Summer Reading Club 2020 Recommended Books
Wilmette Public Library and Winnetka-Northfield Public Library
Birth-PreK
Thukpa for All, by Praba Ram
No Kimchi for Me, by Aram Kim
My Heart Fills with Happiness, by Monique Grey Smith
Henry Wants More, by Linda Ashman
Jabari Jumps, by Gaia Cornwall
Green Pants, by Ken Kraegel
More Bears, by Ken Nesbitt
It Came in the Mail, by Ben Clanton
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything, by Elise Broach
Honk Honk, Vroom Vroom: Sounds from the City, by Jennifer Shand
A Baby Like You, by Catherine Thimmesh
My Happy Year, by E. Bluebird, by Paul Meisel
Mail Duck: A Book of Shapes and Surprises, by Erica Sirotich (Board Book)
Goodnight, Rainbow Cats, Barbara Castro Urio (Board Book)
I Love Me, by Sally Morgan (Board Book)
Gritty Kitty, by John Hutton (Board Book)
Will Ladybug Hug? or Will Bear Share? by Hilary Leung (BB)
Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival (PB)
Summer by Cao Wenxuan (PB)
Colors by Shelley Rotner (NF)
Clive is a Nurse by Jessica Spanyol (BB)
I am Kind/I am Unstoppable by Brad Meltzer (BB)
Daniel’s Good Day by Micha Archer (PB)
Skulls by Blair Thornburgh (NF)
Baby Loves: The Five Senses: Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell by Ruth Spiro (BB)
Puppy Truck by Brian Pinkney (PB)
Grades K-2
Hi, Jack! by Mac Barnett
Fox the Tiger, by Corey R. Tabor
Snail and Worm: Three Stories About Two Friends, by Tina Kugler
Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot, by Cece Bell
Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories, by Max Brallier
Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business, by Lyla Lee
Truman the Dog, by Debbi Michiko Florence
The Magnificent Makers: How to Test a Friendship, by Theanne Griffith
Dear Beast, by Dori Hillestead Butler
The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague, by Julia Finley Mosca
Superlative Birds, by Leslie Bulion
Wow! Look What Robots Can Do! by Andrea Mills
Did You Burp? How to Ask Questions (or Not) by April Pulley-Sayres (NF)
Hey, Water! By Antoinette Portis (NF)
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander (NF)
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots by Michael Rex (PB)
Yasmin in Charge by Saadia Faruqi (R)
Unlimited Squirrels: Who is the Mystery Reader? By Mo Willems (R)
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty (PB)
Time Jumpers: Stealing the Sword by Wendy Mass (J)
Trouble at Table 5: The Candy Caper by Tom Watson (J)
Spend It by Cinders McLeod (PB)
Grades 3-5
The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle, by Christina Uss
Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray, by Jess Keating
Planet Earth Is Blue, by Nicole Pantaleakos
One-Third Nerd, by Gennifer Choldenko
Dragons in a Bag, by Zetta Elliott
The Bolds on Vacation, by Julian Clary
Greystone Secrets: The Strangers, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Cub, by Cynthia L. Copeland
Doodleville, by Chad Sell
Who Got Game? Baseball: Amazing but True Stories! by Derrick Barnes
Start Now! You Can Make a Difference, by Chelsea Clinton
Create Your Own Secret Language: Invent Codes, Ciphers, Hidden Messages, and More, by David J. Peterson
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
Stargazing by Jen Wang (GN)
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
Max & the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce
A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Pie in the Sky by Remi Lai
From an Idea to Lego by Lowey Bundy Sichol (NF)
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Grade 6-8
Blended, by Sharon Draper
A Place to Belong, by Cynthia Kadohata
The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James, by Ashley Herring Blake
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster, by Jonathan Auxier
A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, by Kelley Armstrong
Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream, by Julissa Arce
It Wasn’t Me, by Dana Alison Levy
No Fixed Address, by Susin Nielsen
The Missing Piece of Charlie O’Reilly, by Rebecca K.S. Ansari
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez
When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue, by Marc Aronson
New Kid by Jerry Craft (GN)
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
The Line Tender by Kate Allen
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis (GN)
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
High School
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibrim X. Kendi (NF)
They Called Us Enemy (graphic novel) by George Takai (GN)
Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson (NF)
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
Sadie by Courtney Summers
American Royals by Katharine McGee
