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Summer Break Reads! Summer 2025 |
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Hot mess
by Jeff Kinney
The Heffleys agree to spend summer break with both Mom's and Dad's relatives at the same time, but they have to figure out how to be in two places at once, in this sidesplittingly relatable summer story.
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Summer is for cousins
by Rajani LaRocca
Worried his older cousin Dhruv won't want to spend time with him during summer vacation at the lake house, Ravi discovers this isn't the case as they work together to make a special dinner.
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J vs. K
by Kwame Alexander
Two ten-year-olds must decide whether they should join forces to create an unbeatable duo that is sure to win their school's annual creative storytelling contest.
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Vampire vacation
by Laura Lavoie
In this laugh-out-loud picture book that young readers can really sink their teeth into, Fang, who is tired of vacationing in Transylvania, decides to convince his family that fun at the beach is possible, even for vampires.
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Running in flip-flops from the end of the world
by Justin A. Reynolds
When everyone in town disappears without a trace, 12-year-old Eddie and his friends, with no parental supervision, must figure out what happened to their families, but as they each deal with their fear differently, their friendships begin to fracture.
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Mermaids are the worst!
by Alex Willan
Gilbert the Goblin's beachside vacation gets ruined by mermaids and their fin-flapping festivities, which turns his rest and relaxation into stress and aggravation, in a humorous story about how the strangest of creatures can become the best of friends.
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Sari-sari summers
by Lynnor Bontigao
Celebrating ingenuity and intergenerational relationships, this delightful picture book follows Nora as she helps her grandmother during a heat wave to come up with a refreshing way to bring people together??—??and to their sari-sari store.
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Read in Bed or Chilling on the Couch!
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Tiny Bear Goes Missing
by Manka Kasha
When a child loses their beloved stuff bear, the dreaded Anxiety Monster gets loose, swirling bigger and bigger, but the child finds the courage to overcome their worry and sets off on a rescue mission to find their best friend.
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Lift
by Minh Lãe
Discovering a mysterious new button on her apartment elevator that carries her to amazing places where she can escape and explore on her own, young Iris considers how including another person will change her adventures.
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The girl in the walls
by Meg Eden Kuyatt
Sent to spend the summer with her seemingly critical Grandma Jojo, neurodivergent and artistic V discovers a ghostly girl in the walls and must uncover the ghost's desires and her grandmother's secrets before their relationship is irreparably damaged.
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On a summer night
by Deborah Hopkinson
Brings the quiet of a warm summer night to vivid, magical life as a girl and all the nighttime creatures are roused and then gently returned to sleep, in this luminous exploration of wakefulness, restfulness and the mysterious calm of the night.
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Kaya Morgan's crowning achievement
by Jill Tew
Twelve-year-old Kaya struggles to remain true to herself when she encounters bias while competing for the role of queen at the Renaissance Faire camp
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Are we there yet? : a story
by Dan Santat
Enduring a boring car ride that makes him feel like time is going backward, a little boy is astonished to find himself traveling back to the times of Colonial America, ancient Egypt, the dinosaur era and other historical periods.
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Speak up, Santiago!
by Julio Anta
Santi is excited to spend the summer in Hillside Valley, meeting local kids, eating his Abuela's delicious food and exploring, but Santi doesn't speak Spanish and it seems everyone he meets does, in a story about friends, community and identity.
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Endlessly ever after : pick your path to countless fairy tale endings! : a story of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack, Hansel, Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, a wolf, a witch, a goose, a grandmother, some pigs, and endless variations
by Laurel Snyder
This funny choose-your-path picture book of fractured fairy tales offers young readers the chance to build their own narrative out of the decisions they make each step of the way.
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Stalactite & Stalagmite : a big tale from a little cave
by Drew Beckmeyer
Two cave nubs, Stalactite and Stalagmite, witness the history of the world together, including watching a trilobite, an ichthyostega, a triceratops, a ground sloth and a bat pass through their cave, and eventually grow enough to finally touch.
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Besties : prank war
by Kayla Miller
Twelve-year-old best friends Trent and Sawyer accidently kick off a class-wide prank war in their middle school as they compete to win an online video challenge.
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Firefly season
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A Muscogee girl named Piper is grateful for family and summers spent in Cherokee Nation and Muscogee Nation, and when Sumi moves next door, Piper's excited to share stories, and when Piper's family moves away, she dreams up a plan to reunite.
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A hero's guide to summer vacation
by Pablo Cartaya
Thirteen-year-old Cuban American Gonzalo joins his estranged grandfather on road trip to promote his grandfather's fantasy book series.
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The wild ones
by Megan Lacera
A group of diverse kids turn to the mythical monsters from their respective cultures to help them save the only home they have ever known.
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Road trip.
by Penguin Young Readers Licenses
"Bluey gets bored on a family road trip. What fun games can she find to play?"
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Mexikid
by Pedro Martín
Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir.
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Mamiachi y yo / Mamiachi and Me
by Jolene Gutiérrez
¡Hoy es el gran día! Rosa subirá al escenario junto a su mamá y tocará con su popular banda de mariachis. Pero mientras abrochan las brillantes botonaduras y se atan los moños de sus trajes charros, Rosa comienza a preocuparse. ¿Y si al público no le gusta su música? ¿Está realmente lista para subirse al escenario?
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Billions to burn
by Taylor Banks
Twelve-year-old African American Zeus embarks on a treasure hunt to find his grandfather and uncover the secrets that destroyed his grandfather's printing company during the Harlem Renaissance.
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Sounds like Joy
by Yesenia Moises
"One day, Joy finds something unexpected on the ocean reef. When she shakes it, it makes a brand-new noise! Soon she and her aquatic animal friends are dancing to the beat and feeling amazing... until her "jingle-jangle" loses a few important pieces andstops making the special sound she loves. The little mermaid's friends spring into action with some creative noisemaking to cheer her up! How can they use what they have under the sea to make the sound she's missing?"
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A day at the beach
by Gary D. Schmidt
"This novel told from multiple points of view follows a diverse cast of young people whose lives intersect in surprising and hilarious ways over the course of a summer day at the beach"
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Duck duck taco truck
by Laura Lavoie
Summer heats up when two taco-slinging ducks go up against their sworn enemy Goose, whose food truck is encroaching on their turf, but when Goose becomes overwhelmed with ''hangry'' crowds, these foes unexpectedly unite, becoming fine feathered friends!
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Números/ Numbers
by Esther Van Den Berg
Today, Worm is going to the beach. What does he find along the way? Worm sees one dino skeleton, two carrots, three baby mice . . . and much more! He can also form the numbers with his long body. Will you count to five together with Worm?
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Pablo and Splash : frozen in time
by Sheena Dempsey
Penguins Pablo and Splash discover Professor O'Brain is missing, left behind by her misbehaving time machine, then they accidentally send a Neanderthal man to the future and now must return two people to the proper time period.
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Beach paws
by Cam Higgins
Getting ready to have the ultimate day of fun with his human family, Bo finds his first-ever trip to the beach put on hold when he finds a lost pup and lends a helping paw.
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Beach hair
by Ashley Woodfolk
In this warm ode to family, community, diversity and?—?most importantly?—?all kinds of fabulous beach hair, a multiracial family takes a trip to the beach where everyone lets their hair run as wild and free as the sea.
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Attack of the krill / : Attack of the Krill
by Alexis Frederick-Frost
"Raina the rhino, Nigel the narwhal, Shu the horseshoe crab, and Woolly the mammoth have more in common than the fact that they all have horns. (WARNING: Never try to tell Shu that hers is really more of a tail!) Now they'll need to stave off a giant krill monster who was also caught up in the event. If they can't stop him, it might just mean the end of Burlap Beach, Team Unihorn (and Woolly), and even--gasp!--summer's tastiest treat, ice cream!"
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There's a beach in my bedroom
by Kevin Jonas
When her perfect family beach day is ruined by a rainstorm, Bella discovers just how much fun a beach day at home can be, with a little imagination and help from her loving family.
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Lions & liars
by Kate Beasley
A fifth-grader who navigates the social order as a food-chain metaphor, where bullies are lions and he is only a flea, inadvertently lands in a disciplinary camp for troublesome boys, where he and his fellow troop mates forge tentative friendships and must learn to trust one another in order to survive a hurricane.
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Upstaged
by Robin Easter
Best friends Ivy and Ash arrive for a third summer at arts camp, but Ash struggles to tell Ivy about their developing feelings for her.
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Click 7 : Stuck
by Kayla Miller
Olive is excited to reunite with Max and Bree at Camp Acorn Lake, but the buses have barely pulled away when her two closest camp friends start fighting...and it's not just a little squabble. Can Olive find a way to free herself and her friends from everything that's holding them back or are they doomed to stay stuck in their disagreements?
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Summer vamp
by Violet Chan Karim
Maya is looking forward to a summer full of cooking and mixing in the kitchen, but when her dad's girlfriend registers her for culinary summer camp, she soon learns she is the only human at a camp full of vampires.
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Camp frenemies
by Liz Montague
Beatrice, Roxy, and Virginia face personal challenges and strained friendships as they embark on their first week at sleepaway camp after finishing 6th grade.
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The quacken
by Justin Colâon
When he breaks the most important rule:“Don't Feed the Ducks,” Hector unwittingly unleashes the Quacken, a ferociously fuzzy beast, on Cucumonga Campground.
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