Summer Reading: Imagine Your Story & Create Your Adventure

Kindergarten Entering First

First Grade Entering Second

• Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert • Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans • More, More, More Said the Baby

by Vera B. Williams • Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy

Rathman • Swimmy by Leo Lionni • Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens • Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss,

Marjorie Priceman • I know a Shy Fellow by Barbara Garriel • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

and John Archambault • Ants by Melissa Stewart • Bats by Elizabeth Carney • Meet the Dinosaurs by Dorling Kindersley,

Inc. • Rocks and Minerals by Kathleen Weidner

Zoehfeld • Snakes Slither and Hiss by Dorling

Kindersley, Inc. • Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion • Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill • Do Like Kyla by Angela Johnson • Hi Cat by Ezra Jack Keats • Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen

Agra Deedy • All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant • Koala Lou by Mem Fox • Yo Yes? by Chris Raschka • Chapter Books for More Advanced Readers

• Katy Woo The Tricky Tooth by Fran Manushkin

• Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo • Penny and the Marble by Kevin Henke

• Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson • A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams • Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats • A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert • Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very

Bad Day by Judith Viorst • Allina Day by Anno • Annie Rose is My Little Sister by Shirley

Hughes • Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam

Affair by Patricia Polacco • Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson • Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban • Big Bug Surprise by Julia Gran • Big Shark, Little Shark by Anna Membrino • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See

by Eric Carle • Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some

Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina

• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

• In November by Cynthia Rylant

Chapter Books for More Advanced Readers

• Freckle Juice by Judy Blume • Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows • Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon • Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott • The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey • The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale • Andy Shane and the Barn Sale Mystery by

Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Summer Reading: Imagine Your Story & Create Your Adventure

Second Grade Entering Third

Third Grade Entering Fourth

• Gasping Garbage by Michele Torrey • You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You by Mary Ann

Hoberman • Fox and Crow Are Not Friends by Melissa Wiley • Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino • Black Lagoon Adventures by Mike Thaler • Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel • Arthur series by Marc Brown • Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger • Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park • Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope

Osbourne • Cam Jansen series by David A. Adler • Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff! By Jessica

Scott Kerrin • Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sachar. • Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi • I love my Hair by Natasha Tarpley • The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia

McKissack • Gordon Parks: How the Photographer

Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford

• This is The Rope by Jacqueline Woodson • The Day you Begin by Jacqueline Woodson • Leaving Morning by Angela Johnson • Emma’s Rug by Allen Say • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi • I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff • The Grand Canyon by Jeffrey Zuehike • Paleo Sharks: Survival of the Strangest by

Timothy J. Bradley • Hey Batta Batta Swing! by Sally Cook and

James Charlton. • 13 American Women Who Changed the World

by Chelsea Clinton

• Tiger Rising Kate DiCamillo • The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies • The Lemonade Crime by Jacqueline Davies • Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl • The Stories Julian Tell by Ann Cameron • Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-

Garcia • Dragons and Marshallow by Asia Citro • Family Pictures by Carmen Lomas

Garza • Separate is Never Equal by Sylvai Mendez • When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan • Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles • Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto • Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez • Tea with Milk by Allen Say • One Green Apple by Eve Bunting • A Day’s Work by Eve Bunting • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi • Holy Enchilada! by Henry Winkler • Dolphins and Sharks: A Non-Fiction Guide to

Dolphins at Daybreak • Grand Canyon by Jason Chin • Stellaluna by Janell Cannon • Who was Series by Who HQ • The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks

by Joanna Cole • Owl Moon by Jane Yolen • Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley

Jefferson's Journal by Jeff Kinny • Ivy and Bean Series by Annie Barrows • Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy

Blume • Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope

Osbourne • Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald Sobol

Summer Reading: Imagine Your Story & Create Your Adventure

Fourth Grade Entering Fifth

Fifth Grade Entering Sixth

• The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis • Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson • Harlem Myers by Walter Dean • Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black

Baseball by Jim O’Connor • Black Diamond: The story of the Negro Baseball

Leagues by Patricia C. McKissack • As Brave As You by Terreece Clarke • I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for

Education and Changed the World [Young Readers Edition] by Malala Yousafzai

• Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid by Jerry Spinelli

• Wonder by R.J. Palacio • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace

Lin • Off and Running by Gary Soto • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate • James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl • Matilda by Roald Dahl • Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary • Courage has no Color: True Story of the Triple

Nickels, America's first black Paratroppers • Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S.Lewis • I Am Number Four series by Lore Pittacus • Capture the Flag series by Kate Messner • Holes by Louis Sachar • Frindle by Andrew Clements • Lunch Money by Andrew Clements • Hates that Cat by Sharon Creech • Shiloh by Phyliss Reynolds Naylor • Sounder by Williams H. Armstrong • Anna Hibiscus Atinuke; Lauren Tobia

• The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill • Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams • Wonder by R.J. Palacio • Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai • Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman. • Baseball in April by Gary Soto • Along Walk to Water: Based on a true story

by Linda Sue Park • One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia • The One and Only Bob: The One and Only

Ivan, Book 2 by Katherine Applegate • Serafina’s Promise by Anne Burg • Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan • The House on Mango Street by Sandra

Cisneros • The Giver by Lois Lowry • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson • The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster • Wonder by R.J. Palacio • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by

Grace Lin • Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff • Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor • Nothing But the Truth by Avi