If you are looking for simple ideas to make learning a part of your child's summer, the FL Department of Education has compiled 5 weeks of activities just for you!  You can visit the list here. 

We recommend checking your school's website for any school-specific directions or asssignments for summer reading.  The lists below are general in nature and provided for families looking for appropriate books to read over the summer. 

Ready for PreK

To Read Together:

Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band by Kwame Alexander

Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae

Frog Trouble by Sandra Boyton

Rain, Rain, Go Away! by Caroline Church

Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin

I’ve Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison

The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk by Surishtha Sehgal

If You’re Happy and You Know It: Jungle Edition by James Warhola

Happy by Pharrell Williams

Ready for Kindergarten

To Read Together

Philadelphia Chickens by Sandra Boyton

Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig

This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt

Punk Farm by Jarrett Krosoczka

Squeak, Rumble, Whomp!, Whomp! Whomp by Wynton Marsalis

What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele

Suki’s Kimono by Chieri Uegaki

Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound by Geoff Waring

Hilda Must be Dancing by Karma Wilson

Monster Mash by David Catrow

Ready for 1^st Grade

We’re Reading Together

A Rock is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston 

Tito Puente, Mambo King by Monica Brown

Violet’s Music by Angela Johnson 

If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don’t! by Elise Parsley 

Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney 

The Nosy Paint Box by Barba Rosenstock 

I’m Learning to Read

Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold 

Biscuit series by Alyssa Capucilli 

Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems 

Penguin on Vacation by Salina Yoon 

Ready for 2^nd Grade

To Read Together

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girls Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle 

Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood 

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russel-Brown 

I’m Learning to Read

You Can Read by Helaine Becker

We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio 

Splat the Cat and the Duck with no Quack by Rob Scotton 

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa series by Erica Silverman 

I’m Reading on My Own

Triangle by Mac Barnett 

Pete the Cat series by James Dean 

Pony Scouts series by Cathy Hapka 

Ready for 3^rd Grade

To Read Together

Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews 

Firebird by Misty Copeland

When the Beat was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill 

I’m Learning to Read

Bad Kitty: Camp Daze by Nick Bruel 

Rappy series by Dan Gutman 

I’m Reading on My Own

Music Everywhere by Maya Ajmera

Wallace and Grace and the Cupcake Caper by Heather Alexander 2.7

Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova 2.8

Babymouse series by Jennifer Holm 2.3

If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don’t! by Elise Parsley 2.9

National Geographic Reader: Rocks and Minerals by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld 3.6

Ready for 4^th Grade

To Read Together

We Rock! (Music Lab) by Jason Hanley

I’m Reading on My Own

Giants Beware by Jorge Aguirre 

El Deafo by Cece Bell 

Princess in Black by Sharon Creech 

Owl Diaries series by Rebecca Elliott 

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar 

I Can Read Anything

Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes 

Captain Awesome series by Stan Kirby 

Muddy : the story of blues legend Muddy Waters by Michael James Mahin 

I am Jim Henson by Brad Meltzer 

Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce

Ready for 5^th Grade

To Read Together

Whoosh! : Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions by Chris Barton 

I’m Reading on My Own

All About Sound by Angela Royston 

Lighter than Air, Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot By Matthew Clark Smith 

I Can Read Anything

Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson 

Clementine series by Sara Pennypacker 

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill 

Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo 

The Lizard War by Jack Patton 

Small Steps by Louis Sachar 

A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban 

Nikki & Deja series by Karen English 

Ready for 6^th Grade

Recommended Reading

The Underneath by Kate Appelt

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Hiding out in the Pancake Palace by Nan Marino

Dinosaur Boy by Cory Putman Oakes

What is Rock and Roll? By Jim O’Connor

First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

The Way to Stay in Destiny by Augusta Scattergood

Lulu and the Brontosaurusby Judith Viorst 

Ready for 7-8^th Grade

Recommended Reading

Solo by Kwame Alexander

Fever 1793 by Laurie Anderson 

Life in Motion by Misty Copeland

See you in the Cosmos by Jack Chen

Better Nate than Ever by Tim Federle

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jon Sonnenblick

P.S. I Like You by Kasie West 

Behind the Song edited by KM Walton

Scott Pilgrim series by Bryan O’Malley

9-12^th Grade

Recommended Reading

The House on Mango Streetby Sandra Cisneros 

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn

Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen 

The Giver by Lois Lowry 

Kill the Boy Band by Gold by Modavsky

Monster by Walter Dean Myers 

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 

Holes by Louis Sachar

Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak