Recommended Summer Reading for Elementary Students, by Amy Sauls, Lead Media Specialist

Here are some suggestions to keep your elementary students engaged in reading this summer!

The following book series are recommended for first and second-graders:

Dr. Seuss Books

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That by Tish Rabe and Bonnie Worth

The Cat in the Hat Learning Library

Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

Calendar Mysteries by Ron Roy

A – Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew by Carolyn Keene

Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

Little Bear by Maurice Sendak

These series are suggested for third through fifth-graders:

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Little Women and Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon

Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

American Girl by various authors

Dear America by various authors

Great Illustrated Classics by various authors

Who Was/Is…? What Was…? by various authors

Three Cousins Detective Club by Elspeth Campbell Murphy