Picture Books
Jumpy Jack and Googily by Meg Rosoff Always Listen to Your Mother by Florence Heide Captain Buckleboots and the Naughty Step by Mark Sperring ABC Kids by Basher You’re Finally Here! by Melanie Watt
K – 2nd grade
National Geographic Readers Zig Zag Kids by Patricia Reilly Giff Zapato Power series by Jacqueline Jules Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo Stink series by Megan McDonald
1st – 3rd grade
Weird but True! 3 – 300 Outrageous Facts by National Geographic Kids Frannie K. Stein series by Jim Benton Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon Frankie Pickle series by Eric Wight Mal and Chad: The Biggest, Bestest Time Ever! By Stephen McCranie
3rd – 6th grade
Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist series by R.L. LaFevers Araminta Spookie series by Angie Sage The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall The Popularity Papers series by Amy Ignatow Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer The Sisters Eight series by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
6th – 9th grade
Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi Fablehaven by Brandon Mull Erec Rex series by Kaza Kingsley Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine The Red Blazer Girls series by Michael Beil
High School
Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials by James Dashner Soulless series by Gail Carriger Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau Curse Workers by Holly Black
You might consider a summer book club – it’s a fantastic way to get kids motivated to read and, if it’s a mother-daughter book club, a fun way to spend quality time together, for all ages. Happy reading! Melissa Taylor writes about education-related topics at her award-winning playful learning blog, Imagination Soup, and for publications such as Scholastic Parent and Child, Babble.com, Colorado Parent Magazine and others. She’s the Book Editor-at-Large for Colorado Parent Magazine, writing their book review blog, Bookmarkable and is a certified teacher with a M.A. in Education.
