Book Suggestions

We asked teachers and school administrators to recommend books that their students are loving. Here are a few ideas that might help your shopping!

General Suggestions

Magic Tree House Series (especially Vacation Under the Volcano)
Disney’s Dumbo
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Dr. Seuss books
Peppa Pig books

Preschool Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault Pete the Cat by James Dean and Eric Litwin
La Mariquita Malhumorada by Eric Carle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
Flamingo Flamenco by Brooke Jorden The One Day House by Julia Durango
I Want My Hat Back by John Klassen This Is Not My Hat by John Klassen
Please, Puppy, Please By Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Kindergarten No, David! by David Shannon Pig and Pug by Lynne Berry
The Good Egg by Jory John We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
1 Is One by Tasha Tudor Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst Pete the Cat by James Dean and Eric Litwin
I Can Be Anything by Shinsuke Yoshitake The One Day House by Julia Durango Federico and All His Families by Mili Hernández
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Waiting is Not Easy by Mo Willems

First Grade Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold Pete The Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party by James Dean
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina Splat the Cat Dreams Big by Rob Scotton
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L.B. Deenihan The Field by Baptiste Paul
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola The One Day House by Julia Durango
There is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Big Shark, Little Shark by Anna Membrino What Should Danny Do? by Adir Levy

Second Grade Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Stink by Megan McDonald
The Reading Race by Abby Klein Dog Man Series by Day Pilkey
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children by Jack Prelutsky Once Upon a Time by Niki Daly
Alien Nate by Dave Whamond Our Corner Store by Robert Heidbreder
Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish by Mo O’Hara

Third Grade The Great Fire by Jim Murphy Eerie Elementary by Jack Chabert
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney Dog Man Series by Day Pilkey
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson How to Be a Lion by Ed Vere
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez Finally, Something Mysterious by Doug Cornett
The 52-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths Phoebe and Her Unicorn By Dana Simpson
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Stephen Curry: The Children’s Book by Anthony Curcio EllRay Jakes the Recess King! by Sally Warner

Fourth Grade The Trouble with Wishes by Diane Stanley Everest: The Contest by Gordon Korman
Grandma and Me at the Flea by Juan Herrera Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Flying Lessons and Other Stories by Ellen Oh Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened by Emily Blejwas
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar The Flying Beaver Brothers by Maxwell Eaton III
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli

Special Ed Suggestions

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Frindle by Andrew Clements The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt

English is a Second Language Suggestions

Poems to Dream Together by Francisco X. Alarcon

We are continually adding to our suggestions as teachers and parents give us recommendations. Have ideas that we should add to our lists? Let us know here!