The lists below are books that you may encourage your children to read during the summer to prepare for the grade level they are entering.

Kindergarten

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr.

Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest by Steve Jenkins

Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni

Miss Spider's ABC Book by David Kirk

Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr. 

First Grade

 

Second Grade

 

Third Grade

 

Fourth Grade

The Seer of Shadows by Avi

Cicada Summer by Elise Broach

Gerbil on the Loose by M.C. Obi Delaney

Kenny and the Dragon by Tony DiTerizzi

The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feildman

The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester

Eleven by Patricia Reily Giff

Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes

Piper Reed: Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Hold

Safe at Home by Mike Lupica

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

Mongo, the Third Warthog by Donn Jo Napoli

Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf

The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1960 by Laurence Yep

 

Fifth Grade