Summer Reading List for Kids

This summer reading list for kids is a compilation of summer reading recommendations from past years.   Check out TMoM’s Summer Bucket List and keep track of your reading goals all summer long!  We’d love to hear what you plan to read or have read with your kids in the comments.

Picture Books

• Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
• Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
• She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton, illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
• The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Wendell Minor
• Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
• A Perfect Day by Lane Smith
• A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
• Good People Everywhere by Lynea Gillen and illustrated by Kristina Swarner
• Big Ideas for Little Environmentalists by Maureen McQuerry, with Jane Goodall
• Letters to Live By: An Alphabet Book with Intention by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough

Older Elementary & Middle Grades 

• Real Friends by Shannon Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
• Tumble and Blue by Cassie Beasley
• Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
• Just Jaime by Terri Libenson
• Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
• The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
• Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
• Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
• New Kid by Jerry Craft
• Nightbird by Alice Hoffman

Young Adult

• We are Okay by Nina LaCour
• The Names they Gave Us by Emery Lord
• The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig
• Again but Better by Christina Riccio
• Lovely War by Julie Berry
• The Fever King by Victoria Lee
• If You’re Out There by Katy Loutzenhiser
• The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder
• I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
• Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

Visit the links below for complete  lists created by TMoM Guest Blogger Ellen Lloyd.  

Ellen’s Book Nook Summer Reading 2014

Ellen’s Book Nook Summer Reading 2017

Ellen’s Book Nook Summer Reading 2019

Ellen’s Book Nook Summer Reading 2022