K-8 Suggested Summer Reading List

2023 Quincy Public Schools K-8 Suggested Summer Reading List

Choose to read some great books this summer and let your imagination soar! Our suggested list includes a variety of titles for students. Don’t forget to log your reading and bring your log back to school in September!

Click here to visit the Thomas Crane Public Library and sign up for summer activities and Beanstack reading program.

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Grades K-2: Up-and-Coming Readers

  • Big Shark, Little Shark, and the Spooky Cave by Anna Membrino

  • Burt the Beetle Doesn't Bite! by Ashley Spires

  • Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown

  • Dark on Light by Dianne White, illustrated by Felicita Sala

  • Emile and the Field by Kevin Young, illustrated by Chioma Ebinama

  • Gigi and Ojiji by Melissa Iwai

  • Hana's Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta, illustrated by Manal Mirza

  • It Fell From the Sky by Terry Fan and Eric Fan

Grades 3-5: Growing Readers

  • Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations by Dav Pilkey

  • Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon

  • Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Priscilla Tey

  • Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Dan Santat

  • Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party by Saadia Faruqi, illustrated by Ani Bushry

  • Riley Reynolds Crushes Costume Day by Jay Albee

  • Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

Grades 6-8: Sophisticated Readers

  • Alma Presses Play by Tina Cane

  • The Chronicles of Deltovia by Olivia Jaimes

  • Global by Eoin Colfer

  • Wish by Barbara O'Connor

  • Karthik Delivers by Sheela Chari

  • The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

  • Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks

  • Twin Cities by Jose Pimienta

  • When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

  • Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

  • Space Case by Stuart Gibbs