GRADES 1 & 2
SUGGESTED
SUMMER READING LIST

LEVEL E

• Fishy Tales by Deborah Lock

• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

• The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

• Go, Dog, Go by P. D. Eastman

• I Like Fish by Margaret Wise Brown

• It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw

• Monkey See, Monkey Do by Marc Gave

• My Five Senses by Aliki

• Puppy Mudge Wants to Play by Cynthia Rylant

• Purple Is Part of a Rainbow by Carolyn Kowalczyk

• Saving Money by Tanya Thayer

• Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill

LEVEL F

• Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli

• Biscuit Needs a Friend by Alyssa Capucilli

• Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris

• A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy by David McPhail

• Catch Me If You Can by Bernard Most

• Cookie’s Week by Cyndy Ward

• Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? by Eric Carle

• Have You Seen the Crocodile? by Colin West

• It Started As a Seed by Alden Kelley

• Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox by Grace Maccarone

• Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch

• Mac and Cheese by Sarah Weeks

• Maple Trees by Marcia Freeman

• Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh

• Mouse Loves School by Lauren Thompson

• Pizza Party by Grace Maccarone

• Soccer Game! by Grace Maccarone

• Who Will Be My Friends? by Syd Hoff

LEVEL G

• Caring for Our Lizard by Anne Richards

• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss

• Cat and Dog by Else H. Minarik

• Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton

• First Grade, Here I Come by Nancy Carlson

• Giant Pandas by Marcia Freeman

• Harry Gets Ready for School by Harriet Ziefert

• I’m a Caterpillar by Jean Marzollo

• Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

• Mine’s the Best by Crosby Bonsall

• Nicky Upstairs and Down by Harriet Ziefert

• No, David! by David Shannon

• Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

• Spider’s Lunch by Joanna Cole

LEVEL H

• Daniel’s Mystery Egg by Alma Ada

• Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp by Syd Hoff

• A Day in the Life of a Firefighter by Linda Hayward

• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

• How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson

• Johnny Appleseed by Jane Kurtz

• A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Minarik

• Max Goes to the Zoo by Adria Klein

• The Night Before First Grade by Natasha Wing

• Pete the Cat’s Train Trip by James Dean

• Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig

• Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire

• Ready, Set, Go! by John Stadler

• Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

• Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff

• Surprise Puppy! by Judith Hodge

• Tale of a Tadpole by Karen Wallace

• We Are Best Friends by Aliki

• You’ll Soon Grow into Them, Titch by Pat Hutchins

LEVEL I

• All the Colors of the Rainbow by Allan Fowler

• Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman

• Big Dog, Little Dog by Philip D. Eastman

• Butterflies by Fran Howard

• Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaola

• Children Around the World by Donata Montanari

• A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni

• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

• Father Bear Comes Home by Else Minarik

• A Friend for Dragon by Dav Pilkey

• Go Away Dog by Joan Nodset

• How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen

• I Love Our Earth by Bill Martin, Jr.

• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

• Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus

• The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

• Messy Bessey’s Garden by Patricia McKissack

• Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons

• My Best Friend by Pat Hutchins

• My Tooth Is About to Fall Out by Grace Maccarone

• Napping House by Audrey Wood

• Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells

• Pinkalicious, Soccer Star by Victoria Kann

• There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer

• The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

• When I Was Little by Jamie Lee Curtis

LEVEL J

• Bones by Stephen Krensky

• Bugs for Lunch by Margery Facklam

• Cartwheel Katie by Fran Manushkin

• Clifford Takes a Trip by Norman Bridwell

• Corduroy’s Garden by Don Freeman

• Curious George Goes to an Ice Cream Shop by Margaret & H. A. Rey

• Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff

• Detective Dinosaur by James Skolfield

• The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

• Emma’s Strange Pet by Jean Little

• Fox on Stage by James Marshall

• The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

• Harriet Tubman by Catherine Nichols

• Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Zion

• The Horse in Harry’s Room by Syd Hoff

• How a Seed Grows by Helene Jordan

• Ish by Peter H. Reynolds

• Jamberry by Bruce Degen

• Just Enough Carrots by Stuart Murphy

• Last One in Is a Rotten Egg by Leonard Kessler

• Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

• Milton the Early Riser by Robert Kraus

• Minnie and Moo Go To Paris by Denys Cazet

• Morris Goes to School by Bernard Wiseman

• Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel

• No More Monsters for Me by Peggy Parish

• Norma Jean, Jumping Bean by Joanna Cole

• Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

• Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel

• Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel

• Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats

• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

• Stagestruck by Tomie dePaola

• There’s an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer

LEVEL J - SERIES

• Annie and Snowball by Cynthia Rylant

• Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant

• Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant

• Poppleton by Cynthia Rylant