Summer Reading List

Infants to preschool

• The very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
• Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do you See?, by Bill Martin Jr.
• The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister
• Corduroy, by Don Freeman
• Guess How Much I Love You, by Sam Mcbratney
• Each Peach Pear Plum, by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
• Guess How Much I Love You, by Sam McBratney & Anita Jeram
• Peepo!, by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
• Maisy’s Bus, by Lucy Cousins
• The Baby’s Catalogue, by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
• That’s Not My Dinosaur, Fiona Watt & Rachel Wells
• Where’s Spot?, by Eric Hill
• Is It bedtime Wiggly Pig?, by Mick Inkpen
• Peek-A-Boo, by Jan Ormerod
• We’re going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury
• Room On The Broom, by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
• Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell
• The Tiger Who Came To Tea, by Judith Kerr
• Hairy Maclary From Donalson’s Dairy, by Lynley Dodd
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
• The Cat In The Hat, by Dr Seuss
• Owl Babies, by Patrick Benson
• Alfie Gets In First, by Shirley Hughes
• Peace At Last, by Jill Murphy

4-8 Years

• Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss
• The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss
• Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
• Oh, The Places You’ll Go, by Dr. Seuss
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by John Archambault
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
• The Lorax by, Dr. Seuss
• Are You My Mother, by Philip D. Eastman
• One Fish Two Fish Read Fish Blue Fish, by Dr. Seuss
• Horton Hatches the Egg, by Dr. Seuss
• The little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper
• Curious George McDonald Partridge, by Mem Fox
• Amelia Bedelia, by Peggy Parish
• Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina
• Clifford, the Big Red Dog, by Norman Bridwell
• Horton Hears a Who, By Dr. Suss
• The Paper Bag Princess, by Robert N. Munsch
• The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
• Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
• Winnie-The-Pooh, by A. A. Milne
• I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, by Lauren Child
• The Jolly Postman, by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
• A Magic Faraway Tree, by Enid Blyton
• No Matter What, by Debi Gliori
• Green Eggs And Ham, by Dr Seuss
• Dogger, by Shirley Hughes
• Mog The Forgetful Cat, by Judith Kerr

9-12 Years

• James and the Gaint Peach, by Ronald Dahl
• Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
• Spaced Out, by Stuart Gibbs
• Big Game, by Stuart Gibbs
• Spy School, by Stuart Gibbs
• Spy Camp, by Stuart Gibbs
• Evil Spy School, by Stuart Gibbs
• Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
• Scarlet, by Marissa Meyer
• Cress, by Marissa Meyer
• Winter, by Marissa Meyer
• Fairest, by Marissa Meyer
• Stars Above, by Marissa Meyer
• Reel Life Starring Us, by Lisa Greenwald
• Twelve, by Lauren Myracle
• Thirteen, by Lauren Myracle
• Thirteen Plus One, by Lauren Myracle
• Poached, by Stuart Gibbs
• Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas
• HOMS
• Looking for Alaska, by John Green
• Paper Towns, by John Green
• Lords of the Flies, by William Golding
• An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
• Will Grayson Will, by John Green

All Ages

• The Giving tree, by Shel Silverstein

Books About Me

• I Like Me! by Nancy L. Carlson
• I Like to Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
• The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
• My Five Senses by Aliki
• Owen by Kevin Henkes
• When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer

Series Books

• Magic Tree House, Mary Pope Osborne
• And I Mean It, Stanley by Crosby Bonsall
• Arthur series by Marc Brown
• A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon
• Berenstain Bear series by Jan and Stan Berenstain
• Franklinseries by Paulette Bourgeois
• Froggy series by Jonathan London
• Grren Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
• Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
• Little Critter series by Mercer Mayer
• Morris the Moose by Bernard Wiseman
• Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
• Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
• The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Family Stories

• Just Me Books by Mercer Mayer
• Mama Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse

Predictable Books

• Curious George by H.A. Rey
• Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
• The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
• Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

Caldecott Winners and Honor Books

• Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
• Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
• More, More, More Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams
• Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
• Swimmy by Leo Lionni

Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes

• James Marshall’s Mother Goose by James Marshall
• My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells
• Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose by Tomie dePaola

Folktales and Fairy Tales

• Chiken Little by Steven Kellogg
• The Hare and the Tortoise by Brian Wildsmith
• Henny Penny by H. Werner Zimmermann
• The Little Red Hen by Margot Zemach
• The Three Bears by Paul Galdone
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter Christen Asbjornsen
• Three Little Pigs by James Marshall
• The Three Little Pigs by Rodney Peppe

Math in Picture Books

• How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz
• One Potato: A Counting Book of Potato Prints by Diana
• Ten Sly Piranhas by William Wise
• When Sheep Cannot Sleep by Satoshi Kitamura

Category 1: Contemporary/Global

• Ghost by Jason Reynolds
• Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
• Tangerine by Edward Bloor
• A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
• Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka
• Walk Two Monns by Sharon Creech
• Zazoo by Richard Mosher

Category 2: Historical/Classics

• Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jachueline Kelly
• The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
• Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals

Category 3: Fantasy

• Abarat by Clive Barker
• Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
• Dormia by Jake Halpen and Peter Kujawinski
• Dune by Frank Herbert
• Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Mistborn (Book One) by Brandon Sanderson
• The Underneath by Kathi Appelt