2024 Summer Reading Suggestions

All titles on this list are available at Lee Memorial Library or other BCCLS libraries

 

Remember, these are Summer Reading suggestions – you do not have assigned books so you can choose whatever you would like! If you don’t see your choice on the list, we can help you find it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ages 0-2 years

  1. But not the hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton E (BDBK) BOYNTON

  2. Pajama Time! By Sandra Boynton  E (BDBK) BOYNTON

  3. The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown E (BDBK) BROWN

  4. Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown E (BDBK) BROWN

  5. Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell E CAMPBELL

  6. Ruby & Rufus: Love the Water by Olivier Dunrea E DUNREA

  7. Gossie by Olivier Dunrea E DUNREA

  8. Huggy the Python Hugs Too Hard by Ame Dyckman E (BDBK) DYCKMAN

  9. First 100 Words E (BDBK) FIRST

  10. One Lonely Fish: A Counting Book with Bite! by Andy Mansfield E FLINTHAM

  11. Who? A Celebration of Babies by Robie H Harris E (BDBK) HARRIS

  12. Before & After by by Jean Jullien E (BDBK) JULLIEN

  13. Rocket Town by Bob Logan E (BDBK) LOGAN

  14. Making Faces E (BDBK) MAKING

  15. Chicka chicka boom boom by Bill Martin E (BDBK) MARTIN

  16. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney E MCBRATNEY

  17. I love you through and through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak E (BDBK) ROSSETTI

  18. Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle E (BDBK) SCHERTLE

  19. Who Has Wiggle-Waggle Toes? by Vicky Shiefman E SHIEFMAN

  20. Baby Loves Aerospace Engineering! By Ruth Spiro E (BDBK) SPIRO

  21. Sunflower Lion by Kevin Henkes E HENKES


 

Ages 3-5 years

  1. Life on Mars by Jon Agee E AGEE

  2. Noisy Night by Mac Barnett  E BARNETT

  3. Good Day, Good Night by Margaret Wise Brown E BROWN

  4. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. by Eileen Christelow E CHRISTELOW

  5. I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home by Kathryn Cristaldi E CRISTALDI

  6. Little Excavator by Anna Dewdney E DEWDNEY

  7. A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo  E DICAMILLO

  8. Go, dog, go! by P. D. Eastman JE EASTMAN

  9. Lucia the Luchadora by Cynthia Leonor Garza E GARZA

  10. Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett E GRAVETT

  11. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by James Dean E PETE

  12. Summer Supper by Rubin Pfeffer E PFEFFER

  13. Hey, Water! By Antoinette Portis E PORTIS

  14. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker E RINKER

  15. Say Zoop by Hervé Tullet E TULLET

  16. ABCs from Space: A Discovered Alphabet by Adam Voiland E VOILAND

  17. Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems E WILLEMS

  18. Because by Mo Willems E WILLEMS

  19. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? By Jane Yolen E YOLEN

  20. Wemberley Worried by Kevin Henkes E HENKES

  21. Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel E BRUEL

  22. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes E HENKES

  23. Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin E CRONIN

  24. Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena E DE LA PENA

 

 

Grades K-1

  1. Hi, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold JE ARNOLD

  2. Fly Guy Presents Space by Tedd Arnold JE ARNOLD

  3. Yasmin in Charge by Saadia Faruqi J FIC FARUQI

  4. ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market by Raúl The Third E GONZALEZ

  5. Moon's First Friends: One Giant Leap for Friendship by Susanna Leonard Hill E HILL

  6. The Magic of Letters by Tony Johnston E JOHNSTON

  7. The Fisherman and the Whale by Jessica Lanan E LANAN

  8. Music for Mister Moon by Philip Christian Stead E STEAD

  9. Crab Cake by Andrea Tsurumi E TSURUMI

  10. Mac and Cheese by Sarah Weeks JE WEEKS

  11. Duck Duck Porcupine by Salina Yoon JE YOON

  12. If You Had Your Birthday Party on the Moon by Joyce Lapin J 523.3 LAP

  13. The Frog Book by Steven Jenkins J 597.89 JEN

  14. I Am Neil Armstrong: Ordinary People Change the World by Brad Meltzer J BIOG ARMSTRONG (I AM)

  15. The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow J BIOG BINNEY

  16. A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon by Suzanne Slade J BIOG JOHNSON

  17. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes E HENKES

  18. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! By Jon Scieszka E SCIESZKA

  19. Itty-Bitty Kitty Corn by Shannon Hale E HALE

  20. Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin E RUBIN

  21. It Was Supposed to Be Sunny by Samantha Cotterill  E COTTERILL

  22. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon E CANNON

  23. Tiny T. Rex and the Very Very Dark by Jonathan Stutzman E STUTZMAN

  24. Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman E STUTZMAN

  25. Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty J FIC BEATY EC

  26. The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey J FIC BLABEY EC

  27. The Unicorn Diaries by Rebecca Elliott J FIC ELLIOTT EC

  28. A Friend for Dragon by Dav Pilkey JE PILKEY

  29. Diary of an Ice Princess series by Christina Soontornvat J FIC SOONTORNVAT EC

 

 

 Grades 2-3

  1. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown J FIC BROWN

  2. Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary J FIC CLEARY

  3. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo J FIC DICAMILLO

  4. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau JFIC DUPRAU

  5. Mr. Lemoncello's Library series by Chris Grabenstein J FIC GRABENSTEIN

  6. The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez J FIC PEREZ

  7. Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot By Dav Pilkey J FIC PILKEY

  8. Captain Underpants Series by Dav Pilkey J FIC PILKEY

  9. Bad Kitty: Kitten Trouble by Nick Bruel J SERIES BAD

  10. CatStronauts series by Drew Brockington J GRAPH CATSTRONAUTS

  11. Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill J GRAPH ONEILL

  12. Song of the Court by Katy Farina J GRAPH FARINA

  13. InvestiGators by John Patrick Green J GRAPH GREEN

  14. The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes J FIC HENKES

  15. Crossings by Katy Duffield J 333.954 DUF

  16. Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine E LEVINE

  17. Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne J SERIES MAGIC

  18. Dog Man/Cat Kid series by Dav Pilkey J GRAPH PILKEY

  19. Magic Animal Rescueby E.D. Baker J FIC BAKER EC

  20. After Happily Ever After series by Tony Bradman J SERIES AFTER

  21. Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene J FIC KEENE

  22. Rump by Liesl Shurtliff J FIC SHURTLIFF

  23. The Way Things Work by David Macaulay J 600 MAC

  24.  Dory Fantasmagory Series by Abby Hanlon J FIC HANLON

  25. Alvin Ho Series by Lenore Look J FIC LOOK

  26. Mercy Watson Series by Kate Di Camillo J FIC DICAMILLO EC

  27. Ellray Jakes Series by Sally Warner J FIC WARNER

  28.  Absolutely Alfie Series by Sally Warner J FIC WARNER

  29. Stink Series by Megan McDonald J FIC MCDONALD EC



Grades 4-6

  1. The Line Tender by Kate Allen J FIC ALLEN

  2. The one and only Ivan by Katherine Applegate J FIC APPLEGATE

  3. Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett J FIC BALLIETT

  4. The girl who drank the moon by Kelly Regan Barnhill J FIC BARNHILL

  5. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown J FIC BROWN

  6. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl J FIC DAHL

  7. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein J FIC GRABENSTEIN

  1. Refugee by Alan Gratz J FIC GRATZ

  2. The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman J FIC GUTMAN

  3. Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly J FIC KELLY

  4. Amina’s Voice by Hena Kahn J FIC KHAN

  5. Inside out and back again by Thanhha Lai J FIC LAI

  6. Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai J FIC LAI

  7. Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee J FIC LEE

  8. Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles by Thomas Lennon J FIC LENNON

  9. Rules by Cynthia Lord J FIC LORD

  10. The Candymakers by Wendy Mass J FIC MASS

  11. Wonder by  R. J. Palacio J FIC PALACIO

  12. The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla J FIC PLA

  13. Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt  J FIC SCHMIDT

  14. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick J FIC SELZNICK

  15. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead J FIC STEAD

  16. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart J FIC STEWART

  17. Smile by Raina Telgemeier  J GRAPH TELGEMEIER

  18. Front Desk by Kelly Yang J FIC YANG

  19. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz J 398.2 SCH

  20. The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman J FIC GROSSMAN

  21. Kristy’s Great Idea by Raina Telgemeier J GRAPH BABYSITTERS.1

  22. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire) by Tui Sutherland J FIC SUTHERLAND

  23. Matilda by Roald Dahl J FIC DAHL

  24. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor J FIC CONNOR

  25. The Princess and the Frog by E.D. Baker J FIC BAKER

  26. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling J FIC ROWLING

  27. Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega J FIC ORTEGA

  28. Aru Shah Series by Roshani Chokshi J FIC CHOKSHI

  29. Live Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano J FIC MERIANO

  30. The Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao J FIC ZHAO

  31. The Last Last Day of Summer by Lamar Giles J FIC GILES

  32. The School for Good and Evil, Book 1 by Soman Chainani J FIC CHAINANI

  33. Serafina and the black cloak by Robert Beatty J FIC BEATTY

  34. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall JFIC BIRDSALL

  35. The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz J FIC GIDWITZ

  36.  Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte J FIC LEZOTTE

  37.  Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson J FIC LUGMAN-DAWSON

  38. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs J FIC DOBBS

  39. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk J FIC WOLK

  40. Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes J FIC RHODES

 


Grades 7-8

  1. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott YA FIC SCOTT

  2. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick J FIC SELZNICK

  3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak YA FIC ZUSAK

  4. Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina J FIC MEDINA

  5. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander J FIC ALEXANDER

  6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman YA FIC GAIMAN

  7. Bloom by Kenneth Oppel J FIC OPPEL

  8. From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks J FIC MARKS

  9. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card YA FIC CARD

  10. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green YA FIC GREEN

  11. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith YA FIC SMITH

  12. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman YA FIC PULLMAN

  13. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs YA FIC RIGGS

  14. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson YA FIC ANDERSON

  15. A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi YA FIC MAFI

  16. Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram YA FIC KHORRAM

  17. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater YA 364.15 SLA

  18. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner YA FIC ZENTNER

  19. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson YA GRAPH STEVENSON

  20.  The New Kid by Jerry Craft J GRAPH

  21. Tristan Strong by Kwame Mbalia J FIC MBALIA

  22. Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga J FIC WARGA

  23. The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani J FIC HIRANANDANI

  24. The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi J FIC RIAZI

  25. I Can Make That Promise by Christine Day J FIC DAY

  26.  The King and The Dragonflies by Kacen Callender J FIC CALLENDER

  27. Beyonders by Brandon Mull J FIC MULL

  28. Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee YA FIC DEE

  29. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi YA FIC MAFI

  30. Magnus Chase Series by Rick Riordan J FIC RIORDAN

  31. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott YA FIC LIPPINCOTT

  32. Scythe Series by Neal Shusterman YA FIC SHUSTERMAN

  33. A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee J FIC RAMEE

  34. Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald J FIC GREENWALD

  35. Children of Blood and Bone Series by Tomi Adeyemi YA FIC ADEYEMI

  36. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park YA FIC PARK

  37. Freedom Swimmer by Wai Chim YA FIC CHIM

  38. Gold Mountain by Betty Yee YA FIC YEE

 

 

Grades 9-12

  1. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland YA FIC IRELAND

  2. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black YA FIC BLACK

  1. Legend by Marie Lu YA FIC LU

  2. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas YA FIC MAAS

  3. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor YA FIC TAYLOR

  4. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman YA FIC KAUFMAN

  5. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo YA FIC BARDUGO

  6. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera YA FIC SILVERA

  7. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven YA FIC NIVEN

  8. One of Us Is Lying by Karen Mcmanus YA FIC MCMANUS

  9. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson YA FIC NELSON

  10. With the fire on high by Elizabeth Acevedo YA FIC ACEVEDO

  11. Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz YA FIC SAENZ

  12. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare YA FIC CLARE

  13.  The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess YA BIO SABIC-EL-RAYESS

  14. The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming YA FIC FLEMING

  15. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds YA FIC REYNOLDS

  16. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky YA FIC CHBOSKY

  17. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas YA FIC THOMAS

  18. The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stefvater

  19.  With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo YA FIC ACEVEDO

  20.  Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson YA FIC WATSON

  21. Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas YA FIC THOMAS

  22.  The Project by Courtney Summers YA FIC SUMMERS

  23.  An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi YA FIC MAFI

  24. Lore by Alexandra Bracken YA FIC BRACKEN

  25.  Wings of Ebony by J. Elle YA FIC ELLE

  26. A Pho Love Story by Loan Le YA FIC LE