Entering Grades Kindergarten to 1st

The only requirements are that the parents read these stories aloud to their children prior to school starting in September.  These books are too difficult for a majority of our incoming kindergartners to read on their own.  Parental involvement is key.

Chrysanthemum

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Strega Nona

Curious George

Bunny Cakes

Froggy Goes to School

The Hat

Olivia

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile

Frog and Toad are Friends

The Cat in the Hat

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Entering Grades 1st to 3rd

Magic Tree House series

Junie B. Jones

The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Abuela

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride

Clementine

Ramona

Judy Moody

Fudge-a-Mania

Chet Gecko series

Amber Brown series

Stone Fox

Amelia Bedelia

Entering Grades 4th to 6th

4th Grade Summer Ideas Letter

4th Grade Required reading:

*Pasquala:  The Story of a California Indian Girl

by Gail Faber and Michele Lasagna

Plus TWO free choice books

Tale of Desperqux

Holes

Because of Winn Dixie

Charlotte's Web

Harry Potter

Chronicles of Narnia

Island of the Blue Dolphins

A Wrinkle in Time

Mouse and the Motorcycle

Loser

The Secret Garden

Bridge to Terabithis

Chasing Vermeer

Into the Wild

The High Power of Lucky

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Bone

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Detectives in Togas

The Phantom Tollbooth

Protector of the Small

Scorpio

Entering 6th

Required Reading

Series:

Nancy Drew

Lord of the Rings

Harry Potter

The Ashelys 2

Alex Ryder

Goose Bumps

Maximum Ride

Narnia

Peaches

Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy

Crushed

Brightly

Speak

Ask Angel

Eragon

Ark Angel

Eldest

The Giver

Lightning Thief

Scorpia

Inkheart

Warriors

Entering Grades 7th to 8th

The Giver

Where the Red Fern Grows

The Hobbit

Little Women

Tuck Everlasting

Stargirl

To Kill a Mockingbird

Martian Chronicles

Alex Rider series

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ender's Game

Flipped

The House of the Scorpion

Twilight

Diary of Anne Frank

Books written by Ann Rinaldi