It is important for students to stay engaged with learning during the summer months. Reading is one way that students can maintain their skills during the break. Reading aloud to younger students is a great way to help them develop a love of reading. Students learning to read may also want to practice with decodables that reinforce phonics skills. Consider asking your child to write a summary after reading a book or ask them questions about the plot and characters. Consider participating in contests like the Mayor’s Summer Reading Challenge.
BPS K-6 Suggested Summer Book List 2024
Grade | Books |
|---|---|
Grade K | I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad |
Grade 1 | A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love by Michelle Edwards Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller Home Is in Between by Mitali Perkins |
Grade 2 | I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy Hidden Figures, The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (Picture Book Version) by Margot Lee Shetterly The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson |
Grade 3 | Goal Line by Tiki and Ronde Barber Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh |
Grade 4 | Buffalo From A to Z, Come Take a Tour With Me by Brigette Atlas Callahan Rosa by Nikki Giovanni Ways to Make Sunshine by Reneé Watson |
Grade 5 | The Wild Robot by Peter Brown The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement by Teri Kanefield Wonder by R.J. Palacio |
Grade 6 | Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia |