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