Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List BR-99 As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR 10 30 60 60 AD70 80 80 Title Clifford Makes a Friend In the Tall, Tall Grass Inside Outside Upside Down Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? Are You My Mother? Messy Bessy’s Garden I Stink! My Friend Rabbit We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Great Day for Up David Goes to School Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Whose Mouse Are You? Green Eggs and Ham The Stray Dog The Class Pet from the Black Lagoon Olivia Saves the Circus Biscuit and the Little Pup Amelia Bedelia and the Baby Author Norman Bridwell Denise Fleming Stan Berenstain Eric Carle P.D. Eastman Pat McKissack Kate McMullan Eric Rohmann Michael Rosen Dr. Seuss David Shannon Simms Taback Robert Kraus Dr. Seuss Marc Simont Mike Thaler Ian Falconer Alyssa Satin Cupucilli Peggy Parish AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed. Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List 100-190 As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile 100 120 130 AD130 130 130 140 140 140 150 150 AD160 160 160 170 170 170 180 180 180 190 190 Title Froggy Plays Soccer Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale The Very Busy Spider Bark, George Nate the Great Dinosaur Day Little Critter Arthur’s Reading Race Amelia Bedelia Wolf’s Coming! Inspector Hopper Click, Clack, Moo; Cows That Type Curious George in the Big City The Bear’s Vacation Diary of a Wombat Planting a Rainbow Charlie the Ranch Dog It Looked Like Spilt Milk One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Hondo & Fabian To The Beach Trains Author Jonathan London Mo Willems Eric Carle Jules Feiffer Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Ruth Thomson Mercer Mayer Marc Brown Peggy Parish Joe Kulka Doug Cushman Doreen Cronin H.A. Rey Jan and Stan Berenstain Jackie French Lois Ehlert Ree Drummond Charles Green Shaw Dr. Seuss Peter McCarty Linda Ashman Anne Rockwell AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed. Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List 200-290 As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile 200 200 210 210 230 230 230 AD240 AD240 240 240 250 250 250 260 270 AD270 270 280 AD280 AD280 290 Title Danny and the Dinosaur Fox and His Friends The Golly Sisters Go West Inch by Inch How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon Curious George at the Beach The Clue at the Zoo Llama Llama Misses Mama If You Take a Mouse to the Movies Dinosaurs Before Dark Counting at the Zoo Franklin’s Birthday Party Junie B., First Grader (at last!) Abraham Lincoln Young Cam Jansen and the Baseball Mystery Velociraptor My Lucky Day A Fly Went By North Carolina ( A Rookie Read Book) Bad Kitty Bear Snores On Don’t Need Friends Author Syd Hoff Edward Marshall Betsy Byars Leo Lionni Jane Yolen H.A. Rey Patricia Reilly Giff Anna Dewdney Laura Joffe Numeroff Mary Pope Osborne Amy Rauen Paulette Bourgeois Barbara Park Pamela Walker David A. Adler Carol Lindeen Keiko Kasza Mike McClintock Linda Crotta Brennan Nick Bruel Karma Wilson Carolyn Crimi AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed. Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List 300-390 As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile AD300 300 AD330 330 340 340 350 350 AD350 360 AD360 360 370 370 370 370 380 380 390 390 390 Title Bad Boys Meet the Boxcar Children Katie Loves the Kittens Frog and Toad Together The Doorbell Rang Miss Nelson is Missing Magic School Bus Wet All Over Henry and Mudge New York’s Bravest Smoky Night Diary of a Worm Kitten’s First Full Moon Freckle Juice Owen Where’s the Big Bad Wolf Punctuation Takes a Vacation Stingbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea How Santa Got His Job Peter’s Chair Mercy Watson Fights Crime Splat the Cat Author Margie Palatini Gertrude Chandler Warner John Himmelman Arnold Lobel Pat Hutchins Harry G. Allard Joanna Cole Cynthia Rylant Mary Pope Osborne Eve Bunting Doreen Cronin Kevin Henkes Judy Blume Kevin Henkes Eileen Christelow Robin Pulver Vera Williams Stephen Krensky Ezra Jack Keats Kate DiCamillo Rob Scotton AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed. Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List 400-490 As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile 400 400 420 420 420 430 430 440 460 450 450 450 450 460 460 470 470 AD480 490 490 490 490 Title My Soccer Book Gus and Grandpa The Falcon’s Feathers (A to Z Mysteries) The Josefina Story Quilt The Great Fuzz Frenzy Who is Melvin Bubble Horrible Harry and the Dragon War BOB Sideways Stories of Wayside School Kangaroos Fire Trucks Amelia Earhart (A Rookie Biography) Don’t Fidget a Feather! Chrysanthemum Salt in His Shoes Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Library Lion The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Digging Up Dinosaurs Judy Moody Gets Famous Little Camp of Horrors Pinky and Rex Author Gail Gibbons Claudia Mills Ron Roy Eleanor Coerr Susan Stevens Crummel Nick Bruel Suzy Kline Tracey Campbell Pearson Louis Sachar Sara Kras Mary Lindeen Wil Mara Erica Silverman Kevin Henkes Deloris Jordan Judy Blume Michelle Knudsen Mordicai Gerstein Aliki Megan McDonald R. L. Stine James Howe AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed. Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List 500-590 As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile 500 500 500 510 510 520 520 530 530 540 AD540 540 540 540 AD540 540 550 550 560 560 AD560 570 570 570 570 580 590 590 Title Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball Gaston Absent Author August Acrobat Flora and Ulysses Timmy Failure Judy Moody Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye Bad Case of Stripes Betty Doll The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top: A Book About Volcanoes About Volcanoes Duke 14 Cows to America Traction Man Meets Turbodog Go Away Big Green Monster Stone Fox Sarah, Plain and Tall Math Curse Scaredy Squirrel The Doll People The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk Love, Ruby Lavender The One and Only Ivan Dragon of the Red Dawn (Magic Tree House) Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear I survived #2: The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Author David A. Adler David A. Adler Kelly DiPucchio Ron Roy Ron Roy Kate DiCamillo Stephen Pastis Megan McDonald Geronimo Stilton David Shannon Patricia Polacco Gail Herman and Joanna Cole Joanna Cole Kirby Larson Carmen Agra Deedy Mini Grey Ed Emberley John R. Gardiner Patricia MacLachlan Jon Scieszka Melanie watt Ann M. Martin Donald J. Sobol Deborah Wiles K.A. Applegate Mary Pope Osborne Lindsay Mattick Lauren Tarshis AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed. Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List 600-690 As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile 600 610 610 620 620 630 630 630 630 640 640 640 650 650 650 650 650 650 660 660 AD660 AD670 670 670 670 680 680 690 690 Title Pink and Say Fireworks in the FBI (Capital Mysteries) The Last Stop on Market Street What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? Tsunami! Gregor the Ovelander (The Underland Chronicles) Time Warp Trio The Old Willis Place The Lemonade War The Hero Two Doors Down Fly Guy Presents: Bats The Stranger Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears Leprechauns Don’t Play Basketball (Bailey School Kids) Jedi Academy I Survived the Japanese Tsunami Meet Kirsten, an American Girl The Canoe Trip Mystery (Box Car Children) Ruby Holler Horses! The Dark An Egg is Quiet Poppy World According to Humphrey Tale of Despereaux The Homework Machine Amazing Grace Things Not Seen Ranger in Time Author Patricia Polacco Ron Roy Matt de la Pena Steve Jenkins Kimiko Kajikawa Suzanne Collins Jon Scieszka Mary Downing Hahn Jacqueline Davies Sharon Robinson Tedd Arnold Chris Van Allsburg Cornelia Cornelissen Debbie Dadey Jeffrey Brown Lauren Tarshis Janet Beeler Shaw Gertrude Chandler Warner Sharon Creech Gail Gibbons Lemony Snicket Dianna Hutts Aston Avi Betty Birney Kate Dicamillo Dan Gutman Mary Hoffman Andrew Clements Kate Messner AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed. Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List 700-790 As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile Title 700 700 710 710 720 720 720 720 AD720 730 730 740 740 740 740 740 AD740 750 750 760 760 770 770 770 770 780 780 780 780 790 790 Bunnicula: Rabbit Tale of Mystery How to Steal a Dog Who was Paul Revere? (Who was biography) The Joplin Tornado, 2011 (I Survived) A Long Walk to Water Tsunamis & Other Natural Disasters: Magic Tree House Companion Sea Turtles Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Bats at the Library A Nest for Celeste The Day the Crayons Quit How Tia Lola Came to Stay My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson) Stella Starlight The Dragonet Prophecy: Wings of Fire The Lemonade Club Ghost Soldier When You Reach Me The School Story Abduction Tuck Everlasting Chasing Vermeer Walk Two Moons The Contract Rules Blue Lawn Boy The Cricket in Times Square Mrs. Frisby & The Rats of NIMH Wonder Author Deborah & James Howe Barbara O’Conner Sharon Moore Lauren Tarshis Linda Sue Park Mary Pope Osborne Gail Gibbons Chris Grabestein Brian Lies Henry Cole Drew Daywalt Julia Alvarez Mo O’Hara Rick Riordan Sharon Draper Tui T. Sutherland Patricia Polacco Elaine Marie Alphin Rebecca Stead Andrew Clements Peg Kehret Natalie Babbitt Blue Balliett Sharon Creech Derek Jetter Cynthia Lord Joyce Hostetter Gary Paulsen George Selden Robert O’Brien R.J. Placio AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed. Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List 800-890 As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile 800 800 800 810 820 820 820 820 830 830 AD830 830 840 840 850 860 850 860 870 870 Title The Penderwicks The Last Holiday Concert The Little House Series Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Ramona The Brave Kenny and the Dragon The Invention of Hugo Cabret Mania Magee The Summer of the Swans Frindle Snowflake Bentley Becoming Naomi Leon Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries Matilda Football Hurricanes! Anne of Green Gables A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson Petite Rouge A Cajun Red Riding Hood A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray Author Jeanne Birdsall Andrew Clements Laura Ingles Wilder Roald Dahl Beverly Cleary Tony DiTerlizzi Brian Selznick Jerry Spinelli Betsy Byars Andrew Clements Jacqueline Briggs Martin Pam Muñoz Ryan Don Brown Roald Dahl Mike Kennedy Gail Gibbons L.M. Montgomery Michelle Y. Green Mike Artell Ann M. Martin AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed. Revised 2016 Elementary Suggested Summer Reading List 900 and Up As with any reading list, these are just suggestions. Reading choices should not be limited to only these books. The Lexile measure is based on the difficulty of text ONLY. Parents are encouraged to preview books for appropriate content. You should also consider the student’s individual interests. Lexile 900 910 910 AD910 AD920 920 920 AD940 950 950 Title The Middle of Somewhere Mr. Popper’s Penguins Dear Mr. Henshaw Beacons of Light: Lighthouses Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship The Keeping Quilt Stuart Little The Relative Came Bud, Not Buddy Everything on a Waffle How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships AD970 1000 1010 1010 1020 1020 1070 1070 1080 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Island of the Blue Dolphins Love That Dog The Egypt Game Hatchet The Best School Year Ever Savvy Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Actual Size Author J.B. Cheaney Richard & Florence Atwater Beverly Cleary Gail Gibbons Hatkoff and Paula Kahumbu Patricia Polacco E.B. White Cynthia Rylant Christopher Paul Curtis Polly Horvath Steve Jenkins Judith Viorst Scott O’Dell Sharon Creech Zilpha Keatley Snyder Gary Paulsen Barbara Robinson Ingrid Law Betty Bard MacDonald Steve Jenkins AD means adult directed. This indicates that some words may be above the Lexile level. The adult may want to read the book with the child to assist as needed.
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