Learn about our suggested and required summer reading lists for each grade and reading level.

Alicia's Happy Day by Meg Starr

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

Gus Grows a Plant by Frank Remkiewicz

I like Fish by Margaret Wise Brown

It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw

Jack and Rick by David McPhail

Monkey See, Monkey Do by Marc Gave

My Five Senses by Aliki

Purple is Part of a Rainbow by Carolyn Kowalczyk

Saving Money by Tanya Thayer

Puppy Mudge Wants to Play by Cynthia Rylant

Gossie and Friends by Oliver Dunrea

Gossie and Friends - Gemma and Gus by Oliver Dunrea

Gossie and Friends - Gideon by Oliver Dunrea

Gossie and Friends - Gideon and Otto by Oliver Dunrea

Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris

A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy by David McPhail

Catch Me if you Can by Bernard Most

Cookie's Week by Cyndy Ward

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? by Eric Carle

Have You Seen the Crocodile? by Colin West

Ice-Cold Birthday by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

It Started as a Seed by Alden Kelley

Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox by Grace Maccarone

Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch

Mac and Cheese by Sarah Weeks

Maple Trees by Marcia Freeman

Pizza Party by Grace Maccarone

Soccer Game! by Grace Maccarone

Who Will be my Friends? by Syd Hoff

Biscuit by Alyssa Capucillil

Mouse by Lauren Thompson

Gossie and Friends by Oliver Dunrea

Caring for our Lizards by Anne Richards

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss

Cat and Dog by Else H. Minarik

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton

First Grade, Here I Come by Nancy Carlson

Giant Pandas by Marcia Freeman

I’m a Caterpillar by Jean Marzollo

Marco's Run by Wesley Cartier

Mine’s the Best by Crosby Bonsall

Nicky Upstairs and Down by Harriet Ziefert

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Spider’s Lunch by Joanna Cole

Llama Llama by Anna Dewdney

Harry by Harriet Ziefert

Little Critter by Mercer Mayer

Daniel’s Mystery Egg by Alma Ada

A Day in the Life of a Firefighter by Linda Hayward

Johnny Appleseed by Jane Kurtz

A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Minarik

Ming Goes to School by Deirdre Sullivan

The Night Before First Grade by Natasha Wing

Pete the Cat’s Train Trip by James Dean

Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig

Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire

Ready, Set, Go! by John Stadler

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

Surprise Puppy! by Judith Hodge

Tale of a Tadpole by Karen Wallace

We are Best Friends by Aliki

Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes

You’ll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch by Pat Hutchins

Max by Adria Klein

Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems

Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

All the Colors of the Rainbow by Allan Fowler

Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman

Big Dog, Little Dog by Philip D. Eastman

Brave Norman: A True Story by Andrew Clements

Butterflies by Fran Howard

Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaola

Children Around the World by Donata Montanari

A Color of his Own by Leo Lionni

Father Bear Comes Home by Else Minarik

Go Away Dog by Joan Nodset

The Good Egg and the Talent Show by Jory Jon

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen

I Love Our Earth by Bill Martin, Jr.

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus

Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons

My Best Friend by Pat Hutchins

My Tooth is About to Fall Out by Grace Maccarone

Napping House by Audrey Wood

Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells

There’s a Nightmare in my Closet by Mercer Mayer

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

When I was Little by Jamie Lee Curtis

Dragon by Dav Pilkey

Messy Bessy by Patricia McKissick

Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann

Bugs for Lunch by Margery Facklam

Curious George Goes to an Ice Cream Shop by Margaret and H.A. Rey

Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff

Detective Dinosaur by James Skolfield

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

Harriet Tubman by Catherine Nichols

Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Zion

The Horse in Harry’s Room by Syd Hoff

How a Seed Grows by Helene Jordan

Ish by Peter H. Reynolds

Jamberry by Bruce Degen

Just Enough Carrots by Stuart Murphy

Last One in is a Rotten Egg by Leonard Kessler

Milton the Early Riser by Robert Kraus

Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel

Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour The Tea by Cynthia Rylant

No More Monsters for Me by Peggy Parish

Norma Jean, Jumping Bean by Joanna Cole

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

Oliver by Syd Hoff

Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel

Milton the Early Riser by Robert Kraus

Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel

No More Monsters for Me by Peggy Parish

Norma Jean, Jumping Bean by Joanna Cole

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

Oliver by Syd Hoff

Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel

Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel

Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Stagestruck by Tomie dePaola

There’s an Alligator Under my Bed by Mercer Mayer

The Stray Dog by Marc Simont

There's An Alligator Under my Bed by Mercer Mayer

Annie and Snowball by Cynthia Rylant

Clifford by Norman Bridwell

Fox by James Marshall

Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant

Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

Minnie and Moo by Denys Cazet

Morris by Bernard Wiseman

Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant

Poppleton by Cynthia Rylant

Young Cam Jansen by David Adler

The Blind Men and the Elephant by Karen Backstein

Bones and the Cupcake Mystery by David Adler

Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner

Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble

Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay up Late by Mo Willems

Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems

Frog and Friends by Ever Bunting

Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger

Greg’s Microscope by Millicent E. Selsam

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Ibis: A True Whale Story by John Himmelman

Little Witch Goes to Witch School by Deborah Hautzig

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Manatee Winter by Kathleen Zoehfield

Moses Goes to a Concert by Isaac Millman

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie DePaola

Nate the Great by Marjorie W. Sharmat

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola

One Hundred Angry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes

Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathman

Sea Turtles by Laura Marsh

Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henke

Slinky, Scaly Snakes by Jennifer Dussling

Sun by Stacy McNulty

Surf's Up by Kwame Alexander

Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis

Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by Vera B. Williams

Tigers by Laura Marsh

Zach’s Alligator by Shirley Mozelle

Andy Shane by Jennifer Jacobson

Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

Don’t Let the Pigeon…. by Mo Willems

Houndsley and Catina by James Howe

Iris and Walter by Elissa Haden Guest

Katie Woo by Fran Manushkin

Mercy Watson by Kate diCamillo

Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman

Zelda and Ivy by Laura Kvasnosky

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

Astronaut Living in Space by Kate Hayden

The Bubbly Factory by Tomie dePaola

Chang’s Paper Pony by Eleanor Coerr

A Day in the Life of a Zookeeper by Nate Boutillier

Dolphin by Robert Ada Morris

The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!by Elise Parsley

Emma's Rug by Allen Say

The Emperor and the Nightingale by Hans Christian Anderson

The Flight of the Union by Tekla White

Gemma the Gymnastic Fairy by Daisy Meadows

Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo

Home Lovely by Lynne Rae Perkins

How I Became a Pirate by David Shannon

Hungry, Hungry Sharks! by Joanna Cole

I am Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer

Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber

Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino

Judy Moody Saves the World by Megan McDonald

Little Nino’s Pizzeria by Karen Barbour

The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin

One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root

Pierre the Penguin by Jean Marzollo

Plants that Eat Animals by Allan Fowler

The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston and Tomie dePaola

The Schoolchildren’s Blizzard by Marty Figley

The Secret of Foghorn Island by Geoffrey Hayes

Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore

The Snow Walker by Margaret K. and Charles M. Wetterer

The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack

Three Cheers for Tacky by Helen Lester

The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford

Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes

Whales: The Gentle Giants by Joyce Milton

Cam Jansen by David Adler

George and Martha by James Marshall

Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline

Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows

Minnie and Moo by Denys Cazet

Pinky and Rex by James Howe

Stink by Megan McDonald

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Junie B. First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha by Barbara Park

Junie B. First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha by Barbara Park

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by Kate DiCamillo

Soccer on Sunday (#52) by Mary Pope Osborne

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

Heidi Hecklebeck by Wanda Coven

Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows

Judy Moody by Megan McDonald

Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne

Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco

Donavan’s Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross

How to be Cool in 3rd Grade by Betsy Duffey

The Librarian from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler

A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

Amber Brown by Paula Danzinger

Ballpark Mysteries by David A. Kelly

Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

A Day's Work by Eve Bunting

Justin Case, School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters by Rachel Vail

Mallory in the Spotlight by Laurie Friedman

What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz

The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

Dragon Masters by Tracey West

Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton

Henry Huggins by Beverly Clearly

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Clearly

Ramona by Beverly Clearly

Who Would Win? by Jerry Pallotta

Adventure According to Humphrey by Betty Birney

Bermuda Triangle by Andrew Donkin

Dog Days by Karen English

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

The Giraffe, and the Pelly, and Me by Roald Dahl

An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco

Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon

My Weird School Daze by Dan Gutman

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

Babe by Dick King-Smith

Bunnicula and Friends Scared Silly by James Howe

Double Play at Short by Matt Christopher

Fight for Life by Laurie Halse Anderson

Last Summer with Maizon by Jacqueline Woodson

The Peculiar Pumpkin Thief by Geronimo Stilton

Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

Power Forward by Hena Khan

Superfudge by Judy Blume

The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi

Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe

If You Lived... by various authors

I Survived by Lauren Tarshis

Power Forward by Hena Khan

Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi

A Wicked History by Various Authors

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by Lauren Child

The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson

Frindle by Andrew Clements

Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

No Talking by Andrew Clements

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

Sun and Spoon by Kevin Henkes

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Dog Man by Dav Pilkey

I Survived by Lauren Tarshis

Kidnapped by Gordon Korman

The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsberg

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

Long Shot by Mike Lupica

Long-Arm Quarterback by Matt Christopher

Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young

My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville

New Kid by Jerry Craft

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Out of Darkness by Russell Freedman

Taking Sides by Gary Soto

The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier

Blubber by Judy Blume

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad by Nathan Olson

I Survived The American Revolution by Lauren Tarshis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

The Strongest Man in the World by Louis Cyr

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Wings of Fire (Graphic Novels) by Tui T. Sutherland

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Level V

The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles
Level V

Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Level U

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Katie DiCamillo
Level U

Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson
Level W

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Level W

The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Level U

Blended by Sharon Draper

Booked by Kwame Alexander

Camp Sunshine by Jarrett Krosoczka

The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling

Class Act by Jerry Craft

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

Counting by Sevens by Holly Goldberg Sloan

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee

Insignificant Events of a Cactus (Series) by Dusti Bowling

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos

Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

Middle School (series) by James Patterson

Quintessence by Jess Redman

Rivals by Tommy Greenwald

Rules by Cynthia Lord

Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham

Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick

Wild River by Rodman Philbrick

Words on Fire by Jennifer Nielson

You Go First by Entrada Kelly

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963) by Sharon Robinson

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levin

On the Horizon by Lois Lowry

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani

Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

Refugee by Alan Gratz

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

Curse of the Night Witch by Alex Aster

The Firefly Code by Megan Blakemore

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Jules Fieffer

Pixie Pushes On by Tamara Bundy

Savvy by Ingrid Law

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

Jackpot by Nic Stone

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Swing by Kwame Alexander

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong

Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Chains by Laurie Haise Anderson

Code of Honor by Alan Gratz

Fever by Laurie Haise Anderson

Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) by Trevor Noah

I Will Always Write Back by Martin Ganda and Caitlin Alifirenka

On The Horizon by Lois Lowry

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Salt To The Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti by Frances Temple

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohammed

White Rose by Kip Wilson

The Chronicles of Narnia (Series) by C.S. Lewis

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Scythe (Book One in The Arc of a Scythe series) by Neal Shusterman

The Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta

Thunderhead (Book Two in The Arc of a Scythe series) by Neal Shusterman

The Toll (Book Three in The Arc of a Scythe series) by Neal Shusterman

Warcross by Marie Lu

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson

City Spies by James Ponti

Framed by James Ponti

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Greenglass House by Kate Milford

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus

Call of the Wild by Jack London

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby

Overboard by Elizabeth Fama

Peak by Roland Smith

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney

A Time To Dance by Padma Venkatraman