Book Suggestions
Independent reading at home should be enjoyable for students. The books listed below are suggestions of books that students may like to read on their own at home. If your child does not like reading a book, it is okay for him or her to abandon a book. Finding books that children like to read and want to read is a huge step in creating children who become life-long readers.
Good Books for First Graders
BOB books by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Big Dog and Little Dog series by Dav Pilkey
Tiny series by Cari Meister
Puppy Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant
Ollie the Stomper by Olivier Dunrea
Gossie and Gertie books by Olivier Dunrea
Pig and Pug by Laura Marchesani
Robot, Go Bot! by Dana Meachen Rau
Biscuit books by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
National Geographic Kids Pre-Reader books such as Jump, Pup!, Play, Kitty! and Hop, Bunny!
Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin
Sports Illustrated Kids Starting Line Readers such as Baseball Buzz and Basketball Break by C.C. Coven
Mo Jackson book series by David A. Adler (Sports)
Fly Guy books by Tedd Arnold
Good Books for Second Graders
Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems
Pigeon series by Mo Willems
Don't Throw It to Mo! and other Mo Jackson books by David A. Adler
Young Cam Jansen series by David A. Adler
Poppleton series by Cynthia Rylant
Mr. Putter and Tabby series by Cynthia Rylant
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
Katie Woo series by Fran Manushkin
Aggie and Ben series by Lori Ries
Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo
Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey
Zinc Alloy vs. Frankenstein by Donald B. Lemke
Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot series by Dav Pilkey
Pinky and Rex Ready-to-Read Series by James Howe
Good Books for Third Graders
Mrs. Noodlekugel by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Narwhal and Jelly graphic novels by Ben Clanton
Princess in Black series by Dean Hale and Shannon Hale
Ivy & Bean series by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall
Surviving Brick Johnson by Laurie Myers
The PS Brothers by Maribeth Boelts
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
Daisy Dawson series by Steve Voake
Clementine series by Sarah Pennypacker
My Father's Dragon series by Ruth Stiles Gannett
My Weird School series by Dan Gutman
Black Lagoon Adventure series by Mike Thaler
The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin
Geronimo Stilton series by Elisabetta Dami
Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine
Dragon Masters series by Tracey West
Good Books for Fourth Graders
The New Kid by Jerry Craft
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Books by Roald Dahl:
Fantastic Mr. Fox
James and the Giant Peach
The Big Finger
Whatever After series by Sarah Mylnowski
I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis
Rescue Dog series by Jane B. Mason
The Terrible Two series by Mac Barnett and Jory John
Who Was...? series by different authors
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
The Baby-sitter's Club series by Raina Telgemeier (graphic novels)
Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan