For incoming grades
Kindergarten
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
If You Give A Pig A Party by Laura Numeroff
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle
“I Can Read” readers
Clifford series by Norman Birdwell
Little Critter series by Mercer Mayer
Biscuit Books by Alyssa Capucilli
1st Grade
Margie Palatini books
Kate McMullan books, especially Fluffy
Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood
A Cat and A Dog by Claire Masurel and Bob Kolar
Can Jansen series by David Adler
Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold
Amelia Bedelia Series by Peggy Parish
2nd Grade
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Mercy Watson books by Chris Van Dusen
How Not to Babysit Your Brother by Cathy Hapka and Ellen Titlebaum
Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown by Paula Danzinger
Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper
Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald
Stink Series by Megan McDonald
Down Girl and Sit by Lucy Nolan
Marvin Redpost Series by Louis Sachar
Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin
Arthur series by Marc Brown
Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
3rd Grade
Ten Kids and No Pets by Ann M. Martin
Eleven Kids and One Summer by Ann M. Martin
Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling
Wayside School books by Louis Sachar
Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene
Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost by Cornelia Funke
Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka
Bud, Not Buddy by Christpoher Paul Curtis
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Miss Daisy is Crazy! By Dan Gutman
Babymouse series by Jennifer Holm
4th Grade
Dripping Fang Series by Dan Greenburg
Jerry Spinelli books
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lilly’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Savvy by Ingrid Law
5th Grade
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
*Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton
*Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
*Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
*more difficult – I would encourage a parent to read with the child.