Reading can be one of
the many fun activities children
choose to fill their summer time.
Summer
Research has shown it is also much
more! Children who participate in public
RE A D I N G
library summer reading programs make
achievement leaps during the summer and LIST
score higher on fall reading achievement tests.
The books on this list come highly recommended
by kid readers from all over the country and
may also be available in ebook, audio book,
braille, and large print formats. This
summer, take your child to participate
Grades 35
in the summer programs
happening at your library.
www.ala.org/alsc
The 2017 Summer Reading Book List was created by the
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of
the American Library Association (ALA). Titles on this list were
selected by members of ALSCs Quicklists Consulting Committee.
For more booklists, please visit www.ala.org/alsc/booklists.
2017 American Library Association.
Summer Reading List
Ape and Armadillo Take with the help of prominent schemes to The Jumbies
G R A DE S 3 - 5
Moo Raymie Nightingale
Over the World childrens book illustrators. make easy by Tracey Baptiste by Sharon Creech by Kate DiCamillo
by James Sturm money in this Algonquin, 2015, ISBN: HarperCollins, 2016, ISBN: Candlewick Press, 2016, ISBN:
TOON Books, 2016, ISBN: Flying Lessons & laugh-out-loud historical novel. 9781616204143 9780062415240 9780763681173
9781943145096 OtherStories Eleven-year-old Corinne must When Reena found out she Raymie prepares for a local
Ape and Armadillo learn that Edited by Ellen Oh Garveys Choice call on her courage and an was moving to Maine, she beauty pageant in the hopes
achieving world domination Crown Books, 2017, ISBN: by Nikki Grimes ancient magic to stop an pictured lighthouses and of getting the attention of her
is a lot less fun without your 9781101934593 WordSong, 2016, ISBN: evil spirit and save her island lobsters, not a neighbor with father and becomes friends
best friend at your side. Ten authors celebrate 9781629797403 home. a zany cow named Zora. with her quirky competitors.
diversity through tales of Overweight sci-fi nerd Garvey
The Book Itch: Freedom, Bigfoot, basketball, girl knows he can never be The Last Kids on Earth Narwhal: Unicorn of Two Naomis
Truth, and Harlems pirates, and more in a highly the athlete his father wants by Max Brallier, illustrated by theSea by Olugbemisola Rhuday-
Greatest Bookstore readable, relatable short-story him to be, but maybejust Douglas Holgate by Ben Clanton Perkovich and Audrey
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, collection. maybehe might be able to Viking, 2015, ISBN: Tundra Books, 2016, ISBN: Vernick
illustrated by R. Gregory 9780670016617 9781101918715 Balzer + Bray, 2016, ISBN:
find his own path when he
Christie Described as Diary of 9780062414250
Fort joins the school chorus. A narwhal and a jellyfish strike
Carolrhoda Books, 2015, ISBN: by Cynthia DeFelice a Wimpy Kid meets up an unlikely friendship and Two girls who are both named
9780761339434 Naomi find themselves at
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015, Hiawatha and the The Walking Dead, this have adventures under the
The story of the National ISBN: 9780374324278 Peacemaker postapocalyptic graphic novel sea. odds when their parents
Memorial African Bookstore, Friends Wyatt and Augie by Robbie Robertson, is sure to delight summer begin to date.
a testament to the power spend an unplugged summer illustrated by David Shannon readers as Jack Sullivan holes Nothing but Trouble
of words and reading and a in the woods, building a fort Abrams, 2015, ISBN: up in his tree house for as by Jacqueline Davies Unusual Chickens for
celebration of culture during and protecting a disabled boy 9781419712203 long as he can. HarperCollins/Katherine the Exceptional Poultry
some turbulent years. from bullies. A powerful introduction to Tegen Books, 2016, ISBN: Farmer
the story of Hiawatha, the Lola Levine Is Not Mean! 9780062369888 by Kelly Jones, illustrated by
A Dragons Guide to the Maggie, aspiring scientist and Katie Kath
Freedom over Me: Eleven Mohawk who translated the by Monica Brown, illustrated
Care and Feeding of Slaves, Their Lives and message of unity from the by Angela Dominquez hacker, and Lena, a talented Knopf Books, 2015, ISBN:
Humans 9780385755528
Dreams Brought to Life Peacemaker, unifying the five Little, Brown, 2015, ISBN: artist, team up to add a little
by Laurence Yep and Joanne by Ashley Bryan 9780316258364 When she and her family
nations of Iroquois. mystery and mischief to the
Ryder, illustrated by Mary by Ashley Bryan move to a farm, Sophie
GrandPre
Sports-loving Lola last days of Odawahaka
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Jazz Day: The Making of accidentally injures a Middle School. discovers some unique
Crown Books, 2015, ISBN: Books, 2016, ISBN: chickens that need more than
9780385392280 a Famous Photograph classmate during a recess
9781481456906 by Roxane Orgill, illustrated soccer game and resolves Oona Finds an Egg just care and feeding.
A story about dragons with a Bryan breathes life into eleven by Frances Vallejo to win back her spot on the by Adele Griffin, illustrated
twist: Miss Drake (the dragon) slaves (listed as property on a Candlewick Press, 2016, ISBN: by Mike Wu Wet Cement: A Mix of
fieldand her friendsby
has a new human pet! document from 1828 that he 9780763669546 Scholastic, 2016, ISBN: Concrete Poems
demonstrating what good
purchased in an estate sale) This collection of poetry 9780545732796 by Bob Raczka
sportsmanship is all about.
Fable Comics through his exquisite portraits focuses on the process Follow Oona Oodlethunk on Roaring Brook Press, 2016,
Edited by Chris Duffy ISBN: 9781626722361
and narrative poetry. art designer Art Kane Makoons her adventures in prehistoric
First Second, 2015, ISBN: Raczka offers a collection of
9781626721074
went through in order to by Louise Erdrich times as she tries to find the
Full of Beans photograph what was to HarperCollins, 2016, ISBN: perfect pet. First in a series. twenty-one concrete poems
Twenty-eight fables from by Jennifer L. Holm become the iconic 1958 9780060577933 that are a surefire way to
different countries are retold Random House, 2016, ISBN: photo of American jazz greats Pax draw the attention of young
Twin brothers Makoons and
9780553510362 on a stoop in Harlem. Chickadee travel across the by Sara Pennypacker, readers and inspire readers.
In Depression era Key West, plains in search of buffalo with illustrated by Jon Klassen
Beans Curry and his barefoot Juana and Lucas their family in the 1860s. Balzer + Bray, 2016, ISBN:
gang of friends try various by Juana Medina 9780062377012
Candlewick Press, 2016, ISBN: Peter leaves home to reunite
9780763672089 with his beloved pet fox, Pax.
A little girl growing up in
Bogot is determined to
learn English before her trip
to the U.S. and her visit to
Spaceland.
