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
I Live in a Tree Trunk (I Was Born a Baby)
by Meg Fleming
Big Time Trouble (Blue, Barry & Pancakes #5)
by Jason Jason
Plátanos Go with Everything
by Lissette Norman
The Duck Never Blinks
by Alex Latimer
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
Flubby Does Not Like Snow
by J E Morris
The Umbrella
by Beth Ferry
You Can Be a Good Sport, Pout-Pout Fish!
by Deborah Diesen
Mary's Idea
by Chris Raschka
See Kindergarten to 1st Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 1st Graders
Ride Beside Me
by Lucy Knisley
How to Write a Poem (How to...)
by Kwame Alexander
Oh, Olive!
by Lian Cho
Everybody Has a Body
by Molli Jackson Ehlert
Little Land
by Diana Sudyka
Favorite books to be read by 1st Graders
Party Hearty Kitty-Corn (Kitty-Corn)
by Shannon Hale
A New Friend (Mermaid Days #3)
by Kyle Lukoff
One Smart Cookie (Norma and Belly #4)
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
The Song That Called Them Home
by David A Robertson
Bravo, Anjali! (Always Anjali #2)
by Sheetal Sheth
Boys Don't Fry
by Kimberly Lee
In Every House on Every Street
by Jess Hitchman
Favorite books to be read by 2nd Graders
Super Turbo and the Fountain of Doom
by Edgar Powers
Karen's Birthday (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix #6)
by Ann M Martin
Gina and the Last City on Earth (Hilo #9)
by Judd Winick
Agents of S.U.I.T. (Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T. #1)
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
Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake (Questioneers)
by Andrea Beaty
Everyone Loves Lunchtime But Zia (A Zia Story)
by Jenny Liao
My Teacher Has Tattoos
by Darren Lopez
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
Gina and the Last City on Earth (Hilo #9)
by Judd Winick
Cat Kid Comic Club Influencers (Cat Kid Comic Club #5)
by Dav Pilkey
Sofia the Lagoon Dragon (Dragon Girls #12)
by Maddy Mara
See 2nd to 3rd Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 4th Graders
The One and Only Ruby (One and Only #3)
by Katherine Applegate
Ellis Johnson Might Be Famous (Cookies & Milk #2)
by Shawn Amos
Grounded
by Aisha Saeed
The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle
by Taryn Souders
Return of the Piglins (Minecraft Legends)
by Matt Forbeck
Favorite books to be read by 4th Graders
Hip-Hop Hustle
by Jake Maddox
The Poison Waves (Secrets of the Sky #2)
by Sayantani DasGupta
No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #18)
by Jeff Kinney
Paws: Priya Puts Herself First
by Nathan Fairbairn
Jawbreaker
by Christina Wyman
See 4th to 5th Grade Gift Guide
Favorite books to be read with 5th Graders
Nimbus
by Jan Eldredge
Virtually Me
by Chad Morris
Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)
by Kelly Yang
The Last Rose (Sisters Ever After #4)
by Leah Cypess
Favorite books to be read by 5th Graders
The Maze of Bones (39 Clues Graphic Novel #1)
by Rick Riordan
Saving Chupie
by Amparo Ortiz
The Emperor's Last Stand (Emperor of the Universe #3)
by David Lubar
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library: The Graphic Novel
by Chris Grabenstein
See 4th to 5th Grade Gift Guide