Rising First Grade Summer Reading List
Because learning to read is a process not all children work through at the same pace, we realize that a single reading list will not meet the needs of all our children. Please use the books on this list as a starting point for choosing books to read this summer! One of the things we will work on in first grade is choosing “just right books” so that our children will have the tools they will need for independently selecting books on their own reading levels.
Books Beginning Readers Typically Enjoy Reading:
- Brand New Readers Series by Candlewick Press (available at bookstores) - Books with repetitive or predictable texts such as Brown Bear, Brown Bear
or Five Little Ducks or The Chick and the Duckling
- Paperback books by Creative Teaching Press such as All Through the Week with Cat and Dog or Bears, Bears Everywhere or How’s the Weather?
Beginning Chapter Books:
- Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant - Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel - Amanda Pig series by Jean Van Leeuween - Little Bear series by Esla Minarik
- Fox and His Friends series by Edward Marshall
More Challenging Books First Graders Typically Enjoy:
- Cam Jansen series by David Adler
- Nate the Great series by Marjorie Sharmat
- Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne - Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Please remember that children benefit from listening to stories read aloud. This is a great time to share books based on your child’s interests. You can help your child by modeling fluent reading and reading for understanding. Thanks in advance for
Rising 2nd Grade Summer Reading List - Polo Ridge Elementary
The following books are suggestions for summer reading. Please feel free to read other books that are not on this list. The most important thing is to read this summer! It will help keep your skills sharp. Remember to read silently, read aloud to someone else, or have someone read to you. All three types of reading are important to help you grow as a reader! Happy Reading
Picture Books
Alexander – How the Cat Swallowed Thunder Brown - Arthur Series
Brett Comet’s – Nine Lives Falconer – Olivia Series Long – How I Became a Pirate Moss – Amelia Series
Pfister – Rainbow Fish Series San Souci – The Talking Egg Silverstein – The Giving Tree Steig – Doctor DeSoto Beginning Chapter Books Brenner – Wagon Wheels
Brown – Arthur Chapter Book Series Hoff - Danny the Dinosaur
Howe – Pinky and Rex Series Kessler – Stan the Hot Dog Man Lobel – Frog and Toad Series Mills – Gus and Grandpa Series Sharmat – Nate the Great Series Van Leeuwen – Oliver and Amanda Pig Longer Chapter Books
Brown – Stanley and the Magic Lamp Invisible Stanley
Byars – Tornado
Christopher – The Lucky Baseball Bat Cleary – Ramona Series
Conford – A Case for Jenny Archer Danziger – Amber Brown is NOT a Crayon DiCamillo – Mercy Watson to the Rescue Duffey – Hey, New Kid
King-Smith – Ace, the Very Important Pig Mahy – Rattle bang Picnic
McMullan – Fluffy Series
Osborne – Magic Tree House Series Park – Junie B. Jones Series
Sobol – Encyclopedia Brown Series Warner – The Boxcar Children Series
3
rdGrade Summer Reading Recommendations
Matt Christoper: Baseball Pals
Challenge at Second Base The Dog thet Called the Pitch Beverly Cleary: Muggie Maggie Otis Spofford Henry Huggins Ramona Quimby Johanna Hurwitz: Aldo Applesauce Class President Fourth Grade Fuss David Adler:
Cam Jansen Young Cam Jansen Andy Russel Judy Blume:
The Fudge Books:
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Otherwise Known as Shiela the Great Superfudge Andrew Clements: Jake Drake Bully Buster Class Clown Teacher's Pet Mary Pope Osborne:
Magic Tree House
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/
My America Dear America Louis Sachar:
Stories from Wayside School Marvin Redpost
Summer Reading List for Rising 4th graders
The Missing Manatee by Cynthia DeFelice Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis Heaven by Angela Johnson
Pictures of Hollis Woods Patricia R Giff Chase by Jessie Haas
The White Giraffe Lauren St. John Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Hatchet Gary Paulsen
Number the Stars Lois Lowry
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade Barthe DeClements Hoot Carl Hiasson
Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare Old Yeller Fred Gipson
Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket Stargirl Jerry Spinelli
A Long Way from Chicago Richard Peck Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo The Lightening Thief Rick Riordan
ELEMENTARY SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST
This is a suggested list of books to check out at your local library this summer to enhance your child's reading skills while out of school. You can visit www.plcmc.org to find a list of the branch
closest to you. We hope to see you this summer! FIFTH GRADE
TITLE AUTHOR
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle A Young Patriot: The American Revolution
as Experienced by One Boy
Jim Murphy Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds Cynthia Rylant
Black Cowboy Wild Horses Julius Lester & Jerry Pinkney By the Great Horn Spoon! Sid Fleischmann
Earth’s Fiery Fury Sandra Downs Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to
the South
Michelle Wood In the Year of the Boar and Jackie
Robinson
Bette Boa Lord Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream! Jacqueline D”Adamo Mr. Revere and I Robert Lawson
Nikola Tesla: a Spark of Genius Carol Dommermuth-Costa Nory Ryan’s Song Patricia Reilly Giff
Phoebe the spy Judith Berry Griffin Pueblo Story teller Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith Tales of the Shimmering Sky Susan Milford
The Planets Gail Gibbons The True Adventures of Grizzly Adams Robert McClung Thomas Edison: Inventor of the Age of
Electricity
Linda Tagliaferro Walk Across the Sea Susan Fletcher
