Keep your child's reading skills sharp by encouraging him or her to dive into books this summer!

Whether it's traveling to a hidden world behind a musty old wardrobe or delighting in the misdaventures of a shaggy neighborhood dog, summer is the perfect time for kids to exercise their imagintion by diving into a favorite book.

Too often, students stop reading for the summer and experience the "summer slide."  Students can lose up to two months of school year progress over the summer.  The solution is easy though.  Give your children ample opportunities to flex their reading muscles!  

Does your child need some help finding a good book?  Check out our summer reading list!

Kindergarten---

    Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
    Just The Way You Are by Max Lucado
    The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
    The Mitten by Jan Brett
    The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
    More Spaghetti, I Say by Rita Golden Gelman

1st grade—

       Falling Up by Shell Silverstein
       Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
       City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
       Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
       Fox At School by Edward Marshall
       El ‘Arbol Generoso by Shel Silverstein
       Platero by Juan Ramon      

2nd grade—

         The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
         The Return of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
         Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
         Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
         How Big is a Foot?  By Rolf Myller
         Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
         Something BIG Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky
         Un Caso Grave De Rayas by David Shannon
         La historia de Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles

3rd grade—

        The Adventures of Mark Twain by Mark Twain
        Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
        The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare
        The Runaway Horse, A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
        White House Dog by Martha Speaks series
        The Mouse and The Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

4th grade—Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulsen
       

       The Race Across America by Geronimo Stilton
        Pilgrim’s Progress  by Gary Schmidt
        James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
        Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
        Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park

5th grade—

        Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
        Swindle by Gordon Korman
        Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
        Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
        Sir Cumference by Cindy Neuschwander
        Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell