Woodland Summer Reading Lists 2022
Rising Senior Kindergarten
Choose two of the following:
I Like Bugs by Margaret Wise Brown
Cooking with the Cat by Bonnie Worth
Mouse Loves School by Lauren Thompson
If you feel that your child is reading above grade level, here are a couple of choices for you to consider:
Pig and Pug by Laura Marchesani and Zenaides Medina Jr.
Rising 1st Grade
Choose two of the following:
Go, Cub! National Geographic Pre-Reader by Susan B. Neuman- Copyright 2014 (AR 0.8)
Blackout by John Rocco- Copyright 2011 (AR 1.0)
Hooray for Hat! by Brian Won- Copyright 2017 (AR 1.4)
Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw- Copyright 2011 (AR 1.9)
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell- Copyright 2017 (AR 2.2)
The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania Al Abdullah- Copyright 2010 (AR 2.9)
Rising 2nd Grade
Choose two of the following:
I Will Be Fierce by Bea Birdsong (1.8)
Be a Friend by Salina Yoon (1.9)
Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris (2.2)
The Bird and Squirrel (series) by James Burks (2.3)
The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds (2.4)
Dear Dragon by Josh Funk (2.8)
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco (3.1)
Stone Soup by Ann McGovern (3.1)
Critter Club (series) by Callie Barkley (3.2)
Dragon Masters (series) by Tracey West (3.2-3.5)
Rising 3rd Grade
Required:
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary BL 3.3
Choose at least one of the following as well:
Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed BL: 3.0
Sideway Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar BL: 3.3
Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume BL: 3.3
Summer Reading is Killing Me by Jon Scieszka BL: 3.9
Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies BL: 4.1
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl BL: 4.1
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr BL: 4.1
Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith BL: 4.2
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo BL: 4.4
Rising 4th Grade
Choose TWO of the following:
Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker (AR 4.5)
Frindle by Andrew Clements (AR 5.4)
Einstein the Class Hamster by Tashjian (AR 4.5) (Not available through Novel)
Judy Moody, Girl Detective by Megan McDonald (AR 3.5)
Ramona's World by Beverly Cleary (AR 4.8)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (AR 3.3)
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made by Stephan Pastis (AR 3.8)
Trapped in a Video Game: Book One by Dustin Brady (AR 4.3)
Rising 5th grade
Required Reading: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Choose one:
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjin
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
Rising 6th Grade
Required Reading: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Choose One:
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddox
Pilgrim's Progress: John Bunyan's Classic Story Adapted for Children by Anna Trimiew (Not available through Novel)
The Twenty-one Balloons by William Pène du Bois
Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty (Not available through Novel)
The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo
Rising 7th Grade
Required Reading: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Choose one:
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
Through My Eyes: A Quarterback's Journey by Tim Tebow (Not available through Novel)
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA by Brenda Woods
Rising 8th Grade
Required: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Choose one:
A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen