National Reading Month

Because reading is a fundamental skill necessary to a child’s learning and success at school, an annual reading program was launched in 1998. The nation’s largest children’s non-profit organization, Reading is Fundamental, partnered with the National Education Association to create the Read Across America program. It kicks off annually on March 2, the birthday of the famous children’s book author – Dr. Seuss.  The program’s mission is to encourage kids nationwide to collectively read one million books in the month of March.

A partial list of books recommended by The National Education Association is below.

Elementary School Reading List

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1 By C.S. Lewis
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Who Would Win series by Jerry Pallotta and Rob Bolster
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Middle School Reading List

• I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by    Malala Yousafzai
• Brian’s Song by William Blinn
• The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

High School Reading List

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway