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
Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! (Pigeon)
by Mo Willems
Big Time Trouble (Blue, Barry & Pancakes #5)
by Jason Jason
Plátanos Go with Everything
by Lissette Norman
I'm a Unicorn
by Helen Yoon
Doggo and Pupper Search for Cozy (Doggo and Pupper #3)
by Katherine Applegate
Favorite books to be read by Kindergarteners
Sandy Toes: A Summer Adventure (Let's Play Outside!)
by Shauntay Grant
We Are the Shapes
by Kevin Jenner
Umbrella
by Beth Ferry
Fiona Plays Soccer (I Can Read! Level 1: Beginning Reading)
by Richard Zondervan
Mary's Idea
by Chris Raschka
See Kindergarten to 1st Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 1st Graders
Lights That Dance in the Night
by Yuval Zommer
How to Write a Poem
by Kwame Alexander
Izzy Paints
by Tim Miller
Iamasaurus
by Anne Ylvisaker
We Are the Ocean
by Paul Watson
Favorite books to be read by 1st Graders
Party Hearty Kitty-Corn (Kitty-Corn #3)
by Shannon Hale
New Friend (Mermaid Days #3)
by Kyle Lukoff
Pizza My Heart: (Norma and Belly #3)
by Mika Song
I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu
by Refiloe Moahloli
This Is a Story
by John Schu
See Kindergarten to 1st Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 2nd Graders
Song That Called Them Home
by David A Robertson
Old Friends
by Margaret Aitken
Sour Grape (Food Group)
by Jory John
Miguel's Community Garden (Where in the Garden? #2)
by Janay Brown-Wood
Favorite books to be read by 2nd Graders
Madison Morris Is Not a Mouse! (Class Critters #3)
by Kathryn Holmes
Karen's Birthday (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #6)
by Ann M Martin
Gina and the Last City on Earth (Hilo #9)
by Judd Winick
Agents of S.U.I.T. (Investigators)
by John Patrick Green
Oona in the Arctic (Oona #3)
by Kelly Dipucchio
See 2nd to 3rd Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 3rd Graders
Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border
by Stephen Briseño
Everyone Loves Lunchtime But Zia
by Jenny Liao
Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging
by Pauline David-Sax
Marya Khan and the Fabulous Jasmine Garden (Marya Khan #2)
by Saadia Faruqi
Favorite books to be read by 3rd Graders
Matchmaker (Miles Lewis #3)
by Kelly Starling Lyons
Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #2)
by Marcia Thornton Jones
Prank You Very Much (Big Nate TV Series Graphic Novel #2)
by Lincoln Peirce
Stella the Starlight Dragon (Dragon Girls #9)
by Maddy Mara
See 2nd to 3rd Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 4th Graders
One and Only Ruby (The One and Only Ivan #3)
by Katherine Applegate
If You Read This
by Kereen Getten
Grounded
by Aisha Saeed
City of the Dead (City Spies #4)
by James Ponti
Minecraft Legends: Return of the Piglins (Minecraft)
by Matt Forbeck
Favorite books to be read by 4th Graders
Tryout
by Christina Soontornvat
The Troll's Toe Cheese (Fart Quest #4)
by Aaron Reynolds
Invisible (English With Some Spanish)
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Mindy Makes Some Space (Paws #2)
by Nathan Fairbairn
Last Dodo (The Adventures of Team Pom #2)
by Isabel Roxas
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
Holler of the Fireflies
by David Barclay Moore
Freestyle
by Gale Galligan
Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans #2)
by Graci Kim
Favorite books to be read by 5th Graders
Crunch (Click #5)
by Kayla Miller
Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit (Theo Tan #1)
by Jesse Q Sutanto
You Only Live Once, David Bravo
by Mark Oshiro
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived Graphic Novel #7)
by Lauren Tarshis
See 4th to 5th Grade Gift Guide