Kids Summer Reading 2015 Additional Suggestions
An asterisk (*) indicates the whole series
Easy Reader
Train Time* by Adria F. Klein
Ling & Ting* by Grace Lin
Pocoyo* by Christy Webster
Toy Box Heroes by Christy Webster
Dino Detectives* by Anita Yasuda
Fiction
Robbie Forester and the Outlaws of Sherwood St by Peter Abrahams
Minion by John David Anderson
Joshua Dread* by Lee Bacon
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry
Powerless by Matthew Cody
Unstoppable Octobia May by Sharon G. Flake
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
Freddie Ramos Takes Off by Jacqueline Jules
Captain Awesome* by Stan Kirby
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Captain Underpants* by Dav Pilkey
Jackaby by William Ritter
Graphic
Giants Beware! By Jorge Aguirre
Knights of the Lunch Table* by Frank Cammuso
Anne Frank: the Anne Frank House authorized graphic biography by Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colon (921 FRANK JACOB)
Benjamin Bear* by Philippe Coudray
Hidden: a child’s story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier
Fairy Tale Comics by Chris Duffy (398.2)
Gaijin: American Prisoner of War by Matt Faulkner
Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell
Explorer* by Kazu Kibuishi
Johnny Boo: “twinkle power” by James Kochalka
Cleopatra in Space by Mike Maihack
A Day at the Fire Station by Lori Mortensen
Robot, Go Bot! by Dana Meachen Rau (Easy Reader)
Sidekicks by Dan Santat
Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires
Adventures in Cartooning* by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost
Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
Nonfiction
Ripley’s Believe it or Not!: Special Edition 2015 (031.02)
Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan by Jeanette Winter (331.3109)
Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson (636.0832)
Strongheart by Emily Arnold McCully (636.7376)
Voices from the March on Washington by J. Patrick Lewis & George Ella Lyon (811)
Girls Who Rocked the World* by Amelie Welden (920.72)
Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors? By Tanya Lee Stone (921)
Star Stuff by Stephanie Roth Sisson (921)
Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin (940.5453)
Unbroken: an Olympian’s journey from airman to castaway to captive (adapted for young adults) by Laura Hillenbrand
(940.5472)
Picture Book
Brave Little Chicken by Robert Byrd
Rex Wrecks It! By Ben Clanton
Underground by Shane W. Evans
Oh No! by Candace Fleming
Share by Sally Anne Garland
Dragon’s Extraordinary Egg by Debi Gliori
My Mom is a Firefighter by Lois G. Grambling
Traction Man* by Mini Grey
Hero Mom & Hero Dad by Melinda Hardin
Evie Goes Clean and Green by Susan Harp
Zero the Hero by Joan Holub
Once Upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers
Silly Goose’s Big Story by Keiko Kasza
Pins and Needles* by Stephen Krensky
Lion Vs. Rabbit by Alex Latimer
Nino Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts
Bear and Bee* by Sergio Ruzzier
As Fast As Words Could Fly by Pamela M. Tuck
Boa’s Bad Birthday by Jeanne Willis
Found by Salina Yoon
Toddler
Jazzy in the Jungle by Lucy Cousins
Pete the Cat: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by James Dean
Moo! By David LaRochelle