Incoming First Graders Required Summer Reading List:
Summer Reading List 2026-2027
At Hope Lutheran School, we value reading, and reading every day during the summer is important. Students at each grade level (1st – 8th grade) are REQUIRED to read books by August 21, 2026.
GOING INTO First Grade
Required Books
Read these two books (independently or with a parent):
• Frog and Toad Are Friends
• Henry and Mudge: The First Book
Writing Task
After each book, write 2 sentences and draw a picture about what happened.
- One sentence about what happened
- One sentence about your favorite part
Recommended Books
Read at least 8 of these books:
Easy Readers:
Elephant and Piggie
Pete the Cat
Fly Guy
Biscuit
Nate the Great
Picture Books:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Where the Wild Things Are
Last Stop on Market Street
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
The Watermelon Seed
Read-Together Books:
Mercy Watson
Magic Tree House
Junie B. Jones
Amelia Bedelia
Ivy and Bean