Required Summer Reading for Students Entering
Grades Five to Eight
Students Entering Fifth Grade
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town - Kimberly Willis Holt One novel of student’s choice
Suggested Reading for Fifth Grade:
Aiken, Joan - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (first in a series)
Burnford, Sheila - The Incredible Journey
Cleary, Beverly - Dear Mr. Henshaw
Clements, Andrew - A Week in the Woods
Cooper, Susan - The Boggart
DiCamillo, Kate - Because of Winn-Dixie
Dimi - Gandhi
Eager, Edward - Half Magic
George, Jean Craighead - My Side of the Mountain
Gutman, Dan - The Million Dollar Shot
Hamilton, Virginia - Cousins
Hill, Kirkpatrick - The Year of Miss Agnes
King-Smith, Dick - Pigs Might Fly
Lord, Bette Bao - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - Shiloh (first in a series)
Park, Linda Sue - A Single Shard
Paterson, Katherine - Great Gilly Hopkins
Sachar, Louis - Sidways Stories From Wayside School
Stanley, Diane - Leaonardo da Vinci
Uchida, Yoshiko - Journey Home
Students Entering Sixth Grade
Boy by Roald Dahl
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Suggested Optional Reading by author Roald Dahl
for Sixth Grade:
Going Solo
Esio Trot
The Twits
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Six More
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Students Entering 7th Grade
Call of the Wild by Jack London
To Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack London One non-fiction book of the student's choice to
be approved by Teacher Nicole or Teacher Joe
Students Entering 8th Grade
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury One non-fiction book of the student's choice to
be approved by Teacher Nicole or Teacher Joe (top)
Suggested Summer Reading for Students
Entering Kindergarten to Fourth Grade When a book is unavailable, select another book
by the same author. It is recommended that a student read
several books from a collection if he/she gets pleasure from
one of the books.
Students Entering Kindergarten Read Aloud Books: Aliki - My Visit to the Aquarium
Aliki - We Are Best Friends
Andreae, Giles - Giraffes Can’t Dance
Carle, Eric - Do You Want to Be My Friend?
Carlson, Nancy - Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!
Cohen, Miriam - Will I Have a Friend?
Dunrea, Oliver - Gossie and Gertie
Falconer, Ian - Olivia
Freeman, Don - Corduroy
Henkes, Kevin - Kitten’s First Full Moon
Jonas, Ann - Splash
Marshall, Edward - George and Martha
Oxenbury, Helen - We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Rohmann, Eric - My Friend Rabbit
Waddell, Martin - Can’t You Sleep Little Bear
Yaccarino, Dan - Unlovable
Wells, Rosemary - Yoko
Students Entering First Grade
Beaumont, Karen - Move Over Rover
Bemelmans, Ludwig - Madeline
Carlson, Nancy - ABC I Like Me!
Cowley, Joy - Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Davies, Nicola - Big Blue Whale
Henkes, Kevin - Owen
Henkes, Kevin - Sheila Rae the Brave
Keats, Ezra Jack - Peter’s Chair
Parish, Peggy - Dinosaur Time
Wood, Douglas - Old Turtle
Books/Series for Beginning Readers:
Green Light Readers - Harcourt Brace
Hello Readers - Scholastic
Kids Can Start to Read - Kids Can Press
Now I Am Reading – Nora Gaydos
Real Kids Readers – Marcia Leonard
Road to Reading - Golden Books
Start to Read - School Zone
Step Into Reading - Random House
Students Entering Second Grade Abbot, T. – The Secrets of Droon
Adler, David A. - Cam Jansen
Allard, Harry - Miss Nelson is Missing
Brown, J. - Flat Stanley
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin - Biscuit
Cazet, Denys - Minnie and Moo
Cleary, Beverly - Henry Higgins
Cleary, Beverly - Ramona
Clements, Andrew - Brave Norman, A True Story
Clements, Andrew - Jake Drake, Know – It – All
Cole, Johanna - The Gator Girls
Dadley, D. - Triplet Trouble
Danziger, Paula - Amber Brown
Delton, Judy - PeeWee Scouts
Denton, PJ - Sleepover Squad
Giff, P.R. – Kids of the Polk Street School
Howe, James - Pinky and Rex
Kline, Suzy - Horrible Harry
Kline, Suzy - Mary Marony
Lobel, Arnold - Frog and Toad Are Friends
Marshall, Edward - Fox All Week
McDonald, Megan - Judy Moody
Minarik, Else Holmelund - Little Bear
Osborne, M.P. - Magic Tree House
Parish, Peggy - Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping
Park, Barbara - Junie B. Jones
Peterson, J. – The Littles
Rylant, Cynthia - Poppleton
Rylant, Cynthia - Henry and Mudge
Rylant, Cynthia - Mr. Putter and Tabby
Sachar, Louis - Marvin Redpost
Sciezska, J. - Time Warp Trio
Sharmat, Marjorie W. - Nate the Great
Warner, G.C. - Boxcar Children
All Aboard Reading, Level 1 or 2
Scholastic Science Readers, Level 1 or 2
Read Aloud Books for Second Grade:
George, Twig - A Dolphin Named Bob
Muth, Jon J. - The Three Questions
Wick, Walter - A Drop of Water (top)
Students Entering Third Grade
Blume, Judy - Freckle Juice
Brink, Carol Ryrie - Caddie Woodlawn
Brock, Betty - No Flying in the House
Catling, Patrick Skene - Chocolate Touch
Cleary, Beverly - Ramona series
Clements, Andrew - Frindle
Dahl, Roald - James and the Giant Peach
Dahl, Roald - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Gannett, Ruth Stiles - My Father’s Dragon
Hermes, Patricia - The Wild Year
Hurwitz, Johanna - Class Clown
MacLachlan, Patricia - Sarah, Plain and Tall
MacLachlan, Patricia - Skylark
Rylant, Cynthia - Gooseberry Park
Smith, Rober Kimmel - Chocolate Fever
Van Leeuwen, Jean - Bound for Oregon
Read Aloud Books for Third Grade: AVI - Poppy Stories (1-5)
AVI - The Secret School
Hiaasen, Carl - Hoot
Langton, Jane - The Time Bike
Levine, Gail Carson - Ella Enchanted
Philbrick, Rodman - Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner
Party Expedition
Sachar, Louis - Holes (top)
Students Entering Fourth Grade
Ackerman, Karen - The Night Crossing
Atwood, Ann - Haiku, The Mood of the Earth
Buck, Pearl S. - The Big Wave
Catling, Patrick - The Chocolate Touch
Cleary, Beverly - The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Cleary, Beverly - Henry and Beezus
Cohen, Daniel - Great Ghosts
Dahl, Roald - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Fitzhugh, Louise - Harriet the Spy
Jukes, Mavis - Blackberries in the Dark
King-Smith, Dick - The School Mouse
Moore, Emily - Whose Side Are You On?
Pevsner, Stella - The Night the Whole Class Slept Over
Sobol, Donald - Encyclopedia Brown (series)
Taylor, Sydney - All of a Kind Family
Thayer, Ernest - Casey at the Bat
Winthrop, Elizabeth - Castle in the Attic
Read Aloud for Fourth Grade: Byars, Betsy - The Midnight Fox
Butterworth,Oliver - The Enormous Egg
Holman, Felice - The Cricket Winter
Brink, Carol Ryrie - The Bad Times of Irma Baumlein
