Explore a sampling from our list of recommended books for grades 1-8
Selecting a book that will be appropriately challenging for your student while also captivating their interest is often easier said than done! Fortunately, there are tried and true classics for every age group that have ignited an appreciation for reading among generations of former students. Below, you'll find some tried and true selections to fill your child's bookshelves. We'd encourage you to explore these titles with them to see what might peak their interest!

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." -Margaret Fuller
Grade One
Ivy and Bean Series by Annie Barrows
Gerald and Piggie Series by Mo Willems
The Berenstein Bears Series by Stan Berenstain
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
The Fly Guy Series by Ted Arnold
First Little Readers Parent Pack Sets Levels D-H from Scholastic
Little Critter Series by Mercy Mayer
I Can Read Phonics! the Biscuit Series
I Like Books by Anthony Browne
Grade Two
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
The Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine
The Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne (the earliest books)
InvestiGators Series by John Patrick Green
Gooney Bird Green Series by Lois Lowry
Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park
Dory Fantasmagory Series by Abby Hanlon
Julian, Secret Agent by Ann Cameron
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Grade Three
The Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
George's Marvelous Mysteries by Roald Dahl
The Zach and Zoe Mystery Series by Mike Lupica
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Zoe and Sassafras Series by Asia Citro
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney
Grade Four
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Kick by Mitch Johnson
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
The Wild Robot Series by Peter Brown
Grade Five
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Grade Six
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Agatha Christie's Novels
Grade Seven
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson
The Book Thief by Markus Zusack
Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
The Tillerman Cycle Series by Nancy Voigt
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolan
Grade Eight
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
True Grit by Charles Portis
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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