By Alexandra Lambright, Children’s Assistant
With summer just around the corner its the perfect time to pick up one of these books! Get ready for summertime fun with these great titles for children’s and teens! All of these books are available in through our catalog.
Children’s Picture Books
The Last Peach by Gus Gordon, illustrated by the author
Summer Song by Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
Sea Glass Summer by Michelle Houts, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan, illustrated by the author
Ice Cream Summer by Peter Sís, illustrated by the author
Summer Days and Nights by Wong Herbert Yee, illustrated by the author
Wave by Suzy Lee, illustrated by the author
Chu’s Day at the Beach by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Adam Rex
It Began with Lemonade by Gideon Sterer, illustrated by Lian Cho
Children Chapter Books
It Doesn’t Take a Genius by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich.
Boy-Crazy Stacey by Gale Galligan, color by Braden Lamb
Camp by Kayla Miller, illustrated by the author
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable, illustrated by Stephanie Yue
Shirley and Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz, illustrated by the author
The Best Friend Plan by Stephanie Calmenson and Joanna Cole, illustrated by James Burks
Ways to Grown Love by Renée Watson, illustrated by Nina Mata
Bummer in the Summer! by Dan Gutman, pictures by Jim Paillot
YA Fiction
The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
My Last Summer with Cass by Mark Crilley, illustrated by the author
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, art by Jillian Tamaki
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy written by Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis, created by Shannon Watters, illustrated by Brooke Allen
Once and for All by Sarah Dessen.
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
You Have a Match by Emma Lord
