Reading is a wonderful way to keep children engaged during the summer months. So, if you’re looking to buy or borrow a few books for your young and older readers, our super summer reading list has lots of choices for hours of enjoyment and imagination stimulation. Those long days are also a perfect time to binge read a book series. See “27 Book Series for Summer Reading” for more titles. Share your thoughts about our super summer selections in the comment section. Happy Reading!
The Big Bed – Bunmi Laditan, Illustrator – Tom Knight
Splash, Anna Hibiscus! – Atinuke, Illustrator – Lauren Tobia
One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree – Daniel Bernstrom, Illustrator – Brendan Wenzel
Lottie Paris and the Best Place – Angela Johnson, Illustrator – Scott M. Fischer
There’s a Dragon in My Closet – Dorothea Taylor, Illustrator – Charly Palmer
Don’t Call Me Grandma – Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Illustrator – Elizabeth Zunon
Melena’s Jubilee – Zetta Elliott, Illustrator – Aaron Boyd
The Three Billy Goats Gruff – Jerry Pinkney
The Selfish Crocodile – Faustin Charles, Illustrator – Michael Terry
How to Find a Fox – Nilah Magruder
I Am Enough – Grace Byers, Illustrator – Keturah A. Bobo
You Are Not a Cat! – Sharon G. Flake, Illustrator – Anna Raff
Where’s Rodney? – Carmen Bogan, Illustrator – Floyd Cooper
Mommy’s Khimar – Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Illustrator – Ebony Glenn
Greetings, Leroy – Itah Sadu, illustrator – Alix Delinois
Nikki and Deja – Karen English, Illustrator – Laura Freeman
The Buried Bones Mystery – Sharon M. Draper, Illustrator – Jesse Joshua Watson
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel – Nikki Grimes, Illustrator – R. Gregory Christie
Miami Gets It Straight – Patricia & Fredrick McKissack, Illustrator – Michael Chesworth
A Team Stays Together! – Tony & Lauren Dungy, Illustrator – Vanessa Brantley Newton
Ghost Boys – Jewell Parker Rhodes
Auma’s Long Run – Eucabeth Odhiambo
The Harlem Charade – Natasha Tarpley
Riding Chance – Christine Kendall
Two Naomis – Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich & Audrey Vernick
The Stars Beneath Our Feet – David Barclay Moore
Zoe in Wonderland – Brenda Woods
Jake the Fake Keeps it Real – Craig Robinson & Adam Mansbach
One Shadow on the Wall – Leah Henderson
Mango Delight – Fracaswell Hyman
Like Vanessa – Tami Charles
Betty Before X – Ilyasah Shabazz & Renée Watson
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground – Rita Williams-Garcia
Hurricane Child – Kheryn Callender
Black Panther: The Young Prince – Ronald L. Smith
Calling My Name – Liara Tamani
Orangeboy – Patrice Lawrence
Book – John Agard
American Street – Ibi Zoboi
Show and Prove – Sofia Quintero
Charm & Strange: A Novel – Stephanie Kuehn
For Every One – Jason Reynolds
Solo – Kwame Alexander & Mary Rand Hess
I Am Alfonso Jones – Tony Medina
The Belles – Dhonielle Clayton
Overturned – Lamar Giles
The Prey of Gods – Nicky Drayden
Little & Lion – Brandy Colbert
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child – Sandra Uwiringiyimana w/AbigailPesta
This Kid Can Fly: It’s About Ability (NOT Disability) – Aaron Philip w/Tonya Bolden
