Three cheers for summer reading! Summer programs foster creativity, promote reading skills, and help to prevent the summer slide. TeachingBooks is ready to enhance your summer reading with thoughtful digital resources curated to engage readers and connect them to the books and programs enjoyed in your community.
Check out resources for these fabulous programs. And, if you’re still looking for more, explore We Are Kid Lit’s Indigenous and People of Color selections and tools for each student to build their own booklists!
Professor Wormbog in the Search for the Zipperump-Zoo
by Mercer Mayer
The illustrations and funny side-detail take you on a clever search for strange animals.
Amelia's Summer Survival Guide
By Marissa Moss
Amelia’s Itchy-Twitchy Lovey-Dovey Summer at Camp Mosquito & Amelia’s Longest, Biggest, Most-Fights-Ever Family Reunion
Pirate Stew
by Neil Gaiman
Long John babysits, with his crew of wild pirates in tow, and - for one boy and his sister - dinner turns into a riotous adventure.
Julia's House for Lost Creatures
by Ben Hatke
Joined by a host of strange creatures, Julia shows how to be a good houseguest and how to love everyone, no matter how different.
Michael Vey is a teenager with Tourette's syndrome and an electrical superpower that he desperately works to keep hidden from the world. He meets up with others who share his powers and the series tells of their adventures.
By Christina Soontornvat
This book will have you on the edge of your seat, as plan after plan has to be redone and reworked in order to come up with the amazing way rescuers saved the 13 teens trapped in the Thai cave.
By Liz Kessler
Emily Windsnap lives aboard a boat with her mother. When she turns 13, she discovers she is part mermaid, or Semi-Mer. Follow her adventures on sea and land.
"City Spies" by James Ponti Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. Facing years in a juvenile detention facility, she is saved by Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but offers her a chance to join a secret MI6 agency. Operating out of Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from various parts of the world. who take their place in the world of espionage, where adults can’t.
"Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing" by Judy Blume Life with his little brother, two-year-old Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth-grade nothing. Fudge is a tiny terror and gets them into hilarious mischief. It leads to a great series about Fudge.
The "Ranger in Time" series, by Kate Messner. Ranger is a time-traveling golden retriever who has a nose for trouble . . . and always saves the day. Ranger has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog, but can't officially pass the test because he's always getting distracted.
“Two Truths and a Lie” series by Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson, illustrated by Lisa K. Weber. The authors engage the readers’ brains by challenging them with a dare. You have to read and figure out what is true and what is a lie. The book uses a conversational tone that makes it fun for old and young.
•“Battling for Victory: The coolest robot competitions”
•“Humanoid Robots: Running into the Future”
•“Robots in Risky Jobs: On the Battlefield and Beyond”
•“Unusual and Awesome Jobs Using Technology: Roller Coaster Designer, Space Robotics Engineer, and More”
The Official Star Wars Galactic Cookbook - by Insight Editions
"Bookworks : making books by hand" - by Gwenyth Swain -
"Supercool Paper Airplanes Kit" - by Andrew Dewar
"'Frozen' cookbook with Olaf" - by Lauren Perry