Summer Reading List K-2
Summer Reading List for Kids Entering Grades K – 2
Kindergarten
1. The Night Before Kindergarten – Natasha Wing
2. The Kissing Hand – Penn
3. When Stella Was Very, Very Small – Marie-Louise Gay
3. The Twelve Days of Kindergarten: A Counting Book
4. Owen – Kevin Henkes
5. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse – Kevin Henkes
6. I Have to Go – Munsch
7. Thomas’ Snowsuit – Munsch
8. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me – Eric Carle
9. The Very HUngry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
10 .The Tiny Seed – Eric Carle
11. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See – Eric Carle
12. Summer – Alice Low
13. Goodnight Moon – Hurd
14. Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late- Williems
15. Adding It Up- Rosemary Wells
16. Hop On Pop- Dr. Seuss
17. Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak
18. How I Became a Pirate – Long
19. Oh the Things That You Can Do That Are Good For You – Tish Rabe
First Grade
1. Chrysanthemum – Kevin Henkes
2. Tacky the Penguin – Helena Lester
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Barett
4. Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon – Patty Lovell
5. The Empty Pot – Demi
6. Amazing Grace – Hoffman
7. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse – Henkes
8. The Paperbag Princess- Munsch
9. 50 Below Zero – Munsch
10. LIttle Rubber Ducks – Eric Carle
11. Summer – Alice Low
12. Green Eggs and Ham – Dr. Seuss
13. The Grouchy Ladybug – Eric Carle
14. The Lorax – Dr. Seuss
15. Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late- Williems
16. There is a Nightmare in My Closet- Mercer Mayer
17. There is No Place Like Space- Tish Rabe
18. Amber on the Mountain- Johnston
19. Owen- Henkes
20. Princess and the Pea – Lauren Child
21. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book – Child
Second Grade
1. Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris – Jane O’Connor
2. The Empty Pot – Demi
3. Wemberly Worried – Kevin Henkes
4. Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon – Lovell
5. The Paperbag Princes
6. The Lorax- Dr. Seuss
7. The Rainbow Fish – Pfister
8. Friend or Fiend? – Judy Blume
9. Pirates Past Noon – Magic Tree House
10. Magic Tree House Series
11. Junie B. Jones Series
12. The Magic School Bus Series
