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Summer Reads for Kids

June 13, 2018

If your kids need help picking books to read this summer, look no further! We’ve put together a list of must-read titles that the younger readers in your life are sure to enjoy.

Don’t forget to have your kids track their reading minutes on our Summer Quest reading logs. This summer, we’re asking Bucks County to read 4 million minutes!

PICTURE BOOKS

  • A Busy Creature’s Day Eating by Mo Willems
  • Dinosaurs (Let’s Investigate with Nate) by Nate Ball
  • Don’t Forget Dexter! by Lindsay Ward
  • Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty
  • Floaty by John Himmelman
  • Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel
  • I Got It! By David Wiesner
  • Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
  • Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed
  • Misunderstood Shark by Ame Dyckman
  • Moon by Alison Oliver
  • Ocean Meets Sky by Terry Fan
  • She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History by Chelsea Clinton
  • Thank You, Earth by April Pulley Sayre
  • The Digger and the Flower by Joseph Kuefler

JUVENILE

  • Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer Choldenko
  • Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
  • Bad Kitty Camp Daze by Nick Bruel
  • Bob by Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead, Nicholas Gannon
  • Captain Awesome for President by Stan Kirby
  • Miss Newman Isn’t Human by Dan Gutman
  • National Geographic Kids Ultimate Dinopedia
  • Rebound by Kwame Alexander
  • River of Fire by Erin Hunter
  • Science Comics Sharks: Nature’s Perfect Hunter by Joe Flood
  • Sunny by Jason Reynolds
  • The Boggart Fights Back by Susan Cooper
  • The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel by Deborah Ellis
  • The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
  • Where Is Our Solar System? by Stephanie Sabol
  • Who Was Booker T. Washington? by James Buckley, Jr.
  • Who Was Coretta Scott King? by Gail Herman

Books recommended by Kathleen L., Collection Management Librarian

Filed Under: All, Books, Bucks County, Children, Summer Quest Tagged With: recommended reads

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