Summer Reading for Kindergarten

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All About Friends

How to Be a Friend by Laurie Kransy Brown and Marc Brown Lost and Found by Oliver JeffersLetters from a Desperate Dog by Eileen ChristelowMay I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk de RegniersYo! Yes? by Chris Raschka

Books about the Joy of Reading

Alphabet Adventure by Audrey WoodBeatrice Doesn’t Want to by Laura Numeroff Book! Book! Book! by Deborah BrussChicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John ArchambaultI Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. SeussLibrary Lion by Michelle KnudsenWild About Books by Judy Sierra

Books about School

Cleversticks by Bernard AshleyDavid Goes to School by David ShannonFirst Day Jitters by Julie DanebergFriends at School by Jeremy TankardGrumpy Bird by Jeremy TankardHow Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane YolenKindergarten Rocks! by Katie DavisThe Kissing Hand by Audrey PennLook Out, Kindergarten, Here I Come by Nancy CarlsonWemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes

Books with a Positive Message

Mama Panya’s Pancakes: A Village Tale From Kenya by Mary and Richard ChamberlinTikki, Tikki Tembo by Arlene MoselVisiting the Art Museum by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc BrownWake Up Sleepy Bear! by Christine Morton-Shaw and Greg ShawBee-Bim Bop by Linda Sue ParkKeeker and the Sneaky Pony by Hadley Higginson

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Classic Childhood Favorites

A Hole is to Dig by Ruth KraussThe Maggie B. by Irene HaasMarshmallow by Clare NewberryNo Roses for Harry! by Gene ZionThe Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken GeistWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Fantasy Books

Alice the Fairy by David ShannonThe Bravest of the Brave by Shutta CrumThe Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet SquiresGood Enough to Eat by Brock ColeHeckedy Peg by Don and Audrey WoodA Pipkin of Pepper by Helen CooperRegards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra KeatsRumble in the Jungle by Giles AndeaeSimeon’s Gift by Julie Andrews-EdwardsSuper Sam! by Lori RiesTiffky Doofky by William SteigThe Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza

Historical Fiction

Small Beauties: The Journey of Darcy Heart O'Hara by Elvira Woodruff

Mysteries

Detective LaRue by Mark TeagueEscape of Marvin the Ape by Caralyn and Mark BuehnerKnuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo WillemsStrega Nona by Tomie dePaola

Seasonal Stories

Angelina Ice Skates by Katharine Holabird and Helen CraigBunny Wishes: A Winter's Tale by Michaela MorganFall Leaves Fall by Zoe HallFlower Fairies of the Winter by Cicely Mary BarkerOne Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims by B. G. Hennessy and Lynne CravathRaindrop, Plop by Wendy Cheyette LewisonSleep, Black Bear, Sleep by Jane Yolen and Heidi StempleSnow by Uri ShulevitzSnowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner

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Snow Music by Lynne Rae PerkinsThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsThe Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

Silliness and Humor

Art Dog by Thacher HurdBartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss Bea & Mr. Jones by Amy SchwartzCornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Bed? by Barney SaltzbergThe Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy RathmannDon't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo WillemsJulius, the Baby of the World by Kevin HenkesI Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Glen RoundsKing Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey WoodKnuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo WillemsLadybug Girl by Jackie DavisMonkey and Me by Emily GravettOne Potato, Two Potato by Cynthia DeFeliceThe Opposite by Tom MacRaePete's a Pizza by William SteigThe Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah DiesenThe Queen's Feet by Sarah EllisWhere Is The Green Sheep? by Mem Fox

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Animals

Actual Size by Steve JenkinsOne Tiny Turtle by Nicola DaviesA Pair of Polar Bears: Twin Cubs Find a Home at the San Diego Zoo by Joanne RyderFriends by Catherine ThimmeshWinter’s Tail by Juliana HatkoffA Seal Called Andre by Harry Goodridge

Art

No One Saw: Ordinary Things Through the Eyes of an Artist by Bob Raczka

History

Eleanor Roosevelt by Lisa TrumbauerIf You Grew Up With George Washington by Ruth GrossLook What Came From The United States by Kevin DavisSky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson

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Science and Nature

Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians by AlikiA Handful of Dirt by Raymond BialMy Bag and Me! by Karen FarmerMy Five Senses by AlikiPopcorn! By Elaine LandauMe and My Senses by Joan SweeneyLet’s Experiment by Natalie Lunis and Nancy WhiteUs a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? by Robert E. WellsInvestigating Your Backyard by Natalie LunisHow Many Seeds are in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamaraHow Big is a Foot? By Rolf MyllerHow Tall, How Short, How Far Away by David AdlerPlanting a Rainbow by Lois EhlertDay and Night by Robin NelsonWhat Makes Day and Night? by Franklyn M. BranleyClouds by Anne RockwellSunshine Makes the Seasons by Franklyn M. BranleyThe Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn M. Branley

The World Around Us

Be My Neighbor by Maya AjmeraGreat Estimations by Bruce GoldstoneI'm Dirty! by Kate McMullanPicture Pops: Machines by Roger PriddyLightship by Brian Floc

Summer Reading for First Grade

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All About Friends

Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold LobelIvy and Bean by Annie BarrowsMargaret and Margarita: Margarita y Margaret by Lynn ReiserMy Best Friend by Pat HutchinsThere Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo WillemsWidget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland

Books About the Joy of Reading

Aunt Chip & the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia PolaccoThe Boy Who Loved Words by Roni SchotterCarlo and the Really Nice Librarian by Jessica SpanyolEdward a nd the Pirates by David McPhailMax's Words by Kate BanksYou Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman

Books About Nature

The Apple Pie That Papa Baked by Lauren ThompsonBear Snores On by Karma WilsonThe Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader Diary of a Wombat by Jackie FrenchThe Snow Leopard by Jackie Morris Winter's Eyes by Douglas Florian

Books About School

Clementine by Sara PennypackerThe Dot by Peter ReynoldsEmily's First 100 Days of School by Rosemary WellsLittle Cliff's First Day of School by Clifton L. TaulbertMiss Smith's Incredible Story Book by Michael GarlandThe New Girl ... and Me by Jacqui RobbinsRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary

Books to Calm Anxieties

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstIs a Worry Worrying You by Ferida Wolff and Harriet May SavitzOh Brother! by Nikki Grimes

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Books with a Positive Message

Big Bug Surprise by Julia Gran Dad, Jackie and Me by Myron UhlbergElena's Serenade by Campbell GeeslinThe Empty Pot by DemiHenry and Mudge by Cynthia RylantHow to Be a Good Dog by Gail PageI Knew You Could by Craig DorfmanRaggedy Ann's Wishing Pebble by Johnny GruelleWhat's So Bad About Being An Only Child? by Cari Best

Classic Childhood Favorites

Charlotte's Web by E.B. WhiteThe Hundred Dresses by Eleanor EstesI Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Theo. LeSiegThe Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExuperyMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence AtwaterThe Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron

Fantasy Books

Fairytale News by Colin and Jacqui HawkinsFin M’Coul, The Giant of Knockmany Hill by Tomie DePaolaFlotsam by David WiesnerThe Flower by John LightThe Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum by Kate BernheimerGoldilocks and the Three Martians by Stu SmithHot Hot Hot by Neal LaytonHow the Elephant Got Its TrunkHow I Became a Pirate by Melinda LongTuesday by David Wiesner

Mysteries

Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery by Doug CushmanMinnie and Moo and the Case of the Missing Jelly Donut by Denys CazetYoung Cam Jansen & The Lost Tooth by David AdlerPrivate I. Guana: The Case of the Missing Chameleon by Nina Laden

Historical Fiction

Almost to Freedom by Vaunda NelsonWhy Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? by Jean Fritz

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Seasonal Stories

Seasonal Stories by Jean Luc FromentalStella, Queen of the Snow by Marie Louise Gay

Silliness and Humor

Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin Frankie Stein by Lola M. SchaeferGeorge Washington’s Cows by David SmallThe Giant Hug by Sandra HorningHi! Fly Guy by Tedd ArnoldI Lost My Bear by Jules FeifferLilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin HenkesOops! By Alan KatzSally and the Some-Thing by George O’ConnorSmash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash! by Barbara OdanakaSo, What’s It Like to Be a Cat? by Karla KushkinTacky and the Winter Games by Helen LesterThere Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

Sports

Out of the Ballpark by Alex RodriguezBallerina Girl by Kirsten Hall

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The Arts

M is for Music by Kathleen KrullMuseum ABC by BrownThe Shape Game by Anthony Browne

Biographies

Mae Jemison by Nancy PolettePicasso and Minou by P.I. MaltbieTeammates by Peter Golenbock

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Health

A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara KerleyLooking After Myself by Sarah Levete

History

Aliens Are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds RadioBroadcast by Meghan McCarthyCastle: Medieval Days and Knights by Kyle OlmonG is for Golden: A California Alphabet by David DomeniconiThe Pilgrim’s First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern Thanksgiving is For Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland

Science and Nature

The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story About Recycling by Alison InchesThe Beetle Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta Carolina’s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too! by Donna RathmellChameleon, Chameleon by Joy CowleyThe Icky Bug Counting Book by Jerry PalottaThe Nature Treasury: A First Look at the Natural World by Lizann FlattThe Polor Bears’ Home: A Story About Global Warming by Lara BergenThe Reptiles by Simon HollandThe Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle by Nuria RocaUneversaurus by Aidan PottsWater Boy by David McPhailWhy Do Leaves Change Color by Betsy Maestro

Summer Reading for Second Grade

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Adventure

Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra & Sal BarraccaNim’s Island by Wendy OrrSneakers, the Seaside Cat by Margaret Wise Brown

All About Friends

Dear Max by Sally Grindley Dogku by Andrew ClementsFox and His Friends by Edward MarshallWe Are Best Friends by AlikiFrog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel

Books About Art

Painted Dreams by Karen Lynn Williams

Books About the Joy of Reading

Clara and the Bookwagon by Nancy Smiler LevinsonCould You? Would You? By Trudy WhiteEvangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle by David ElliottMom and Dad Are Palindromes by Mark ShulmanMr. George Baker by Amy HestMy Dad’s a Birdman by David AlmondOnce Upon a Time by Niki DalyThe Random House Book of Poetry for Children by Jack Prelutsky

Books About School

A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech It’s Test Day, Tiger Turcotte by TurcotteMaltilda by Roald DahlVirgie Goes to School with Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

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Books with Positive Messages

Brundibar by Tony KushnerBuilding with Dad by Carol NeviusHachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog by Pamela S. TurnerLassie Come-Home by Rosemary WellsMr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna and Loren LongPaint the Wind by Pam Munoz RyanSam and the Lucky Money Karen ChinnVelma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison

Classic Childhood Favorites

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene CatlingThe Dark is Rising by Susan CooperThe Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. LewisLittle Toot by Hardie GramatkyMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyThe Puppy Sister by S. E. Hinton

Fantasy Books

Atomic Ace (He’s Just My Dad) by Jeff WeigelThe Bee-Man of Orn by Frank R. StocktonDinosaurs Before Dark, Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope OsborneDuck for President by Doreen CroninDude, Where’s My Spaceship? by Dan GreenburgHansel and Gretel by Rika LesserThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExuperyMy Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles GannettRoger the Jolly Pirate by Brett HelquistSpace Station Mars by Daniel San SouciTales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection by F. Isabel CampoyThe Water Horse by Dick King-SmithWhy the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale by Mary-Joan GersonTraction Man Is Here! By Mini GreyThe Worst Witch at School by Jill MurphyWinter of the Ice Wizard, Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope

Historical Fiction

Baseball Saved Us by Ken MochizukiChig and the Second Spread by Gwenyth SwainThe Enchanted Dolls’ House by Robyn JohnsonShow Way by Jacqueline Woodson

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Mysteries

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball by David AdlerJulian, Secret Agent by Ann CameronThe Seven Treasure Hunts Besty ByarsTuff Fluff: The Case of Duckie’s Missing Brain by Scott Nash

Seasonal Stories

Babymouse: Skater Girl by Jennifer L. and Matthew HolmCome on, Rain by Karen HesseMarja’s Skis by Jean E. PendziwolNate the Great and the Mushy Valentine by Marjorie Weinman SharmatPoppleton in Winter by Cynthia RylantThe Race of the Birkebeiners by Lise Lunge-LarsenSnow Wonder by Charles Ghigna

Silliness and Humor

Chester by Melanie WattDown Girl and Sit: Smarter than Squirrels by Lucy NolanDrooling and Dangerous: The Riot Brothers Return by Mary AmatoGooney Bird Greene by Lois LowryHow to Save Your Tail by Mary HansenIra Sleeps Over by Bernard WaberIts Raining Pigs & Noodles by Jack PrelutskyReady Freddy: Don’t Sit on My Lunch (Series) by Abby KleinMoxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy GiffordScience Verse by Jon ScieszkaTacky in Trouble by Helen LesterSoupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One by Judy BlumeThree Stories You Can Rea dto Your Dog by Sara Swan Miller

Sports

Mama Played Baseball

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Animals

Emperor Penguins by Roberta EdwardsEncyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs by Matthew ReinhartLook What Tails Can Do by Dorothy SouzaWater Hole by Zahavit Shalev

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Biographies

The Flyer Flew! The Invention of the AirplaneFrida by Jonah WinterRoberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh PiratesSixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee StoryWhat Presidents Are Made Of by Hanoch PivenSmart About – George Washington Carver, The Peanut Wizard by Laura Driscol

History

George Crum and the Saratoga Chip by Gaylia TaylorOn the Mayflower by Kate WatersIt’s Disgusting and We Ate It!: True Food Facts From Around the World and Throughout History by James SolheimShipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endkurance by Jennifer ArmstrongThe Story of the Pilgrims by Katherine Ross

How Things Work

How to Be a Baby, by Me the Big Sister by Sally Lloyd-JonesMy Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World by Margriet RuursMy Senator and Me by Edward M. Kennedy

Science and Nature

Compost, by Gosh! An Adventure With Vermicomposting by Michelle Eva PortmanMichael Recycle by Ellie BethelDear Children of the Earth by Schim SchimmelRecycle! A Handbook for Kids by Gail Gibbons