FAMILIES: If you would like to provide your reader(s) with opportunities to engage in books this summer,
scroll below to find some optional book title recommendations! Award winners and new titles are included.
Please make sure to check the books your child reads to make sure it is an appropriate and "Just Right Book". The topics of the books vary in maturity and age range.
Feel free to read reviews from the Common Sense Media website.
Notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways.
Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends
by Kaz Windness
Henry, Like Always
by Jenn Bailey & Mika Song
American Indian Youth Literature Award identifies and honors the very best writing and illustrations by Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of North America.
Both are 2023 Honor Books
JoJo Makoons
By Dawn Quigley