Summer Reading List
Links are updated as they are received. If you are not guided to a school website that lists the updated year, please check with your school to verify the information.
If you do not see your school represented, please contact your school directly to acquire your school's current list. Your school may have assignments related to the reading list. Please check with your school for those details.
Educators click here for instructions on how to have your school’s reading list posted.
Mayor Byron W. Brown’s Reading Rules Summer Reading Challenge is virtual and open to any child in any public, parochial, private or charter school entering grades K-12 in any school district
Many books on the Suggested Reading List can be found at Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries.
The New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) Book Lists offer a variety of titles about summer, adventure, nature, and wildlife. Lists are separated by reading level and organized by title in alphabetical order. Each title summary indicates whether titles are available in braille or audio format. To order titles, you may contact TBBL, request books through their online catalog, or download titles instantly through BARD. If you do not have a BARD account, please visit the BARD registration page.
Amherst Middle School (Grade 6)
Amherst Middle School (Grade 7)
Amherst Middle School (Grade 8)
Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart
Casey Middle School (Grades 5 - 8)
City Honors School (Grades 5 – 12)
Clarence Center Elementary (Kindergarten)
Clarence Center Elementary (Grade 1)
Clarence Center Elementary (Grade 2)
Clarence Center Elementary (Grade 3)
Clarence Center Elementary (Grade 4)
Clarence Center Elementary (Grade 5)
Clarence Middle (grades 8 & 9)
Clarence High School (Grades 9 – 12)
Cleveland Hill Elementary School
Cloverbank Elementary (Grades 1 – 2) 2023
Cloverbank Elementary (Grades 3 – 5) 2023
East Aurora Middle School (Grades 5-8)
Eggert Elementary – Orchard Park
Ellicott Elementary – Orchard Park
Elmwood Village Charter Schools (Grades K – 8)
Franklin Middle School (Grades 5-7) – Ken-Ton School District
Frederick Law Olmsted PS #64 - 2nd grade 2023
Frontier Middle School 6th Grade
Frontier Middle School 7th Grade
Frontier Middle School 8th Grade
Grand Island Central - Sidway Elementary - Grades K - 1
Grand Island Central - Veronica Connor Middle School - Grades 6-8
Holland Central School District (Grades 7-9)
John F. Kennedy Middle School and High School
Lake Shore Central - Grades K - 2
Lake Shore Central - Grades 3 - 5
Lake Shore Central (Grades 6-8)
Lancaster High School (ELA 12 APLit)
Maplemere Elementary School Grades 1-2
Maplemere Elementary School Grades 3
Maplemere Elementary School Grades 4
Maplemere Elementary School Grades 5
Maplemere Elementary School Grades 6
Nardin Academy (Grades 9 – AP)
Orchard Park Middle School (Grade 6)
Orchard Park Middle School (Grade 7)
Orchard Park Middle School (Grade 8)
Queen of Heaven School (Grades 1 – 8)
Sheridan Hill Elementary (K-5)
St. Amelia School (Pre-K to Grade 8)
St. Francis High School grade 9
St. John the Baptist (Alden) – Preschool to Grade 8
St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute
St. Stephen School (Grand Island) – Grades 1 to 8
Tapestry Charter School (Grades 5 – 8)
West Seneca East High School Entering ELA 2
West Seneca East High School Entering ELA 3
West Seneca East High School Entering ELA 4
West Seneca East High School Entering ELA 9
West Seneca West Senior- Grade 9 Honors
West Seneca West Senior- Grade 9
West Seneca West Senior- Grade 10 Honors
West Seneca West Senior- Grade10
West Seneca West Senior- Grade11 Honors
West Seneca West Senior- Grade11
West Seneca West Senior- Grade12 and Grade12 Electives
William G. Houston Middle School
Williamsville Central Schools Grade K
Williamsville Central Schools Grade 1
Williamsville Central Schools Grade 2
Williamsville Central Schools Grade 3
Williamsville Central Schools Grade 4
Williamsville Central Schools Grade K – 4 Non-fiction
Williamsville East High School (Grades 9 - AP)
Williamsville North High School
William Street School (Grades 4-6)