Summer Reading Suggestions

Baby to 3 years

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Pam Adams

Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton

The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting Adventure by Doreen Cronin

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabetical Adventure by Doreen Cronin

Jamberry by Bruce Degen

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

Are You My Mommy? by Philip D. Eastman

Olivia’s Opposites by Ian Falconer

Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth

Where’s Spot? By Eric Hill

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.

Guess How Much I love You by Sam McBratney

Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise

3 to 8 Years Read Aloud

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry G. Allard

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

The Hat by Jan Brett

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell

Arthur Books by Marc Brown

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Brown

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

Verdi by Janell Cannon

Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin

Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin

Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin

Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola

Corduroy by Don Freeman

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Olivia Books by Ian Falconer

Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

How Much is a Million by Steven Kellogg

Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg

Library Lil by Steven Kellogg

Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg

Pinkerton, Behave! by Steven Kellogg

The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Steven Kellogg

The Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg

You Are Special by Max Lucado

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

I was so Mad (other Little Critter Series) by Mercer Mayer

You’re All My Favorites by Sam McBratney

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth

 If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper

The Rainbow Fish by Marcys Pfister

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Curious George by H.A. Rey

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Big Plans by Bob Shea

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

Slyvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe

Baby Tamer by Mark Teague

How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague

Pigsty by Mark Teague

The Field Beyond the Outfield by Mark Teague

The Lost and Found by Mark Teague

The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? By Jane Yolen and Mark Teague

Eloise by Kay Thompson

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood

5-7 Years Early Readers

Bears in the Night by Stan Bernstain

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig by Kate DiCamillo

Big Dog, Little Dog by P.D. Eastman

Go, Dog, Go! By P.D. Eastman

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You? By Dr. Seuss

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire

Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald

Stink Series (Stink The Incredible Shrinking Kid and Stink Incredible Super-Galatic
            Jawbreaker) by Megan McDonald

The Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne

Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park (Younger kids like this series read aloud too)

Amelia Bedilia by Herman Perish

Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

8-10 Years Reading List

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

Freckle Juice by Judy Bloom

Fudge by Judy Bloom

A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Beverly Clearly

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Clearly

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Matilda by Ronald Dahl

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitshugh

Bunnicula Series by James Howe

The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kiney

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg by Gail Carson Levine

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

The Plant that Ate Dirty Socks by Nancy McArthur

The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky (Poems)

Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar

There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom by Louis Sachar

Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald J. Sobol

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

11-14 Years Reading List

Girl

Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

Book of A Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

The Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Beauty by Robin McKinley

My Fair Godmother by Janette Raillison

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Flipped by Wendelin VanDraanen

Unisex

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (about the Holocaust)

Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Boy

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Holes by Lous Sachar

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

14-18 Years Reading List

Girl

The Selection by Kiera Cass

Matched by Ally Condie

Stork by Wendy Delsol

Before Midnight: A retelling of Cinderella by Cameron Dokey

Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

Safekeeping by Karen Hesse

A Countess Below the Stairs by Eva Ibbotson

Firelight by Sophie Jordan

The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

The Host by Stephanie Meyer

Geek Charming by Robin Palmer

Defiance by C.J. Redwine

Pizza, Love and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous by Kathryn Williams

Confessions of a Serial Kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen

Jackaroo by Cynthia Voigt

On Fortune’s Wheel by Cynthia Voigt

Unisex

Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Starters by Lissa Price

Boy

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series by Douglas Adams

The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

White Fang by Jack London

Classics

Beowulf by Anonymous

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Illiad by Homer

The Odyssey by Homer

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Animal Farm by George Orwell

1984 by George Orwell

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Female Adult Reads

Fun Reads

Edenbrook by Julianne Donaldson

The Other Mr. Darcy by Monica Fairview

Austenland by Shannon Hale

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Classics

Emma by Jane Austin

Persuasion by Jane Austin

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Evelina by Fanny Burney (pre-Austin woman writer)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy

House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Historical Reads

Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World’s Greatest Chocolate Makers by Deborah Cadbury

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph Ellis

Nonfiction

How to Stop Worrying and How to Start Living by Dale E. Carnegie