Summer Reading 2026

The summer reading assignments for students entering grades 1 through 8 are as follows:

First Grade

Students are not expected to read independently.  Parent/guardian may read/assist in reading at least FOUR of the following books:

  1. Bedtime for Frances – Russell Hoban
  2. The Alphabet Tree – Leo Lionni
  3. My Many Colored Days – Dr. Seuss
  4. A Bad Case of the Stripes – David Shannon
  5. The Kissing Hand – Audrey Penn
  6. Swimmy – Leo Lionni
  7. The Stray Dog- Marc Simont
  8. Henry in Love – Peter McCarty
  9. The Dot – Peter H. Reynolds
  10. If Kids Ran the World- Leo and Diane Dillon

Second Grade

Students are to read THREE books this summer.

   Read the following TWO books:

  1. The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal – Nick Seluk
  2. My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis – Paul Meisel

   Choose ONE from the list below:

  1. The Rough Patch – Brian Lies
  2. Frog and Toad – Arnold Lobel (any book in the series)
  3. Mercy Watson – Kate Di Camillo (any book in the series)

Third Grade

Please choose one picture book and one chapter book for a total of two books.

Picture Books (choose 1 or 2)

● Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
● Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs  by Tomie DePaola
● The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
● The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola
● You Never Heard of Willie Mays by Jonah Winter

Chapter books/series (choose 1 or 2)

● Bad Bella by Ali Standish
● Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott
● Any My Weird School title by Dan Gutman
● Any Wayside School title by Louis Sachar

Fourth Grade

Choose TWO of the following:
Flashback Four #1: The Lincoln Project by Dan Gutman
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech
Raffie on the Run by Jacqueline Resnick Raffie
Wish by Barbara O’Connor
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Fifth Grade

Choose TWO books from the following:

Aim by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Chasing Space Young Readers’ Edition by Leland Melvin
Holes by Louis Sachar
Loser by Jerry Spinelli
Sweeping Up the Heart by Kevin Henkes
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hammer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston
Weatherford
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

The students will complete a project on their chosen books when they return in September.

Sixth Grade

Recommended Reading

Seventh Grade

Please read the following:
Eleven by Tom Rogers
One book of choice

Eighth Grade

8th Grade Summer Reading