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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 Pre-Readers

The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed, illustrated by Hatem Aly
Baby’s First Love Story by Stacy Abrams, illustrated by Irena Freitas
The Gabi That Girma Wore by Fasika Adefris, Sara Holly Ackerman, illustrated by Netsanet Tesfay
John’s Turn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Kate Berube
Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts
This Is Tap: Savion Glover Finds His Funk by Selene Castrovilla and Laura Freeman
Lia y Luís: ¡Desconcertados! by Ana Crespo, illustrated by Giovana Medeiros
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton by Nina Crews
Show the World! by Angela Dalton, illustrated by Daria Peoples
The Crayons Love Our Planet by Drew Daywalk, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
The Girl Who Heard the music by Marni Fogelson and Mahani Teave,, illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns
The Worm Family Has Its Picture Taken by Jennifer Frank, illustrated by David Ezra Stein
Dress-Up Day by Blanca Gómez
The Rainbow Park by Harold Green III, illustrated by DeAnn Wiley
This Book Is Banned by Raj Haldar, illustrated by Julia Patton
You’re Going to Love This Book by Jory John, illustrated by Oliver Tallec
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil, illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan
When Pencil Met Eraser by Karen Kilpatrick and Luis O. Ramos, Jr.
Ear Worm! by Jo Knowles, illustrated by Galia Bernstein
Built to Last by Minh Lê, illustrated by Dan Santat
Scroll by Hui Li
Benita and the Night Creatures by Mariana Llanos, illustrated by Cocoretto
Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack
The Tiny Tailors by Kat MacLeod
Sparkles, no sparkles by Shannon McNeill
Izzy Paints by Tim Miller
Monet’s Cat by Lily Murray, illustrated by Becky Cameron
The Legend of Iron Purl by Tao Nyeu
Shall We Dance? by Robin Page
Patchwork Prince by Baptiste Paul, illustrated by Kitt Thomas
You Are a Story by Bob Raczka, illustrated by Kristen Howdeshell and Kevin Howdeshell
There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
Amor de colores by Melanie Romero, illustrated by Citlali Reyes
While We Wait by Judy Ann Sadler, illustrated by Élodie Duhameau
In Between by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre
This Is a Story by John Schu, illustrated by Lauren Castillo
The Artivist by Nikkolas Smith
A Garden in My Hands by Meera Sriram, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat
Very Good Hats by Emma Straub
Ali and Sea Stars by Ali Stroker, illustrated by Gillian Reid
Becoming Blue by Ellen Tarrow, illustrated by Julien Chung
Finding My Dance by Ria Thundercloud, illustrated by Kalila J
¡Fiesta! A Festival of Colors by Duncan Tonatiuh
I’ll Be a Chicken Too by Lana Vanderlee, illustrated by Mike Deas
Ari Arranges Everything by Katie Vernon
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Loren Long
When You Love a Book by Kaz Windness, illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee
Amy Wu and the Ribbon Dance by Kat Zhang, illustrated by Charlene Chua

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