Schechter Westchester Lower School Library Recommended Summer Reading

Summer Reading:
The act of reading books frequently & joyfully.
Read what you like and lots of it!

Summer reading hint: This is not a checklist!

Children succeed at becoming lifelong readers when they are encouraged to read what they enjoy reading most. Choice is a powerful motivator! When you read what you like, you read a lot more, which develops proficiency. This list represents suggested authors, series, and books.

Happy reading!

Kindergarten
Traditional Stories
Fairy tales like Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, etc. Fables like The Lion and the Mouse, Town Mouse and Country Mouse, The Little Red Hen, Aesops Fables, etc.

Picture Books
Maxs Words by Kate Banks Calvin Cant Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie by Jennifer Berne Kindergarten Rocks! by Katie David Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes by James Dean Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle by Chris Raschka Wild About Books by Judith Sierra The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

1st Grade
Series
Young Cam Jansen by David Adler Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmot Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems

Fiction & Picture Books (PB)

Rabbit & Robot by Cece Bell The Golly Sisters Go West by Betsy Byars The Trouble With Chickens (PB) by Doreen Cronin Ants in Your Pants, Worms on Your Plants! (PB) by Diane deGroat Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo Penny and her Song by Kevin Henkes Up, Tall and High (PB) by Ethan Long Sky Colors (PB) by Peter H. Reynolds Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (PB) by Mo Willems

Non-Fiction
On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne MeJane by Patrick McDonnell Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet

2nd Grade
Series
Cork & Fuzz by Dori Chaconas Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo My Weird School by Dan Gutman Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

Fiction and Picture Books (PB)

The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron Click Clack Moo (PB) by Doreen Cronin Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins Hamster Magic by Lynne Jonell Mal and Chad by Stephen McCranie Marty McGuire by Kate Messner and Brian Floca Math Curse (PB) by Jon Scieszka Non-Fiction Down to Sea with Mr. Magee by Chris Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola Van Dusen Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Actual Size by Steve Jenkins You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer Viorst by Shana Corey

3rd Grade
Series
Ramona by Beverly Cleary Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadey Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osbourne Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Fiction and Picture Books (PB)

Mr. Poppers Penguins by Richard Atwater A Dog on His Own by Mary Jane Auch High As A Hawk by T.A. Barron Stanley, Flat Again! by Jeff Brown James And The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The Man Who Walked Between The Towers (PB) by Mordicai Gerstein Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Black And White (PB) by David Macaulay Judy Moody & Stink by Megan McDonald Mrs. Katz And Tush (PB) by Patricia Polacco Grandfathers Journey by Allen Say The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (PB) by Jon Scieszka Cricket In Time Square by George Selden Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli

Non-Fiction
Go Free Or Die, A Story About Harriet Tubman by Jeri Ferris The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman Hudson River: An Adventure from the Mountains to the Sea by Peter Lourie

4th Grade
Series
39 Clues The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony Diterlizzi Gooney Bird by Louis Lowry Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar

Fiction

The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng My Teacher Is An Alien by Bruce Coville Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Matilda by Roald Dahl The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies The Tale Of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Double Dog Dare by Lisa Graff Our Only Amelia May by Jennifer Holm Non-Fiction Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Jones Invisible Inkling by Emily Jenkins The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster & John OBrien Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Laugheteria 100 humorous poems by Grace Lin Doug Florian 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass Basketball Belles by Sue Macy When Life Gives You O.J. by Erica S. Perl How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightning by Holes by Louis Sachar The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Rosalyn Schanzer Any Which Wall by Laurel Snyder

5th Grade
Series: Fiction:
Nerds by Michael Buckley True (Sort of) by Katherine Hannigan Joey Pigza Books by Jack Gantos Everything On A Waffle by Polly Horvath All the Wrong Questions by Lemony Snicket Rules by Cynthia Lord The Mysterious Benedict Society by TrentonEvery Soul a Star by Wendy Mass Lee Stewart Passage To Freedom: The Sugihara Story

by Ken Mochizucki Non-Fiction: Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH Amelia Lost by Candice Fleming by Robert C. OBrien Top Secret: A Handbook Of Codes, Ciphers, Around the World by Matt Phelan and Secret Writing by Paul B. Janeczko Wonder by R.J. Palacio Blizzard! by Jim Murphy Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors Worlds Most Dangerous Weapon Bigger Than a Breadbox by Laurel Snyder by Steve Sheinkin Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

Summer Reading:
The act of reading books frequently & joyfully.
Read what you like and lots of it!

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Happy reading!