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Are you in search of book suggestions to help you complete your Summer Reading Challenge? Take a look at our Summer Reading Book List, organized by age groups! Simply click on the title below to reserve the book directly from the library catalog.

Book List for Elementary Age Kids

How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander, Deanna Nikaido, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Words Are Magic! by Zaila Avant-garde, illustrated by Felicia Whaley
Glitter everywhere! where it came from, where it's found & where it's going by Chris Barton, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat
Love, Lah Lah by Nailah Blackman, illustrated by Jade Orlando
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Mahogany: A Little Red Riding Hood Tale by JaNay Brown-Wood, illustrated by John Joven
A Luna le encanta el museo by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Fiona Lumbers
Poetry Prompts: All Sorts of Ways to Start a Poem by Joseph Coelho, et al
Parker Dresses Up by Parker and Jessica Curry, illustrated by Brittany Jackson and Tajae Keith
I Have a Superpower by Stephen Curry illustrated by Geneva Bowers
Pete the Kitty’s Outdoor Art Project by James and Kimberly Dean
When You Look Up by Decur, translated by Chloe Garcia Roberts
Artists: Inspiring Stories of Their Lives and Works by DK
In Every Life by Marla Frazee
Everywhere beauty is Harlem: the vision of photographer Roy DeCarava / Gary Golio, art by E.B. Lewis.
The First Blade of Sweetgrass a Native American Story by Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey, illustrated by Nancy Baker
Just Being Dalí: The Story of Artist Salvador Dalí by Amy Guglielmo, illustrated by Brett Helquist
Uncle Fred Is a Knucklehead by Dan Gutman, illustrated by Jim Paillot
Princess in Black series by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Leuyen Pham
A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond, illustrated by Kate Cosgrove
Dear Yesteryear by Kimberly Annece Henderson and Ciara LeRoy
The World and Everything In It by Kevin Henkes
The Missing Sound by Nicole Johnson and Susans Illera Martínez
Love Is My Favorite Color by Nina Laden, illustrated by Melissa Castillon
When Langston Dances by Kaija Langley and Keith Mallett
Showtime! by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Niña Mata
More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean by Roz MacLean
How to Find a Fox by Nilah Magruder
Action! How Movies Began by Meghan McCarthy
Lola’s Nana-Bibi Comes to Visit by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosaline Beardshaw
The Show Must Demon by Andres Miedoso, illustrated by Victor Rivas
This Book Will Make You an Artist by Ruth Millington illustrated by Ellen Surrey
Post-Impressionism by Julie Murray
A Sari for Ammi by Mamta Nainy, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat
No 5 Bubblegum Street by Mikolaj Pa, illustrated by Gosia Herba
Kitty-cam by Margie Palatini, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
Growing an Artist: the Story of a Landscaper and His Son by John Parra
I Love Harriet Kippley by Jenny Lynn Pease, illustrated by Alessia Girasole
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
Cat Kid Comic Club series by Dav Pilkey
¡Vamos! Let’s Go Read by Raúl the Third
Camila the Stage Star by Alicia Salazar, illustrated by Thais Damiao
Miss Edmonia’s Class of Wildfires by Victoria Scott-Miller, illustrated by Francisco Santoya
Piper Chen Sings by Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran, illustrated by Qin Leng
Listen : How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
A Flag for Juneteenth by Kim Taylor
A Ray of Light : a Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick
Zora the Story Keeper by Ebony Joy Wilkins, illustrated by Dave Coulter
Cut! how Lotte Reiniger and a pair of scissors revolutionized animation by C. E. Winters
The Big Book of Nature Art by Yuval Zommer

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