Bag of Bones: A Coyote Tale - Janet Stevens

 

 

 

Suggested Reading List for

Third Grade

Authors

Chris Van Allsburg
Matt Christopher
Beverly Cleary
James Howe
Mary Pope Osborne
Jerry Palotta
Louis Sachar

Book Series

American Girls Series
Bailey School Kids - Debbie Dadey
Boxcar Children Books - Gertrude Chandler Warner
Cam Jansen Series - David Adler
Encyclopedia Brown Series - Donald Sobol
The Littles - John Petersen
Magic School Bus Series - Joanna Cole
Magic Tree House Series - Mary Pope Osborne
Ramona books - Beverly Cleary

Other Suggested Titles

Amber Brown is Not a Crayon - Paula Danziger
The Case of the Volcano Mystery - Carol Thompson
The Chalk Box Kid - Clyde Robert Bulla
Chocolate Fever - Robert Kimmel Smith
The Chocolate Touch - Patrick Catling
Enormous Egg - Butterworth
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Roald Dalh
The Frog Prince, Continued - Jon Scieszka
How to Be Cool in Third Grade - Betsy Duffey
Invisible in the Third Grade - Margery Cuyler
 

Suggested Reading List for

Fourth Grade

 

Authors:

Roahl Dahl

Judy Blume

Jerry Spinelli

 

Other Suggested Titles

Beans on the Roof - Betsy Byars
Best Christmas Present Ever - Robinson
Blossoms and the Green Phantom - Byers
The Castle in the Attic - Elizabeth Winthrop
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George - Jean Fritz
Charlotte's Web - E. B. White
Class President - Johanna Hurwitz
Cybil War - Byers
Falling Up - Shel Silverstein
Fourth Grade Celebrity - Patricia Reilly Giff
The Fourth Grade Wizards - Barthe DeClements
Fudge-a-Mania - Judy Blume
Fudge-A-Mania - Blume
How to Eat Fried Worms – Rockwell
 
Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry
Mr. Popper's Penguins - Florence & Richard Atwater
Once in a Wood: Ten Tales from Aesop - Rice
The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
Pinballs - Byars
Pippi Longstocking - Lindgren
The Road to Oz - L. Frank Baum
A Sea Full of Sharks - Betsy Maestro
The Seven Treasure Hunts - Betsy Byars
Shiloh - Naylor

 

Suggested Reading List for

Fifth Grade

 

Avi                                 Barn

Blume, Judy                     Fudge-A-Mania

Bond, Michael                  Bear Called Paddington

Bunting, Eve                     Our Sixth-Grade Sugar Babies

Byars, Betsy                    18th Emergency

Cameron, Ann                   Secret Agent

Caudill, Rebecca              Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?

Cleary, Beverly                Beezus and Ramona

Clifford, Eth                   Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library

Coville, Bruce                  Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

Dalgliesh, Alice                Courage of Sarah Noble

Danziger, Paula                Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Make Like a Tree and Leave

Delton, Judy                    Angel’s Mother’s Baby, Kitty from the Start

Gilson, Jamie                   Do Bananas Chew Gum?

Grahame, Kenneth             Reluctant Dragon

Green, Phyllis                   Eating Ice Cream With a Werewolf

Henry, Marguerite           Misty of Chincoteague

Hurwitz, Johanna             Aldo Peanut Butter, Class President,

Krumgold, Joseph             Onion John

Lowry, Lois                      All About Sam

MacLachlan, Patricia        Arthur, For the Very First Time

Mayerson, Evelyn             Cat Who Escaped from Steerage

Rockwell, Thomas             How to Eat Fried Worms

Sachar, Louis                   Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Selden, George                 Cricket in Times Square
 
Shreve, Susan                  Lily and the Runaway Baby

Slote, Alfred                   My Trip to Alpha I

Smith, Robert                  Chocolate Fever

Taylor, Mildred D.           Friendship, Gold Cadillac

Taylor, Sydney                All-of-a-Kind Family

White, E.B.                      Trumpet of the Swan