Summer Reading 2023

The Research

  • The "summer slide" is the loss of academic skills that occurs when school is not in session and is primarily attributed to the lack of reading.
  • According to educational researchers Richard Allington and Anne McGill-Franzen, the “three-month summer gap can accumulate to a year and a half between the end of kindergarten and the end of grade five (just five summers).”
  • Keep children motivated by keeping summer reading fun and exciting!
  • High-volume reading leads to gains in fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
  • Children who do not read, or read little during the summer, inevitably experience academic setbacks. 

Reading Recommendations by Grade

Preschool / Entering Kindergarten

READ ALOUD FAVORITES

FUNNY PICTURE BOOKS

BOOKS WITH LESSONS

    NONFICTION BOOKS

    IMAGINATIVE, MAGICAL BOOKS

      Entering 1st

      EASY READERS

      SILLY BOOKS

      REAL LIFE & FRIENDSHIP

      ANIMALS

      PICTURE BOOKS

      EASIEST CHAPTER BOOKS

      FUNNY

      FRIENDSHIP

      EASY CHAPTER BOOKS

      FUNNY

      ANIMAL CHARACTERS

      REALISTIC

      ADVENTURE, MYSTERY, FANTASY

      NON-FICTION

        Entering 2nd

        GRAPHIC NOVELS

        REALISTIC

        MAGIC

        FUNNY

        MYSTERIES

        ADVENTURE

        NONFICTION

          Entering 3rd

          GRAPHIC NOVELS

          REALISTIC

          ADVENTURE & MYSTERY

          FANTASY

          FUNNY

            ANIMALS

            NONFICTION

            Entering 4th

            ADVENTURE & MYSTERY

            FUNNY

            HISTORICAL FICTION

            REALISTIC

            NONFICTION

            FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION

            Entering 5th

            FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION

            ADVENTURE

            MYSTERY

            FUNNY

            NONFCTION

            HISTORICAL FICTION

            ANIMALS

            REALISTIC

            Entering 6th

            GRAPHIC NOVELS

            FANTASY & SCI-FI

            REALISTIC

            HISTORICAL

            ADVENTURE

            FUNNY

            NONFICTION

            SCARY