Summer Reading List
Kindergarten
Title Author
Biscuit Finds A Friend Alyssa Saton Capucilli
Count Down To Clean Up Nancy E. Wallace
Big Egg Molly Coxe
Circles Dana M. Rau
The Little Red Hen Byron Barton
Everybody bonjours! Leslie Kimmelman
Twenty-six Princesses Dave Horowitz
Hand Rhymes Marc Tolon Brown
Clap Your Hands Lorinda Cauley
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed Eileen Christelow
Corduroy Don Freeman
Swimmy Leo Lionni
Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? Joan Nodset
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff
Where Fireflies Dance Lucha Corpi
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella Robert D. San Souci
1st Grade
Title Author
There Is A Bird On Your Head Mo Willems
Because Of Your B.G. Hennessy
Benny’s Pennies Bob Barner
Cool Daddy Rat Kristyn Carol
Will Sheila Share? Elivia Savadier
Fancy nancy and the Boy from Paris Jane O’Connor
Hen Hears Gossip Megan McDonald
Little Rabbits New Baby Harry Horse
Sheep Blast Off! Nancy E. Shaw
Rap A Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles, Think of That! Leo Dillon
Little Dog Poems Kristine O’Connell George
Kitten’s First Full Moon Kevin Henkes
The Hello, Goodbye Window Norton Juster
Arroz Con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes Lulu Delacre
From Latin America
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! Karen Beaumont
Bouki Dances The Kokioka: A Comical Tale Diane Wolkstein
From Haiti
Summer Reading List
2nd Grade
Title Author
Diary Of A Spider Doreen Cronin
Best Best Friend Margaret C.Irvine
Owney, The Mail-Pouch Pooch Mona Kerby
First The Egg Laura V. Seeger
Bee-bimp bop! Linda S. Park
Spinning Spiders Melvin Berger
Beautiful Blackbird Ashley Bryan
Diary Of A Worm Doreen Cronin
Breakout At The Bug Lab Ruth Horowitz
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? Steve Jenkins
Baseball Mike Jenkins
Harvesting Hope: The Story Of Cesar Chavez Kathleen Krull
Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish
Mud Mary Lyn Ray
Touch The Poem Arnold Adoff
Sally Gets a Job Stephen Huneck
3rd Grade
Title Author
Bug Safari Bob Barner
I Was A Third-Grade Science Project Mary Jane Auch
Autumn Lings: Poems And Paintings Douglas Florian
Planting The Trees of Kenya: The Story Of Clairet Nivota
Wongari Maathai
Big and Bad Etienne Delesser
My Name Is Maria Isabel Alma floe
Stanley, Flat Again! Jeff Brown
Dandelions Eve Bunting
Our Wet World: Exploring Earth’s Sneed B. Collard III
Aquatic Ecosystem
Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon Paula Danziger
Hot Day On Abbott Avenue Karen English
Leonardo’s Horse Jean Fritz
Rosa Nikki Giovanni
Cool Crazy Crickets David Elliot
Brother Anansi And The Cattle Ranch James De Sauza
Nathaniel Talking Eloise Greenfield
Summer Reading List
4th Grade
Title Author
Call Me Consuelo Ofelia D. Lachtman
The Red Ghost Marion Dane Bauer
Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for the True Blue Love Patricia Martin
William Shakespeare And The Globe Aliki
The Search For Delicious Pete Hautman
Safari Robert Bateman
Frindle Andrew Clements
Johoaa’ei: Bringer of Dawn Veronica Tsinajiannie
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
The Tale Of Despereaux: Being The Story Of A Mouse Kate DiCamillo
Princess, some Soup, And A Spool Of Thread
When Rain Falls Melissa Stewart
Yesterday I Had The Blues Jeron Frame
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book Virginia Hamilton
When Jessie Came Across The Sea Amy Hest
Just Like Josh Gibson Angela Johnson
5th Grade
Title Author
Fiesta USA George Acuna
Silent Music: A Story Of Baghdad James Rumford
Trouble Gary D. Schmidt
Being Grown-Up Is Cool (Not!) Karen McCombie
Daisy Dawson is on Her Way Steve Voake
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
On My Honor Marion Dane Bauer
Portraits Of African-American Heroes Tonya Bolden
The Year of the Rat Grace Lin
Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary
Joyful Noise: Poems For Two Voices Paul Fleischman
Squarehead Harriet Ziefert
From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg
Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson
Summer Reading List
6th Grade
Title Author
Chicken Feather Cowley Joy
Golden Tales: Myths, Legends, And Folk Lulu Delacre
Tales From Latin America
Angelfish Lawrence Yep
The Million Dollar Shot Dan Gutman
Inkheart Cornelia Funke
Because Of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo
Dive! My Adventures In The Deep Frontier Sylvia Earle
Heartbeat Sharon Creech
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli
Silent To The Bone E.L. Konigsburg
Sing Down The Moon Scott O’Dell
Loser Jerry Spinelli
Wenny Has Wings Janet Lee Carey
Whittington Alan Armstrong
Yolanda’s Genius Carol Fenner
7th Grade
Title Author
Breaking Through Francisco Jimenez
Adam Canfield Of The Flash Michael Winerip
Among The Hidden Margaret Haddix
Flipped Van Draanen
The Brook Without Words Avi
The Broken Blade William Durbin
Flush Carl Hiaasen
Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata
Cool Salsa Lori M. Carlson
Knots In My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography Jerry Spinelli
Of A Kid
The Outcasts Of 19 Schuyler Place E.L. Konigsburg
The Riffle Gary Paulsen
Tangerine Edward Boor
The Tears Of The Salamander Peter Dickinson
Under The Royal Palms Alma Flor Ada
Summer Reading List
8th Grade
Title Author
Loves Me, Loves Me Not Anilu Bernardo
The Car Gary Paulsen
Down River Will Hobbs
Farewell to Manzanar Jean Wakatsuki Houston
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ann Brashares
Cuba 15 Nancy Osa
Fever Laurie H. Anderson
Good Night, Maman Norma F. Mazer
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Virginia Hamilton
Tales, and True Tales
The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer
The Kite Runner Geraldine McCaughreen
Maya Running Anjali Banerjee
Mortal Engines Philip Reeve
Truesight David Stahler
9th Grade
Title Author
Students On Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, John Stokew
Brown, And Me: A Memoir
Crash Boom Love Juan Felipe Herrera
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie David Lubar
After The First Death Robert Cormier
The Day They Came To Arrest The Book Nat Hentoff
Rash Pete Hautman
The Gospel According To Larry Janet Tashjian
I, Juan De Pareja Elizabeth Borten de Trevino
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
Mama Day Gloria Naylor
Maus Art Spigelman
Nemesis Isaac Asimov
Tonight By The Sea Frances Temple
Forged By Fire Sharon Mills Drapper
Summer Reading List
10th Grade
Title Author
13 Little Blue Envelopes Maureen Johnson
Crank Ellen Hopkins
Firefly Rain Richard Dansky
Impulse Ellen Hopkins
Forged by Fire Sharon M. Draper
Me, The Missing, And The Dead Jenny Valentine
Bilko Donald Woods
Ellen Foster Kaye Gibbons
Copper Sun Sharon M. Draper
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card
A Gathering Of Old Men Ernest Gaines
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Douglas Adams
How The Gracia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez
It’s Not About The Bike Lance Armstrong
Monster Walter Dean Meyers
Obasan Joy Kogawa
11th Grade
Title Author
Lessons Of The Game Diane Gonzalez Bertrand
Whale Talk Chris Crutchen
Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage William Loren Katz
People of the Book: a novel Geraldine Brooks
The Autobiography Of Malcolm X Alex Haley
The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver
Ceremony Leslie Silko
The Color Of Water James McBride
Shooter Walter Dean Myers
Jubilee Margaret Walker
Kindred Octavia Butler
The Sledding Hill Chris Crutcher
The Things They Carried Tim O’ Brien
Woman of Hollering Creek Sandra Cisnero
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
Summer Reading List
12th Grade
Title Author
Sunrise Over Fallujah Walter Dean Myers
Jumping Off To Freedom Anilu Bernando
Summer of Secrets Paul Langan
I Want Candy Kim Wong Keltner
Chill Collin Frizzell
The Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet Joanne Proulx
Battle of the Bands K.L. Denman
Breath, Eyes, Memory Edwidge Danticat
Chronicle Of A Death Foretold Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood
Into Thin Air John Krakauer
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
Hit Squad James Heneghan
Sugar Cage Connie Mae Fowler
The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom