Elk Island Public Schools believes that one of the most important things we can do with our children right now is make sure they are reading independently everyday!

For our younger students, who are unable to this on their own, the next best thing is having a story read to them, either online, or in person.

Below is a list of great book suggestions for kids to read. We have also included a list of books to read aloud to your child.

GRADE ONE* Annie and Snowball series * Biscuit I Can Read series * Digger and Daisy series * Elephant and Piggie series * Fly Guy series * Fox Penguin Young Readers * Gossie and Friends series * Henry and Mudge series * Iris and Walter series * Katie Woo series * Pedro Series * Pete the Cat I Can Read series * Poppleton series * Young Cam Jansen series

* Kingfisher Readers Level 1 * Kingfisher Readers Level 2 * Dear Dragon series * Mr. Putter and Tabby * Curious George Green Light Readers * Max and Mo series

GRADE TWO* Amanda and Oliver Pig series * Amelia Bedelia I Can Read series * Calendar Mysteries series * Eerie Elementary series * Frog and Friends series * George and Martha series * Ivy and Bean series * Judy Moody series * Katie Kazoo series * King and Kayla series * The Puppy Place series

* Yasmin series * Owl Diaries series * Pinky and Rex series * The Princess in Black series * Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot series * Sadiq series * Stink series * Pinky and Rex series * Bones series * Mercy Watson series * Nate the Great series

GRADE THREE* Bad Kitty Chapter Books * Ballpark Mysteries series * Clementine series * Dino Riders series * Dyamonde Daniel series * Fly Guy Presents series * George Brown, Class Clown series * Jada Jones, Rock Star series * Jasmine Toguchi series * The Other Side of the Story series * Stella Batts series

* Time Warp Trio series * Who Would Win series * Horrid Henry series * If You Were a Kid series * The Notebook of Doom series * My Weird School Daze series * Ramona the Pest series * The Fantastic Mr. Fox * The Bad Guys series * The Rainbow Fairies series

GRADE FOUR* Amulet series * Anastasia Krupnik series * Big Nate Graphic Novels series * Chet Gecko Mysteries series * I Survived series * Peter Powers series * Sisters Eight series * The Spiderwick Chronicles series * Phoebe and Her Unicorn series * The Jedi Academy series * Who Was…? Biographies

* Timmy Failure * Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing * Double Fudge * Super Fudge * Frindle * Charlotte’s Web * Little House on the Prairie series * The Wild Robot * The Wild Robot Escapes * Hank Zipser series

GRADE FIVE* The 39 Clues series * Choose Your Own Adventure series * Dog Man series * Ranger in Time series * The Sisters Grimm series * Warriors series * The Survivors series * Gordon Korman books * The Unwanteds series * The Babysitter’s Club series * The Code Busters Club series

* Girls Who Code series * Goosebumps series * How to Train Your Dragon series * The Chronicles of Narnia * Keeper of the Lost cities series * Wonder * I Funny series * Raina Telgemeier books * Origami Yoda series * Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

GRADE SIX* Books of Ember series * Bone Graphic Novel series * Guys Read series * Percy Jackson series * The Kane Chronicles series * Magnus Chase series * The Land of Stories series * A Series of Unfortunate Events * The Underland Chronicles series * Dork Diaries series * Middle School series

* Keeper of the Lost Cities series * Fablehaven series * Artemis Fowl series * Dear Dumb Diary series * The Story Thieves series * The Hunger Games series * The Golden Compass series * Gregor the Overlander series * Harry Potter series * Wings of Fire series * Anne of Green Gables series

GREAT PICTURE BOOKS* The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg * Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes * The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires * The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak * Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy * The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers * Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems * Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang * Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller and Jen Hill * Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts * Blackflies by Robert Munsch * Press Here by Herve Tullet * Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk * Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees * The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield * Purple, Yellow and Green by Robert Munsch * The Elders Are Watching by David Bouchard * A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo * The Sad Little Fact by Jonah Winter * A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood: The Poetry of Mr. Rogers by Fred Rogers * Because by Mo Willems * Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o * The Good Egg by Jory John * The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad