Here are but a sampling of sources for recommended summertime reading:

• Summer Reading for Kids 2002
  These books have been selected by Vermont public school librarians and are recommended for summer reading for children and young adults. Published on the Vermont Education Association's Web page, Summer Reading 2002 offers separate lists for students in grades K through 4, 5 through 8, and 9 through 12.

• Summer Reading Lists for 2002
  These lists, from the Mountain Brook City Schools in Birmingham, Alabama, recommend books for students in grades 1 through 3, 4, 5, 6, junior high school (grades 7 through 9), and high school.

• Summer Reading Lists
  Middlesex Middle School in Darien, Connecticut, provides reading lists for social studies and science, as well as English.

• Summer Fun Reading List
  These lists compiled by elementary school librarian Joan Kimball include books for students in K through 5. Book lists are divided by grade levels of students entering grades K and 1, 2 and 3, and 4 and 5, as well as into such categories as poetry, picture books, and classic fiction to read aloud to the whole family.

• Elementary Summer Reading List
  This list from the Wayland (Massachusetts) Public Schools includes fiction titles for beginning readers, students in grades 2 and 3, and students in grades 4 and 5, as well as lists of books of poetry, books of fairy tales, biographies, books for families to read aloud, and more.

• Boulder (Colorado) Public Library Booklists for Kids
  This list of lists from the BPL includes summer reading chapter books and summer reading picture books.

• Fairfax County Public Library Books for School-Age Children
  Though not specifically created as summer reading lists, these lengthy lists include great summer reading ideas. Individual lists are offered for students in grades 1 to 6.

• 2002 Summer Reading Lists
  This resource from Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools includes four separate lists -- for students going into grades 6, 7 and 8, 9 and 10, and 11 and 12.  

• Westlake Middle School Summer Reading List
  Separate lists, by genre, are included for students entering grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 from this middle school in Thornwood, New York. The lists are lengthy and include brief summaries of each book. Suggestions for parents are included.