Summer Reading Lists

Boy reading  Vacation time is the perfect time to read, read, READ! Check out these lists of super-entertaining books, from classics to fun picks, for you and your students. Enjoy our slideshows on summer reading to find the best of the best children's literature for your students:

  Pre-K–2  |  Grades 3-5  |  Grades 6-8  |  Grades 9-12

Complete Lists

Related Reading Resources

Help young readers appreciate literature with these teacher's guides, printables, and lessons. You'll find resources on all types of literature, such as fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, and many genres of each.

Find printables that will enrich and extend children's literature.

View great supplemental material that will assist students in enjoying and understanding these outstanding books.

These teacher's guides to works of literature for the high-school level include overview information, chapter or act synopses, discussion questions, and extended learning activities.

These teacher's guides to works of literature for the late-elementary and middle-school levels include overview information, discussion questions, and extended learning activities.

Use these excellent printables and resources to help your students focus, keep track, analyze, and get the most from their reading selections.

Have your students use this printable to keep track of the books they read over summer vacation.


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