Reading books to and with your kids is a great way to spend time together and to cultivate in them the joy of reading. Books should primarily be read aloud by parents until after 2nd grade. This is a sample list of high-quality books that you can enjoy with your children.

Kindergarten

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
The Random House Book of Mother Goose by Arnold Lobel
When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne
Dr. Seuss books

First Grade

The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla
Curious George (series) by H. A. Rey
Encyclopedia Brown (series) by Donald J. Sobol
Paddington Bear (series) by Michael Bond

Second Grade

Stuart Little by E.B. White
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Third Grade

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

Fourth Grade

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Guns for General Washington by Seymour Reit
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

Fifth Grade

The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C.S. Lewis
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald

Sixth Grade

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Golden Fleece by Padraic Colum
Redwall (series) by Brian Jacques
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood