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 WattsPancakes 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 TorreySoupy 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 FunkeEscape 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. MartinSeries 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 BirdsallSixty-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 WilliamsThe 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.