Summer Reading
Summer 2020 Reading Ideas!!
*KES Summer reading lists by grade level (see below)
*Take the Reading Without Walls summer reading challenge!!
1. Read a book about a character who doesn't look or live like you.
or
2. Read a book about a topic you don't know much about.
or
3. Read a book in a format you don't normally read for fun.
4. Go to flipgrid and share what you've been reading or to recommend your book to others.
Summer reading lists
*Summer Reading Program with our public library friends at KPL! Sign up!
*Children's Choices 2020 - a list of new books selected by children
*Other Summer reading lists for grade 1-grade 8
School Library Journal's summer reading lists
*See below for grade-level lists and some other summer activity ideas. Scroll down!
Below are some ideas for your summer reading! These titles have been enjoyed by many children of similar ages!
Some are classics and some are newer! Let us know when you find a really exciting book we should tell others about!!
Kindergarten
Alphabet Everywhere by Elliot Kaufman
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin, illus. by James Dean
Can I Play too? by Mo Willems
At the Boardwalk, by Kelly Ramsdell Fineman
My Daddy is a Pretzel by Baron Baptiste
The Real Princess: A Mathemagical Tale, written by Brenda Williams
The Story Tree by Hugh Lupton.
Otis books by Loren Long
A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson
Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
Hooray for Fish! By Lucy Cousins
Is It Big or Is It Little? by Claudia Rueda
Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli
First Grade
Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton; illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Penny and Her Song by Kevin Henkes
If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen
Labracadabra by Jessie Nelson and Karen Leigh Hopkins
Suryia and Roscoe: The True Story of an Unlikely Friendship by Dr. Bhagavan Antle
Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade by Stephanie Green
Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures: by Sara Pennypacker
The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Ernst
Zelda and Ivy: Keeping Secrets by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Little Dog Lost by Monica Carnesi
Olivia by Ian Falconer
books by Ryan T. Higgins
books by Mo Willems
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Otis books by Loren Long
Second Grade
Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet
Chirchir Is Singing by Kelly Cunnane
Fly Guy books by Tedd Arnold
Henry and Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
The Adventures of Taxi Dog
by Debra Barracca
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Little Red Riding Hood by Lisa Ernst
Zelda and Ivy by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Bad Dog, Marley! by John Grogan
Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea: A Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of Pants by Tony Johnston
Third Grade
Meanwhile by Jason Shiga
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
by Beverly Cleary,
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee (series)
Mercy Watson books by Kate DiCamillo
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories about Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka
Sidekicks by Dan Santat
How to Eat Fried Worms
by Thomas Rockwell
Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows
Geronimo Stilton series
Hachiko Waits by Leslea Newman
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies (series)
Ice-Cream Cones for Sale by Elaine Greenstein
The Never Girls by Kiki Thorpe
Fourth Grade
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Bailey's Story by W. Bruce Cameron and others
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Poppy by Avi
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Di Camillo
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
The Boy Who Painted Dragons by Demi
The Not-Just-Anybody Family by Betsy Byars
Great Stone Face titles
Fifth Grade
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Holes by Louis Sachar
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Hunt
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Pierce
Treasure Hunters by James Patterson
Out of my Mind by Sharon M. Draper
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
100 Most Dangerous Things by Anna Claybourne
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
Great Stone Face titles
Sixth Grade
The War That Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
The Incredible Journey
by Sheila Burnford
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
by Lynn Curlee
The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
by Chris Colfer
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman
Great Stone Face titles
Summer fun:
*Check with our local Kensington Public Library for local special programs, deals and ideas!