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Recommended Summer Reading Lists  - Websites

Updated for Summer 2009

Click on the grade levels below to browse composite lists for kindergarten through sixth grade.

Kindergarten First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth

 

Nancy Keene/ATN Reading Lists

This site has book lists organized by genre, read-alikes, read alouds, and author.

http://nancykeane.com/rl/

 

Wayland, Massachusetts School District

This site has lists categorized by grades and genres.

http://www.wayland.k12.ma.us/lib_media/elemsumread.html

 

Boulder Public Library

This is a kid-friendly site with lists categorized by topics and genres.

http://www.boulder.lib.co.us/youth/booklists/index.html

 

Fairfax County, Virginia Library System

This site has books organized by grade level.  It is easy to use.

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/reading/elem/gradedbooks.htm

 

International Reading Association

This site has “Choice Lists” with children’s choices, teachers’ choices, and young adult choices.

http://www.reading.org/Resources/Booklists.aspx

 

Boston Public Library

This site is a compilation of several area schools’ reading lists.  It is organized by grade levels.

http://www.bpl.org/kids/summerlists/index.htm

 

Parkway Summer Reading Lists 2009

These lists are organized by grade level.

http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/panda/subjectlinks/elemreading.html

 

Towns School for Boys

These lists include books geared toward intermediate grades boys, but girls would like them, too.

http://www.townschool.com/library/summer_reading.php

 

Association for Library Services to Children, a branch of the American Library Association

This is a list of the association’s Notable Children's Books

for 2009.

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/childrensnotable/notablechibooks/index.cfm

 

The Kids Page of the King County Library System

This page has links to a variety of lists, including award-winners and authors’ websites.

http://www.kcls.org/kids/

Family Education

This site lists books by age groups.

http://school.familyeducation.com/literature/reading/34576.html

 

New York Public Library

Best books are listed by year. The children’s book lists are at the bottom of the page.

http://www.nypl.org/branch/books/booklists.cfm

 

KidsReads.com

This site contains great information on new books, series, and authors.

www.kidsreads.com

 

Griswold Public Schools – Connecticut

This site contains lists broken down into age bands.

http://www.griswold.k12.ct.us/index.cfm?Menu=112&Id=8362

  

Frederick County Public Libraries – Maryland

This site contains lists broken down into age bands.

http://fcpl.org/information/programs/2008/recommended.html

Guys Read

Guys Read is a web-based literacy program to help boys find great books to read.

It was created by Jon Scieszka, the author of the Time Warp Trio books.

guysread.com