Elementary Summer Reading List

Just because summer is in full swing and school is a distant memory for your kids, it doesn't mean books have to be sit on the sidelines. Summer is the perfect time for you and the kids to sit under a shady tree and escape into a good book. Plus it will keep their reading skills up, but don't tell them that. Below is a great Elementary Summer Reading List to get you started.

Grade 1 Summer Reading List

Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach, by Melanie Watts

Pancakes for Supper, by Anne Isaacs, Illustrated by Mark Teague

Do Not Open this Book, by Michaela Muntean

How I Became a Pirate, by Melinda Long, Illustrated by David Shannon

Cowboy & Octopus, by Jon Scieszka, Illustrated by Lane Smith

Grade 2 Summer Reading List

Clue School: The Lost Lunch Mystery/The Case of the Missing Cat, by Cathy Hapka, Illustrated by Richard Torrey

Soupy Saturday with the Pain and the Great One, by Judy Blume, Illustrated by James Stevenson

My Dog May Be a Genius, by Jack Prelutsky, Illustrated by James Stevenson

Choose Your Own Adventure: Your Very Own Robot / Haunted House, by R.A. Montgomery

Encyclopedia Brown Super Slueth, by Donald J. Sobol, Illustrated by James Bernardin

Grade 3 Summer Reading List

Ghosthunters : Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness, by Cornelia Funke

Escape from the Carnivale: A Neverland Book, by Dave Barry; illustrated by Ridley Pearson

A Crazy Case of Robots, by Kenneth Oppel

Runaway Dolls, by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, Illustrated by Brian Selznick

Beezus and Ramona, by Beverly Cleary

Grade 4 Summer Reading List

Main Street, by Ann M. Martin

Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket

Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White; Pictures by Garth Williams

Simon Bloom, Gravity Keeper, by Michael Reisman

Grade 5 Summer Reading List

The Penderwicks, by Jeanne Birdsall

Sixty-Eight Rooms, by Marianne Malone

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney

Big Nate, In a Class By Himself, by Lincoln Peirce

Jack Plank Tells Tales, by Natalie Babbitt

Grade 6 Summer Reading List

Tunnels, by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, by Trenton Lee Stewart

Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer, by John Grisham

Ingraine the Brave, by Cornelia Funke

Even More Children's Miscellancy, by Guy MacDonald, Illustrated by Niki Catlow

For other great reads for kids, checkout our Kid's Book section. Summer reading doesn't have to just be for the kids. Why not join the EverythingMom Online National Book Club and enjoy a good book with friends.

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Posted by Carrie Anne in activities on June 28, 2010

Elementary Summer Reading List

Elementary Summer Reading List

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