Here is a list of titles for the younger kids, those who will be entering Kindergarten, first, and second grade at any of our Catholic elementary schools this fall. Reading these books this summer will help prepare your new student for a great first day at any of our Catholic WNY elementary schools.

Entering Kindergarten

Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony

Rory the Dinosaur: Me and My Dad by Liz Climo

Bulldozer's Big Day by Candace Fleming

Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet

Time for School, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff

D.W.'s Guide to Preschool by Marc Brown

I'm Not Ready! by Jonathan Allen

The Night Before Preschool by Natasha Wing

Schoolies: My First Day of School by Ellen Crimi-Trent

My First Day of School by P.K. Hallinan

I Love School! by Philemon Sturges

Any book by Mo Willems

Once Upon a Cloud by Claire Keane

Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr.

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Good Night, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas

Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman

1st Grade

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner

What this Story Needs is a Pig in a Wig by Emma Virjan

I Will Take a Nap! by Mo Willems

Cat's Colors by Jane Cabrera

Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

Today is Monday by Eric Carle

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

Mice Squeak, We Speak by Arnold L. Shapiro

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw

Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle

I Like Bugs by Margaret Wise Brown

The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

Go, Dog, Go! by P. D. Eastman

The Solar System by Carmen Bredeson

The True-Or-False Books About Dogs by Patricia Lauber

Fly Guy Series by Adler

2nd Grade

Curious George by H.A. Rey

Little Bear's Friend by Else Minarik

The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone

The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

Lady Lollipop by Dick King Smith

Alligator Baby by Robert Munsch

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Dinosaur Days by Joyce Milton

Stars in the Sky by Allan Fowler

Bats! Creatures of the Night by Joyce Milton

Whatever the Weather by Karen Wallace

Series:

Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

Fluffy series by Kate McMullan

Rainbow Magic series by Daisy Meadows

Ready Freddy by Abby Klein

Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Nate the Great series by Marjorie Sharmat

Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole

Young Cam Jansen series by David Adler

Students of Buffalo schools will love any of these titles. Christian schools in Buffalo NY each have their own specific lists for reading, so refer to them first for mandatory reading. Buffalo Catholic schools hold standards in high regard, and holds them as among the best private elementary schools in Buffalo NY.

Stay Tuned for summer reading suggestions for grades 3-5, and 6-8!