Summer Reading Grades PreK-2

Send your students on to summer vacation (and beyond!) with these fabulous reading selections—award-winners, favorite authors, and series books!

Clifford® Saves the Whales
(a Clifford® Big Red Chapter Book)
64 pages

Join Clifford on a trip you'll never forget!

Duck on a Bike
by David Shannon
40 pages

From the creator of Caldecott Honor Book, No, David! What will all the barnyard animals think when duck rides his bike! Wonderful pictures!

Eloise Takes a Bawth
by Kay Thompson
illustrated by Hilary Knight
80 pages

When six-year-old Eloise takes a bath, the Plaza Hotel nearly drowns. "Proving herself once again more Force than Child, Eloise wreaks watery havoc upon the Plaza Hotel…Here's the extraordinary extrovert at her very grawndest (and most destructive); rare is the reader who won't be up for repeat dives into her upper-crust, never-humdrum world." –Kirkus Reviews

Froggy Learns to Swim
by Jonathon London
32 pages

"Frogs are supposed to be great swimmers. 'Not me!' says Froggy, who's afraid of the water. But with a little encouragement, some practice, and the help of a silly song or two, Froggy becomes an expert frog-kicker!" –Ingram

Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea
by Cynthia Rylant
pictures by Sucie Stevenson
48 pages

Join Henry and Mudge in this fun-filled seaside adventure!

Horrible Harry Goes to the Sea
by Suzy Kline
64 pages

Wherever Harry goes, he always finds trouble—even at the ocean!

Invisible Stanley
by Jeff Brown
pictures by Steve Björkman
96 pages

In this chapter book, the Lambchop family is amazed to discover that, after a thunderstorm, their boy Stanley has become invisible.

Little Miss Spider® at Sunny Patch School
by David Kirk
32 pages

Enchanting adventures await Little Miss Spider at her new school. Bright and bold illustrations!

The Littles
by John Peterson
80 pages

Members of the Little family are only a few inches tall, and encounter a myriad of adventures, especially when the house cat comes their way.

Madeline Says Merci
by John Bemelmans Marciano
48 pages

Please and thank you are just the beginning—children have fun learning manners with Madeline!

Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne
2 books – 80 pages

Jack and Annie take you on a wild tour to see prehistoric creatures!

Rainbow Fish and the Sea Monster's Cave
by Marcus Pfister
32 pages

Rainbow Fish learns a lesson about bravery when he must swim through a scary cave to help his friend! A dazzling undersea adventure!

Top Secret Personal Beeswax: A Journal by Junie B. (and Me!)
by Barbara Park
128 pages

Is your favorite food "pasketti" and meat balls? Fill in this journal with Junie B.!