Below is a recommended list of books for summer reading based on award-winning titles.  These books have been divided by grade level and a brief annotation is included in each title.

        Summer Reading Suggestions

                       Grades K-5

Grade K-1

Axelrod, Amy.  Pigs In The Pantry: Fun With Math and Cooking

Gregory, Valiska.  When Stories Fell Like Shooting Stars

Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad (series)

Lobel, Arnold Mouse Tales

McDonald, Megan Beezy At Bat

McDonald, Megan Beezy Magic

Marshall, James Fox Be Nimble (series)

Rylant, Cynthia Henry & Mudge (series)

Rylant, Cynthia Mr. Putter & Tabby (series)

Seuss, Dr.  Horton Hears A Who

 Grades 2/3

Aardema, Verna Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Allard, Harry Miss Nelson Is Missing (series)

Barrett, H. Judi Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Conrad, Pam Tub People (series)

Deutsch, Stacia and Rhody Cohon.  Blast to the Past. (series)

Martin, Bill Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom

Numeroff, Laura If you Give a Pig a Pancake (series)

Roy, Ron.  A to Z Mysteries (series)

Sage, Angie.  Araminta Spookie (series) 

Stanley, George E.  Third Grade Detectives (series)

Grades 4/5

Clements, Andrew.  Frindle

Dear America (series)

Helgerson, Joseph.  Horns and Wrinkles

Kinney, Jeff. Diary of A Wimpy Kid

L’Engle, Madeleine.  Wrinkle in Time (series)

My Name is America (series)

O’Brien, Robert. Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH

Sachar, Louis.  Wayside School (series)

Scieszka, Jon.  Summer Reading is Killing Me

Tang, Greg.  Math-terpieces

Weeks, Sarah.   Oggie Cooder