Summer Reading

ELEMENTARY SUMMER RECOMMENDED READING LISTS

Going into Kindergarten

  • Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
  • The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
  • Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
  • Any of the Biscuit Books

Going into 1st Grade

  • Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel 
  • Pete The Cat Books by Eric Litwin
  • Any Dr. Seuss Books 

Going into 2nd Grade

  • Amelia Bedelia Books
  • Junie B. Jones Books 
  • Magic Treehouse Books 

Going into 3rd Grade

  • The Drinking Gourd by F. N. Monjo 
  • Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
  • The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh

Going into 4th Grade

  • Stuart Little by E.B. White
  • Trumpet Of The Swan by E.B. White
  • Little House In The Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Going into 5th Grade

  • A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
  • Number The Stars by Lois Lowry 
  • The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Going into 6th Grade

  • The Tale of Troy by Roger Lancelyn Green
  • Amos Fortune: Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
  • The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo 

SECONDARY SUMMER RECOMMENDED READING LISTS

Going into 7th/8th Grade

  • William Carey: Obliged to Go from the Christian Heroes Now and Then Series.
  • Elizabeth Elliot: Joyful Surrender from the Christian Heroes Now and Then Series

Going into 9th/10th Grade

  •  Tall Tales and Half Truths of Pat Garrett (American Legends) by John LeMay

Going into 11th/12th Grade

  • Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
  • The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara