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FAMILIES: If you would like to provide your reader(s) with opportunities to engage with books this summer,

scroll below to find some optional book title recommendations! Award winners and new titles are included.

Thank You, Omu!

By: Oge Mora

The Crayon Man

By: Natascha Biebow

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

By: Joanna Ho & Dung Ho

The Proudest Blue

By: Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali

Across the Bay

By: Carlos Aponte

Bear Came Along

By: Richard Morris

We Are Water Protectors

By: Carole Lindstrom & Michaela Goade

Drawn Together

By: Minh Le

Moon! Earth's Best Friend

By: Stacy McAnulty

Fry Bread

By: Kevin Noble Maillard

Black is a Rainbow Color

By: Angela Joy

Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

By: Margarita Engle

The King of Kindergarten

By: Derrick Barnes

Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built

By: Angela Burke Kunkel

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

The Bug Girl

By: Sophia Spencer & Margaret McNamara

Magic Ramen

By: Andrea Wang

Hair Love

By: Matthew Cherry

Bowwow Powwow

By: Brenda J. Child

One LIttle Bag: An Amazing Journey

By: Henry Cole

Me & Mama

By: Cozbi A. Cabrera

Dinosaurs: Fact and Fable

By: Seymour Simon

Inky's Amazing Escape

By: Sy Montgomery

Spencer's New Pet

By: Jessica Sima

Crossings: Extraordinary Sturctures for Extraordinary Animals

By: Katy S. Duffield

Salma the Syrian Chef

By: Danny Ramadan

What Do They Do With All That Poo?

By: Jane Kurtz

Sulwe

By: Lupita Nyong'o

Another

By: Christian Robinson

Hey, Water!

By: Antoinette Portis

Skulls!

By: Blair Thornburgh

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13

By: Helaine Becker

The Most Beautiful Thing

By: Kao Kalia Yang

The Bear in My Family

By: Maya Tatsukawa


Our Favorite Day

By: Joowon Oh

Bilal Cooks Daal

By: Aisha Saeed

Layla's Happiness

By: Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

Nana Akua Goes To School

By: Tricia Elam Walker

I Talk Like a River

By: Jordan Scott

I say OOH You say AAH

By: John Kane

Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away

By: Meg Medina

Truman

By: Jean Reidy

A Way With Wild Things

By: Larissa Theule

Just Like Me

By: Vanessa Brantley-Newton

The Box Turtle

By: Vanessa Roeder

Hop To It: Poems to Get You Moving

By: Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong

From My Window

By: Otavio Junior

The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and other How-To Poems

By: Paul B. Janeczko

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

By: Suzanne Slade

Vamos! Let's Go Eat

By: Raúl the Third

See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog

By: David LaRochelle

Birdsong

By: Julie Flett

The Thing About Bees

By: Eric-Shabazz Larkin

A New Green Day

By: Antoinette Portis

My Papi Has A Motorcycle

By: Isabel Quintero & Zeke Pena

I Am Every Good Thing

By: Derrick Barnes

I'm Trying To Love Rocks

By: Bethany Barton

If You Take Away the Otter

By: Susannah Buhrman-Deever

There's a Superhero in Your Book

By: Tom Fletcher

Milo Imagines the World

By: Matt de la Peña

Chapter Books

Yasmin The Soccer Star

By: Saadia Faruqi

Zoey and Sassafras: Bips and Roses

By: Asia Citro

Dragon Masters: Heat of the Lava Dragon

By: Tracey West

Sadiq and the Pet Problem

By: Siman Nuurali

Zach and Zoe Mysteries: The Lacrosse Mix-Up

By: Mike Lupica

Jada Jones: Sky Watcher

By: Dori Hillestad Butler

Katie Woo's Neighborhood: Katie's Vet Loves Pets

By: Fran Manushkin

Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Gets a Sidekick

By: Jacqueline Jules

Dory Fantasmagory: Tiny Tough

By: Abby Hanlon

Diary of a Pug: Pug's Got Talent

By: Kyla May

The Carver Chronicles: Pizza Party

By: Karen English

Judy Moody, Book Quiz Whiz

By: Megan McDonald