Summer reading list from 2017-2018
Picture books
Bus! Stop! by James Yang
The Field, by Baptiste Paul (soccer!)
Love, by Matt de la Pena
Pie is for Sharing, by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard
A Round of Robins, by Katie Hesterman
Rudas: Nino’s Horrendous Hermanitas, by Yuyi Morales
This is the Nest that Robin Built, by Denise Fleming
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, by Derrick D. Barnes
A Different Pond, by Bao Phi
Goldfish Ghost, by Lemony Snicket
Home in the Rain, by Bob Graham
Little i, by Michael Hall
The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned his A-B-C’s (the Hard Way), by Patrick McDonnell
Robinson, by Peter Sis
Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List, by Kate Klise
The Book of Mistakes, by Corinna Luyken
Learning to read
Baby Monkey, Private Eye, by Brian Selznick
Big Cat, by Ethan Long
I See a Cat, by Paul Meisel
Little Ducks Go, by Emily Arnold McCully
Peeper and Zeep, by Adam Gudeon
Charlie & Mouse, by Laurel Snyder
It’s Shoe Time! by Bryan Collier
Fox + Chick: The Party and Other Stories, by Sergio Ruzzier
The Itchy Book, by Mo Willems and LeUyen Pham
The Cookie Fiasco, by Dan Santat
Duck, Duck, Porcupine! By Salina Yoon
Frog and Fly: Six Slurpy Stories, by Jeff Mack
Benjamin Bear: Bright Ideas! By Philippe Coudray
Younger chapter books
Bruno: Some of the More Interesting Days in My Life So Far, by Catharina Valckx
Weekends with Max and his Dad, by Linda Urban
The Princess in Black series, by Shannon Hale
Dory Fantasmagory, by Abby Hanlon
Katie Woo series, by Fran Manushkin
The Princess in Black series, by Shannon Hale
The Life of Ty: Penguin Problems (Life of Ty books), by Lauren Myracle
The Miniature World of Marvin & James (and other Masterpiece series books), by Elise Broach
Middle grade fiction
Beyond the Bright Sea, by Lauren Wolk
The Journey of Little Charlie, by Christopher Paul Curtis (can’t miss with this author)
Me and Marvin Gardens, by Amy Sarig King
The War I Finally Won, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (sequel to The War that Saved My Life)
The Parker Inheritance, by Varian Johnson
Wed Wabbit, by Lissa Evans
Crenshaw, by Katherine Applegate
Elizabeth and Zenobia, by Jessica Miller
The Adventures of Miss Petitfour, by Ann Michaels
Amal Unbound, Aisha Saeed
A Bandit’s Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket, by Deborah Hopkinson
Bob, by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead
Breakout, by Kate Messner
A Dash of Trouble, by Anna Meriano
Hello Universe, by Erin Entrada Kelly
Winterhouse, by Ben Guterson
The Heart and Mind of Frances Pauley, by April Stevens
Cilla Lee-Jenkins, Future Author Extraordinaire, by Susan Tan
My Brigadista Year, by Katherine Paterson
Once You Know This, by Emily Blejwas
Skating with the Statue of Liberty, by Susan Meyer
Young adult
Before We Were Free, by Julia Alvarez
The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang
Bull, by David Elliot
The Emperor of Any Place, by Tim Wynne-Jones
Graphic novels
Be Prepared, by Vera Brosgol
Grace for Gus, by Harry Bliss
Akissi: Tales of Mischief, by Marguerite Abouet
The Cardboard Kingdom, by Chad Sell
Positively Izzy, by Terri Libenson
Sharks: Nature’s Perfect Hunter, by Joe Flood
Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt, by Ben Clanton
Real Friends, by Shannon Hale
Hilo series, by Judd Winick
Nonfiction
Bird Builds a Nest, by Martin Jenkins
Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam, by Elizabeth Partridge
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science, by Joyce Sidman
Martin Rising: Requiem for a King, by Andrea Davis Pinkney (also poetry)
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere, by Barb Rosenstock
The Truth About Bears, by Maxwell Eaton
The Truth About Dolphins, by Maxwell Eaton
The Truth About Hippos, by Maxwell Eaton
Votes for Women! American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot, by Winifred Conkling
How to be an Elephant: Growing up in the African Wild, by Katherine Roy
Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, reveal’d, by Mary Losure
Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with her Song, by Kathryn Erskine
Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth, by Nicola Davies
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Robins! How They Grow Up, by Eileen Christelow
This is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World, by Matt Lamothe
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor, The Woman Who Loved Reptiles, by Patricia Valdez
Snowy Owl Invasion! Tracking an Unusual Migration, by Sandra Markle
Snails are Just my Speed! By Kevin McCloskey
The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow, by Jan Thornhill
Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten, by Laura Veirs
Poetry
I’m Just No Good at Rhyming and Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-ups, by Chris Harris
The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects, by Christopher Raschka
Seeing Into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard Wright
– Becky Young
Seabury Librarian
