Back to School (Grades 1-6)
Staff picks for Back to school reading.
Fiction
- Cam Jansen and the First Day of School Mystery by David A. Adler, J Adler
- Miss Nelson is missing! by Harry Allard and James Marshall, JE Allard
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, J Blume
- Off to First Grade by Louise Borden, JE Borden
- Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary, J Cleary
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary, J Cleary
- The School Story by Andrew Clements, J Clements
- Waiting For Normal by Leslie Connor, J Connor
- I Was a Sixth Grade Alien by Bruce Coville, J Coville
- Matilda by Roald Dahl, J Dahl
- Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger, J Danziger
- Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger, JE Danziger
- The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies, J Davies
- Top Ten Ways to Ruin the First Day of School by Kenneth Derby, J Derby
- Thank You, Lucky Stars by Beverly Donofrio, J Donofrio
- The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming, J Fleming
- How Not to Start Third Grade by Cathy Hapka and Ellen Titlebaum, J Hapka
- Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf by Jennifer Holm, J Holm
- The Best Chef in Second Grade by Katharine Kenah, JE Kenah
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, J Kinney
- Schooled by Gordon Korman, J Korman
- Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell, JE Lovell
- Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry, J Lowry
- Judy Moody by Megan McDonald, J McDonald
- Third Grade Stinks! by Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna, J McKenna
- The Counting Race by Margaret McNamara, JE McNamara
- The Totally Made-up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish by Claudia Mills, J Mills
- Amelia's Sixth-Grade Notebook by Marissa Moss, J Moss
- The Worst Witch at School by Jill Murphy, J Murphy
- If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff, JE or JT Numeroff
- Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me by Lisa Papademetriou, J Papademetriou
- Junie B., first grader (at last!) by Barbara Park, J Park
- The Adventures of Captain Underpants: An epic novel by Dav Pilkey, J Pilkey
- The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson, J Robinson
- First grade stinks! by Mary Ann Rodman, JE Rodman
- Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar, J Sachar
- The Haunted School by R.L. Stine, J Stine
- Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade! by Henry Winkler, J Winkler
- Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson, J Woodson
Non-Fiction
- It’s Back to School We Go!: First Day Stories From Around the World by Ellen Jackson, J 371.002 Jackson
- Girl’s Life Ultimate Guide to Surviving Middle School, J 373.18 Girls
- Back to School Belly Busters: and Other Side Splitting Knock-Knock Jokes that are Too Cool for School by Katy Hall, J 818.5402 Hall
