2026 Reading Challenge

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The One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateWonder by R.J. PalacioThe Legend of Decimus Croome by Kevin PurdyJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
4th Grade Read Aloud
37 books — 72 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonaldMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard AtwaterHomer Price by Robert McCloskeyThe Wheel on the School by Meindert De Jong
1st Grade Read Alouds
40 books — 44 voters

The Legend of Decimus Croome by Kevin PurdyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert De Jong
5th Grade Read Alouds
23 books — 43 voters
Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonThe Legend of Decimus Croome by Kevin PurdyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBanner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman
7th Grade Read Alouds
42 books — 40 voters

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateThe Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilloMatilda by Roald DahlThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
3rd Grade Read Alouds
41 books — 39 voters
The Legend of Decimus Croome by Kevin PurdyThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinA Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkI, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de TreviñoThe Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
6th Grade Read Alouds
16 books — 34 voters

The Cricket in Times Square by George SeldenA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettSuperfudge by Judy BlumeMatilda by Roald DahlThe School Story by Andrew Clements
2nd Grade Read Alouds (Read-Alouds C)
25 books — 26 voters
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. MilneThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerDolphin Adventure by Wayne GroverMary On Horseback by Rosemary WellsDolphin Treasure by Wayne Grover
Kindergarten Read Alouds
25 books — 22 voters

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles GannettThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Story About Ping by Marjorie FlackDolphin Treasure by Wayne Grover
Sonlight Core A read alouds
28 books — 11 voters
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor EstesMary On Horseback by Rosemary WellsThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Light at Tern Rock by Julia L. Sauer
Sonlight Kindergarten
18 books — 8 voters

Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield FisherMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonaldMountain Born by Elizabeth YatesLittle Pear by Eleanor Frances LattimoreThe Wheel on the School by Meindert De Jong
Sonlight Core B Read Alouds
17 books — 7 voters
The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage CarlsonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard AtwaterThe Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick HillUnderstood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Sonlight Core 1
22 books — 7 voters

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