Elementary+Reading+List

On this page, I am showing an extensive booklist for elementary students from grades Kindergarten through 5th Grade. I do not have the texts separated by grade level because so many books are transferable across the grade levels.

The Mitten by Jan Brett

The Hat by Jan Brett

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

David Goes to School by David Shannon

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

If You Give a Dog a Doughnut by Laura Numeroff

The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Lyon

Welcome Home, Mouse by Elisa Kleven

Blue Chameleon by Emily Gravett

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

Dr. Seuss books

Biscuit books by Alyssa Capucilli

Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp by Syd Hoff

Digby and Kate 1, 2, 3 by Barbara Baker

Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel

Berenstein Bear books by Stan and Jan Berenstein

Miss Nelson books by Harry Allard

Arthur books by Marc Brown

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osbourn

Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel

Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin

Strega Nona and Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola

Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Clearly