* Digital copy available at the Ocean County Library
** ARP book
Kindergarten Reading List
- Do You Want To Be My Friend?—Eric Carle
- ***The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
- ***How Rocket Learned to Read- Tad Hills
- *The Quiet Book- Deborah Underwood
- *Ball by Mary Sullivan
- ***I Want My Hat Back- Jon Klassen
- ***Pete the Cat series- James Dean
- ***It’s Okay to Be Different- Todd Parr
- Look What I Can Do—Sam McBratney
- Happy—Isabell Thomas
- **Swimmy—Leo Lionni
- Color Zoo—Lois Ehlert
- ***Mama Do You Love Me? —Barbara M. Joosse
- ***Inch by Inch—Leo Lionni
- ***Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus— Mo Williems
- No, David!—David Shannon
- Have You Seen My Duckling? – Nancy Tafuri
- **The Cat on the Mat is Flat—Andy Griffiths
- Astronaut Piggy Wiggy—Christyan Fox
- Just Mommy and Me—Tara Jay Morrow
- Who’s in the Forest—Phillis Gershator
- **I Went Walking—Sue Williams
- *Pancakes for Breakfast—Tomie dePaola
- Sam and Jack: Three Stories—Alex Moran
- **Silly Sally—Audrey Wood
- What I See—Holly Keller
- Five Little Chicks—Nancy Tafuri
- *Trucks—Anne F. Rockwell
- **High Rise Private Eyes—Cynthia Rylant
- What Time Is it, Mr. Crocodile?—Judy Sierra
- I Can Read Book Series (Levels 1-2)
- *Go, Dog Go!—P.D. Eastman
Grade 1 Reading List
- ***Put Me in the Zoo- Robert Lopshire
- ***Mother Bruce- Ryan T. Higgins
- ***Hello Lighthouse- Sophie Blackall
- ***The Dot- Peter H. Reynolds
- ***The Proudest Blue- Ibtihaj Muhammad
- ***The Giving Tree- Shel Silverstein
- **Good Morning Chick—Mirra Ginsburg
- **Pup and Hound in Trouble—Susan Hood
- **Snow Joe—Carol Greene
- ***I Can Read Book Series(any books in Levels 1-2)
- ***National Geographic Kids (any book in Level 1)
- ***Junie B. Jones series—Barbara Parker
- **Catch Me If You Can—Bernard Most
- *Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the
- Bed—Eileen Christelow
- Where’s Spot?—Eric Hill
- **Firefighter—Jacqueline Gorman
- **Fishy Tales—Editors of DK Publishing
- *Meet the Dinosaurs—Editors of DK Publishing
- *Spicy Hot Colors/Colores Picantes— Sherry Shahan
- Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?—Eric Carle
- ***Sheep in a Jeep—Nancy Shaw
- ***Cam Jansen series—David Adler
- ***Martha Speaks—Karen Barss
- ***Mercy Watson—Kate DiCamillo
- ***Bink & Gollie—Kate DiCamillo
- ***Mallory on the Move—Laure B. Friedman
- ***Horrible Harry series—Suzy Kline
- ***Goodnight Moon—Margaret W. Brown
- ***Biscuit—Alyssa S. Capucilli
- ***Rosie’s Walk—Pat Hutchins
- *Who Will Be My Friends?—Syd Hoff
Grade 2 Reading List
- ***Harold and the Purple Crayon- Crockett Johnson
- ***Duck on a Bike- David Shannon
- ***Library Mouse- Daniel Kirk
- ***The Mitten- Jan Brett
- ***The Day the Crayons Quit- Drew Daywalt
- ***Last Stop on Market Street- Matt de la Peña
- ***Flora & Ulysses- Kate DiCamillo
- ***Scaredy Squirrel series- Melanie Watt
- ***The Doorbell Rang—Pat Hutchins
- **Henry & Mudge: The First Book—Cynthia Rylant
- ***Mouse Soup—Arnold Lobel
- ***Peter’s Chair—Ezra Jack Keats
- ***Where the Wild Things Are—Maurice Sendak
- **Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!—Jennifer Dussling
- ***Nate the Great Series—Marjorie Weinman
- ***Caps for Sale—Esphyr Slobodkina
- **Corduroy—Don Freeman
- ***Frog & Toad—Arnold Lobel
- ***Magic Tree House series—Mary Pope Osborne
- **Amelia Bedelia—Peggy Parish
- ***Cam Jansen and the Chocolate Fudge
- Mystery— David A. Adler
- ***Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the
- Dinosaur Bones— David A. Adler
- ***Judy Moody—Megan McDonald
- ***Miss Nelson is Missing!—Harry Allard
- ***Whistle for Willie—Ezra Jack Keats
- ***From Flower to Honey—Robin Nelson
- ***From Idea to Book—Pam Marshall
- ***A Chair for My Mother—Vera B. Williams
- **Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs—Judi Barrett
- **The Littles—John L. Peterson
- ***Too Many Tamales—Gary Soto
- **Morris and Buddy, the First Seeing Eye Dog—Becky Hall
- ***A Picture Book of Rosa Parks—David A. Adler
- **Titanic: The Disaster That Shocked the World—Mark Dubowski
- ***Captain Cat—Syd Hoff
- ***Chrysanthemum—Kevin Henkes
- ***A Kiss for Little Bear—Else H. Minarik
- ***Owl Babies—Martin Waddell
- ***Sammy the Seal—Syd Hoff
Grade 3 Reading List
- ***Phoebe and her Unicorn- Dana Simpson
- ***Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No
- Good Very Bad Day- Judith Viorst
- ***The Story of Ferdinand- Munro Leaf
- ***Charlotte’s Web- E.B. White
- ***The One and Only Ivan- Katherine Applegate
- ***Dog Man series- Dav Pilky
- ***Amber Brown Goes Fourth—Paula Danziger
- ***Horrible Harry Series—Suzy Kline
- ***39 Clues series
- ***Strange Case of Origami Yoda—Tom Angleberger
- ***Darth Paper Strikes Back—Tom Angleberger
- ***Baseball Saved Us— Ken Mochizuki
- ***Chocolate Fever—Robert Smith
- ***The Mouse and the Motorcycle— Beverly Cleary
- **Pippi Longstocking Series—Astrid Lindgren
- ***Ramona Quimby, Age 8—Beverly Cleary
- ***What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?— Jean Fritz
- ***George’s Marvelous Medicine—Roald Dahl
- ***Sideways Stories from Wayside School—Louis Sachar
- ***Stone Fox—John Reynolds Gardiner
- ***Wayside School is Falling Down—Louis Sachar
- ***The Magic School Bus- Joanna Cole
- ***Keeper—Kathi Appelt
- *Rainbow Magic series—Daisy Meadows
- ***Owl Moon—Jane Yolen
- ***Mercy Watson—Kate DiCamillo
- ***The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane— Kate DiCamillo
- ***Chet Gecko series—Bruce Hale
- ***Fantastic Mr. Fox—Roald Dahl
- **I am Rosa Parks—Rosa Parks, Jim Haskins
- **The Courage of Sarah Noble—Alice Dalgliesh
- **Amber Brown is Not a Crayon—Paula Danziger
- **Bunnicula—James Howe
- **The Knights of the Kitchen Table—Jon Scieszka
Grade 4 Reading List
- ***I Survived series- Lauren Tarshis
- ***Harriet the Spy- Louise Fitzhugh
- ***El Deafo- Cece Bell
- ***Fish in a Tree- Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- ***How High the Moon- Karyn Parsons
- ***As Brave as You- Jason Reynolds
- ***Cardboard Kingdom- Chad Sell
- ***From the Desk of Zoe WashingtonJanae Marks
- ***Esperanza Rising- Pam Muñoz Ryan
- **Aliens Ate My Homework—Bruce Coville
- ***Dear Mr. Henshaw—Beverly Cleary
- ***Fudge-a-Mania—Judy Blume
- ***James and the Giant Peach—Roald Dahl
- ***Little House in the Big Woods—Laura Ingalls Wilder
- ***Superfudge—Judy Blume
- ***Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing—Judy Blume
- ***The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs— Jon Scieszka
- ***39 Clues series
- ***My Weird School series—Dan Gutman
- ***Junonia—Kevin Henkes
- ***Because of Winn Dixie—Kate DiCamillo
- ***Charlie and the Chocolate Factory— Roald Dahl
- ***Frindle—Andrew Clements
- ***Hatchet—Gary Paulsen
- ***Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes— Eleanor Coerr
- ***Boxcar Children Series—Gertrude Warner
- ***The Tale of Despereaux—Kate DeCamillo
- ***Time Warp Trio Series—Jon Scieszka
- ***The Great Gilly Hopkins—Katherine Paterson
- ***Letters from Rifka—Karen Hesse
- ***Poppy—Avi
- ***The Penderwicks—Jeanne Birdsall
- *Nikki and Deja—Karen English
- ***Diary of a Wimpy Kid series—Jeff Kinney
- ***Strange Case of Origami Yoda—Tom Angleberger
- ***Darth Paper Strikes Back—Tom Angleberger
Grade 5 Reading List
- ***Wish- Barbara O’Connor
- ***Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales seriesNathan Hale
- ***Crossover- Kwame Alexander
- ***Beyond the Bright Sea- Lauren Wolk
- ***Front Desk- Kelly Yang
- ***New Kid- Jerry Craft
- ***Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneJ.K. Rowling
- ***Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key – Jack Gantos
- ***Love That Dog – Sharon Creech
- ***The Magician’s Nephew – C.S. Lewis
- ***Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution – Jean Fritz
- ***Woodsong – Gary Paulsen
- ***The Chronicles of Narnia series—C.S. Lewis
- ***Gossamer—Lois Lowry
- ***Genius Files—Dan Gutman
- ***Diary of a Wimpy Kid series—Jeff Kinney
- ***Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine
- ***Julie of the Wolves – Jean C. George
- ***Loser – Jerry Spinelli
- ***My Side of the Mountain – Jean C. George
- ***The Summer of the Swans –Betsy Byars
- ***Tangerine – Edward Bloor
- ***The View from Saturday – E. L. Knoigsburg
- **Wringer – Jerry Spinelli
- ***Mandela – Floyd Cooper
- *Rosa Parks: My Story – Rosa Parks )
- *Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist series—R.L. La Fevers
- ***The Giver—Lois Lowry
- ***A Wrinkle in Time—Madeline L’Engle
- **Bird in a Box—Andrea Davis Pinkey
- ***Esperanza Rising – Pam Munoz Ryan
- ***The Fighting Ground – Avi
- **A Long Way from Chicago – Richard Peck
- ***Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson
- ***Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbit
- ***The Wanderer – Sharon Creech
- ***The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin
- ***Amos Fortune, Free Man – Elizabeth Yates
- ***Lincoln: A Photobiography – Russell Freedman
- ***Maniac Magee—Jerry Spinelli
- ***Nothing but the Truth – Avi
Grade 6 Reading List
- ***Wonder- R.J. Palacio
- ***Stargirl- Jerry Spinelli
- ***The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora- Pablo Cartaya
- ***Counting By 7s- Holly Goldberg Sloan
- ***Refugee- Alan Gratz
- ***Inside Out and Back Again- Thanhha Lai
- ***Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire –J.K. Rowling
- **The Last Book in the Universe – Rodman Philbrick
- **Missing May – Cynthia Rylant
- ***Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry- Mildred D. Taylor
- **Slam!—Walter Dean Myers
- ***Walk Two Moons—Sharon Creech
- **Shiloh Series – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- ***Bridge to Terabithia—Katherine Paterson
- ***Lawn Boy – Gary Paulsen
- ***Nancy Drew Series – Carolyn Keene
- ***Catherine, Called Birdie- Karen Cushman
- **Dicey’s Song – Cynthia Voigt
- ***Guys Read: Thriller—Jon Scieszka
- ***Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
- ***Bull Run – Paul Fleischman
- ***The Call of the Wild – Jack London
- **The Devils’ Arithmetic – Jane Yolen
- ***My Brother Sam is Dead – James Lincoln Collier
- ***The Slave Dancer – Paula Fox
- ***Watership Down – Richard Adams
- ***Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank
- **A Friend Called Anne – Carol Ann Lee
- ***Hana’s Suitcase – Karen Levine
- ***I Have Lived A Thousand Years – Livia Bitton- Jackson
- **Now Is Your Time! The Aftrican American
- Struggle for Freedom – Walter Dean Myers
- ***When You Reach Me—Rebecca Stead
- ***Jacob Have I Loved – Katherine Paterson
- **Let the Circle Be Unbroken – Mildred D. Taylor
- ***Out of the Dust – Karen Hesse
Grade 6 Battle of the Books
- Earthquake Terror ~ Peg Kehret
- Ella Enchanted ~ Gail Carson Levine
- George Washington’s Socks ~ Elvira Woodruff
- Max and Me and the Time Machine ~ Gery Greer
- Matilda – Roald Dahl
- Love, Ruby Lavender ~ Deborah Wiles
- Among the Hidden ~ Margaret Peterson Haddix
- The Lemonade War ~ Jacqueline Davies
- Walk Two Moons ~ Sharon Creech
- Out of My Mind ~ Sharon M. Draper
- Ugly ~ Robert Hoge
