Summer Reading Suggestions
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Lion vs Rabbit by Alex Latimer
Mabel and Me Best of Friends by Mark Sperring and Sarah Warburton
Mabel and Me are strolling down a strolly street, when Mabel asks a Hugely Harrowing and Diabolically Difficult question about why Me thinks they are best friends. Join this oddest of odd couples in their very first adventure to discover the answer – but be prepared for a large dose of mistaken identity along the way!
Mark Sperring’s sparkling text is a rollicking read-aloud that delights in language and rhythm and is perfectly complemented by Sarah Warburton’s terrifically warm and witty illustrations.
The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
With bold color and beautiful sense of design, Greg Pizzoli's picture book debut takes this familiar childhood worry and gives us a true gem in the vein of I Want My Hat Back and Not a Box.
Alvin Ho Allergic to Burgers, Babies and Other Bumps in the Night
The Day the Crayons Quit by Oliver Jeffes
The Return of Zita the SpaceGirl (Graphic Novel) by Ben Hatke
Ben Hatke brings back our intrepid space heroine for another delightful sci-fi/fantasy adventure in this New York Times-Bestselling graphic novel trilogy for middle grade readers.
Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces her biggest challenge yet in the third and final installment of the Zita adventures. Wrongfully imprisoned on a penitentiary planet, Zita has to plot the galaxy's greatest jailbreak before the evil prison warden can execute his plan of interstellar domination!
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
Recipe for a Perfect Planet Pie by Kim Michelle Toft
Once upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for all the letters by Oliver Jeffers
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Libary by Chris Grabentein
Secrets of of the Terra-Cotta Soldier by Ying Chang Compestine
In this action-packed adventure and coming-of-age story that finely weaves fact and fiction, thirteen-year-old Ming lives in a small village in Maoist China in the 1970s. His father is convinced that Emperor Qin’s tomb—and the life-size terra-cotta army created to serve and protect the emperor in the afterlife—lies hidden in the hills around them. But if Ming’s father doesn’t prove it soon, the town’s Political Officer will condemn him to the brutal labor camps. From the stories of a terra-cotta soldier who has survived through the centuries, Ming learns the history of Emperor Qin, known for building the Great Wall of China, and how and why the terra-cotta soldiers came to be.
Rain Reign By Ann M. Martin
Just as a storm hits town, Rain goes missing. Rose’s father shouldn’t have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search. Rose will find Rain, but so will Rain’s original owners.