Book Recommendations

Grade 1 (incoming Grade 2)

  1. Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson
  2. Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
  3. Amelia Bedelia Series by Peggy Parish
  4. The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
  5. Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger
  6. Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Krauss
  7. Ivy + Bean by Annie Barrows
  8. Clementine by Sara Penny Packer
  9. Baseball Ballerina by Kathryn Cristaldi
  10. Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurice Halse Anderson

Grade 2 (incoming Grade 3)

  1. Helen Keller’s Teacher by Margaret Davidson
  2. The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
  3. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
  4. The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Fluornoy
  5. Bedtime for Frances by Russel and Lilian Hoban
  6. Franklin Says Sorry by Paulette Bourgeois
  7. Second-Grade Friends by Miriam Cohen
  8. Frog and Toad Series by Arnold Lobel
  9. Curious George Takes a Job by H.A. Rey
  10. Alligator Baby by Robert Munsch

Grade 3 (incoming Grade 4)

  1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  2. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. Weiss
  3. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  4. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
  5. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
  6. Tropical Rainforest by April Pulley Sayre
  7. Are Mountains Growing Taller? By Melvin and Gilda Berger
  8. Math Rashes and Other Classroom Tales by Douglas Evans
  9. Endangered Animals by Lynn Stone
  10. Beyond the Sunrise by Ben Baglio

Grade 4 (incoming Grade 5)

  1. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
  2. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
  3. Frindle by Andrew Clements
  4. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Montgomery
  5. The Fast and the Furriest by Andy Behrens
  6. Class Clown by Johanna Hurwitz
  7. Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford
  8. Marie Curie by Keith Brandt
  9. Can It Rain Cats and Dogs? By Melvin Berger
  10. Do Stars Have Points? By Melvin Berger

Grade 5 (incoming Grade 6)

  1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  2. Holes by Louise Sachar
  3. Treasure Island by R.L. Stevenson
  4. Rules by Cynthia Lord
  5. Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi
  6. The Orphan of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff
  7. The Fledgling by Jane Langton
  8. The Jacket by Andrew Clements
  9. The Story of Amelia Earhart by Patricia Lauber
  10. What Do Sharks Eat for Dinner? By Melvina nd Gilda Berger

Grade 6 (incoming Grade 7)

  1. The Giver by Lois Lowry
  2. Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Montgomery
  3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  4. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
  5. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
  6. Little Women by Louise May Alcott
  7. Anne Frank Beyond the Diary by Ruud van der Rol
  8. Amazing But True Sports Stories by Phyllis Hollander
  9. Planet Earth by Kenneth Davis
  10. Antarctica by Walter Dean Myers

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