Summer Reading

Summer Reading Resources

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!