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Non-Fiction for Primary Grades
Summer Reading Suggestions
for Students Entering Grades K - 2
for Students Entering Grades K - 2
Often a young child's first choice for a book to read will be nonfiction, determined by what they are interested in, and they are interested in everything! Here are some suggestions of titles geared toward primary grade children in a variety of subjects.
| Author | Title | Subject |
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| Aardema, Verna | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | folktales |
| Anno, Mitsumasa | Anno's Aesop | folktales |
| Avison, Brigid | I Wonder Why I Blink | human body |
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| Berg, Julie | The Berenstains | biography |
| Blackstone, Margaret | This is Figure Skating | sports |
| Brett, Jan | Town Mouse Country Mouse | folktales |
| Burleigh, Robert | Home Run | Babe Ruth |
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| Chandra, Deborah | George Washington's Teeth | history |
| Cherry, Lynne | The Great Kapok Tree | rain forest |
| Cole, Joanna | The Magic School Bus (series) | science |
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D
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| Davis, Lee | Dinosaur Dinners (Eyewitness Readers) | dinosaurs |
| Dawson, Zoe | Japan (Postcards From series) | travel |
| dePaola, Tomie | The Popcorn Book | food |
| 26 Fairmont Avenue (series) | biography | |
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| Emberley, Ed | Great Thumbprint Drawing Book | art |
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| Florian, Douglas | Bing, Bang, Boing | poetry |
| Freedman, Russell | Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille | biography |
| Fritz, Jean | And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? | history |
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| Gerstein, Mordecai | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | biography |
| Gibbons, Gail | Behold: the Dragons! | dragons |
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| Hehner, Barbara | First On the Moon | space |
| Hoban, Tana | Exactly the Opposite | concepts |
| Hyman, Trina S. | Little Red Riding Hood | folktales |
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| Jenkins, Steve | What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? | animals |
| Jolivet, Joelle | Zoo ology | animals |
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K
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| Karas, G. Brian | Atlantic | oceans |
| Kellogg, Steven | A-hunting We Will Go! | songs & games |
| Paul Bunyan | folktales | |
| Krull, Kathleen | Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became The World's Fastest Woman | biography |
| Kuklin, Susan | Fighting Fires | community life |
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| Lee, Dennis | Dinosaur Dinner (With A Slice of Alligator Pie) | poetry |
| Livingston, Myra | Celebrations | poetry |
| Locker, Thomas | Home: A Journey Through America | poetry |
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| McMillan, Bruce | Making Sneakers | manufacturing |
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O
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| O'Brien, Patrick | Gigantic | dinosaurs |
| Owens, Thomas | Mount Rushmore | travel |
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P
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| Pallotta, Jerry | The Icky Bug Counting Book | insects |
| The Dinosaur Alphabet Book | dinosaurs | |
| Patterson, Francine | Koko's Story | animals |
| Peet, Bill | Bill Peet | biography |
| Pinkney, Andrea | Duke Ellington | biography |
| Prelutsky, Jack | For Laughing Out Loud | poetry |
| Gargoyles On The Roof | poetry | |
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| Robbins, Ken | Building A House | construction |
| Ryan, Pam M. | The Flag We Love | history |
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S
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| Schnur, Steven | Summer (series) | poetry |
| Sewell, Marcia | People of the Breaking Day | history |
| The Pilgrims of Plimoth | history | |
| Silverstein, Shel | Falling Up | poetry |
| Where The Sidewalk Ends | poetry | |
| Simon, Seymour | Earthquakes | earthquakes |
| Now You See It, Now You Don't | optical illusions | |
| Sonkin, Susan | How to Draw Baby Animals | art |
| Spier, Peter | People | community life |
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| Thomas, Joyce | Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea | poetry |
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| Watts, Claire | Plants (Make It Work series) | gardening |
| Worth, Valerie | Small Poems | poetry |
| Wroble, Lisa A. | Kids in Colonial Time | history |
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| Yolen, Jane | Letting Swift River Go | history |
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Z
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| Zelinsky, Paul | Rumplestiltskin | folktales |
| Zschock, Martha | Journey Around Boston, A-Z | travel |
| Journey Around Cape Cod, A-Z | travel | |
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