Curators’ Favorite Reads by Grade Level
We’ve put together our favorite reads for kids in different grade levels. Whether they’d want to read on their own or you’d like to spend some quality time reading a book along with them, there’s a suitable book in our guide below!
Favorite books to be read with Kindergarteners
Inside Cat
by Brendan Wenzel
Enter the Underground Throwdown (Blue, Barry & Pancakes #4)
by Jason Jason
Grandude's Green Submarine (Grandude #2)
by Paul McCartney
Field Trip to Volcano Island (Field Trip #3)
by John Hare
Doggo and Pupper Save the World (Doggo and Pupper #2)
by Katherine Applegate
Favorite books to be read by Kindergarteners
Circle Under Berry
by Carter Higgins
Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi! (Storytelling Math)
by Art Coulson
Hidden Treasure
by Elly MacKay
Elephant Island
by Leo Timmers
See Kindergarten to 1st Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 1st Graders
Making Waves: (Layla and the Bots #4)
by Vicky Fang
Cat Problems (Animal Problems #3)
by Jory John
It Fell from the Sky
by Terry Fan
Room for Everyone
by Naaz Khan
Smart Cookie (Food Group)
by Jory John
Favorite books to be read by 1st Graders
Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn (Kitty-Corn #2)
by Shannon Hale
Captain Bun & Super Bonbon (Bunbun & Bonbon #3)
by Jess Keating
Pizza My Heart: (Norma and Belly #3)
by Mika Song
What Will My Story Be?
by Nidhi Chanani
Home Under the Stars
by Andy Chou Musser
See Kindergarten to 1st Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 2nd Graders
Sydney & Taylor and the Great Friend Expedition (Sydney & Taylor)
by Jacqueline Davies
My First Day
by Phung Nguyen Quang
Aaron Slater, Illustrator (Questioneers)
by Andrea Beaty
Millions of Maxes
by Meg Wolitzer
Mac Saves the World (Mac B., Kid Spy #6)
by Mac Barnett
Favorite books to be read by 2nd Graders
Sadiq and the Clean Water Crew (Sadiq #12)
by Siman Nuurali
Bad Guys in Open Wide and Say Arrrgh! (the Bad Guys #15)
by Aaron Blabey
Gina and the Big Secret (Hilo #8)
by Judd Winick
Braver and Boulder (InvestiGators #5)
by John Patrick Green
Oona and the Shark (Oona #2)
by Kelly Dipucchio
See 2nd to 3rd Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 3rd Graders
Year I Flew Away
by Marie Arnold
Willodeen
by Katherine Applegate
When You Trap a Tiger
by Tae Keller
Weird Kid
by Greg Van Eekhout
1619 Project: Born on the Water
by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Favorite books to be read by 3rd Graders
Ways to Grow Love (Ryan Hart Story #2)
by Renée Watson
Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #2)
by Marcia Thornton Jones
Wishypoofs and Hiccups (Zoey and Sassafras #9)
by Asia Citro
On Purpose (Cat Kid Comic Club #3)
by Dav Pilkey
See 2nd to 3rd Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 4th Graders
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
by Kwame Mbalia
Last Gamer Standing
by Katie Zhao
Beatryce Prophecy
by Kate DiCamillo
Forbidden City (City Spies #3)
by James Ponti
Doom's Day Camp
by Joshua Hauke
Favorite books to be read by 4th Graders
Allergic: A Graphic Novel
by Megan Wagner Lloyd
The Dragon's Dookie (Fart Quest #3)
by Aaron Reynolds
Invisible (English With Some Spanish)
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Spy School at Sea (Spy School #9)
by Stuart Gibbs
Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #16)
by Jeff Kinney
See 4th to 5th Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 5th Graders
Maya and the Lord of Shadows (Maya and the Rising Dark #3)
by Rena Barron
New Pets on the Block (Minecraft Stonesword Saga #3)
by Random House
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1)
by Kaela Rivera
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
by Christina Soontornvat
Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans #2)
by Graci Kim
Favorite books to be read by 5th Graders
This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us
by Katharine Locke
Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit
by Jesse Q Sutanto
Stuntboy, in the Meantime
by Jason Reynolds
Quint and Dirk's Hero Quest (The Last Kids on Earth #7 1/2)
by Max Brallier
See 4th to 5th Grade Gift Guide