Grade 5 Summer Reading List
2025 Recommended books for rising Grade 5 students and families. *The required reading book for Grade 5 is The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.
- 952 Resources including
- 122 Videos
- 70 Book Readings
- 136 Lesson Plans
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Showing 1-45 of 45 book results from the CRL "Grade 5 Summer Reading List".
When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
50+ Resources20 Awards
The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
Book 1 in series
35+ Resources7 Awards
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington
30+ Resources15 Awards
You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford
25+ Resources4 Awards
Hardcourt: Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association
by Fred Bowen and James Ransome
20+ Resources7 Awards
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
by Nicholas Day and Brett Helquist
20+ Resources6 Awards
Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes
by Patty Cisneros Prevo and Dion MBD
15+ Resources3 Awards
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code (Young Readers Edition)
by Walter Isaacson and Sarah Durand
10+ Resources2 Awards
Santiago!: Santiago Ramón y Cajal! Artist, Scientist, Troublemaker
by Jay Hosler
10+ Resources2 Awards
The Beast and the Bethany
by Jack Meggitt-Phillips and Isabelle Follath
Book 1 in series
5+ Resources
Above are books from the CRL "Grade 5 Summer Reading List" that are currently on TeachingBooks.
