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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