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Need suggestions for summer reading? This year we've super-sized our lists, with abaker's dozen recommendations for different age ranges—including fiction, nonfiction,

folklore, and poetry—all published 2020–2021 and ideal for the season.

Picture BooksSuggested grade level for all entries: PS–2

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I Am Every Good �ing by Derrick Barnes; illus. by Gordon C. James (Paulsen/Penguin)

Cave Paintings by Jairo Buitrago; illus. by Rafael Yockteng; trans. from Spanish by Elisa Amado (Groundwood)

You’re Invited to a Moth Ball: A Nighttime Insect Celebration by Loree Gri�n Burns; photos by Ellen Harasimowicz (Charlesbridge)

�e Night Walk by Marie Dorléans; trans.from French by Polly Lawson (Floris)

Cubs in the Tub: �e True Story of the Bronx Zoo’s First Woman Zookeeper by CandaceFleming; illus. by Julie Downing (Porter/Holiday)

We All Play by Julie Flett (Greystone Kids)

Time for Kenny by Brian Pinkney (Greenwillow)

Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the WayWe Eat by Mara Rockli�; illus. by Giselle Potter(Beach Lane/Simon)

�e Ramble Shamble Children by ChristinaSoontornvat; illus. by Lauren Castillo(Paulsen/Penguin)

�e Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer; illus. byMariachiara Di Giorgio (Candlewick)

Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki (Abrams)

How to Find a Bird by Jennifer Ward; illus. byDiana Sudyka (Beach Lane/Simon)

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Easy Readers and Primary GradesSuggested grade level for all entries: 1–3

Starla Jean by Elana K. Arnold; illus. by A. N. Kang (Roaring Brook)

Too Small Tola by Atinuke; illus. by Onyinye Iwu (Candlewick)

Willa the Wisp [�e Fabled Stables] by Jonathan Auxier; illus. byOlga Demidova (Amulet/Abrams)

Sharuko: El arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown; illus. by Elisa Chavarri; trans. into Spanish by Adriana Domínguez (Children’s/Lee & Low)

Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds by Elise Gravel (HarperAlley/HarperCollins)

Billy Miller Makes a Wish by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow)

�e Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen (Candlewick)

�e Biggest Roller Coaster and �e Great Bunk Bed Battle [Fox Tails] by Tina Kügler(Acorn/Scholastic)

�e Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a �irsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty;illus. by Shonto Begay (Schwartz & Wade/Random)

Tag Team and Training Day [El Toro & Friends] by Raúl the �ird; color by Elaine Bay (Versify/Houghton)

�e Floating Field: How a Group of �ai Boys Built �eir Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley;illus. by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien (Millbrook)

Dear Treefrog by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Diana Sudyka (Houghton)

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IntermediateSuggested grade level for all entries: 4–6

A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games by Lori Alexander; illus. by Allan Drummond (Houghton)

Julieta and the Diamond Enigma by Luisana Duarte Armendáriz (Tu/Lee & Low)

Rise of the Hal�ing King [Tales of the Feathered Serpent] by David Bowles; illus. by Charlene Bowles (Cinco Puntos)

No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen (Groundwood)

Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse (RH Graphic/Random)

A �ousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi (Quill Tree/HarperCollins)

Sal & Gabi Fix the Universe by Carlos Hernandez (Riordan/Disney-Hyperion)

Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata; illus. by Marianna Raskin (Dlouhy/Atheneum)

Tristan Strong Destroys the World by Kwame Mbalia (Riordan/Disney-Hyperion)

Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast: And Other Tasty Poems by Jack Prelutsky; illus. by Ruth Chan (Greenwillow)

Ways to Grow Love [Ryan Hart] by Renée Watson; illus. by Nina Mata (Bloomsbury)

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk (Dutton)

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Middle SchoolSuggested grade level for all entries: 6–8

Turning Point by Paula Chase (Greenwillow)

Flamer by Mike Curato (Godwin/Holt)

�e Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by María García Esperón; illus. by Amanda Mijangos; trans. from Spanish by David Bowles (Levine Querido)

Star�sh by Lisa Fipps (Paulsen/Penguin)

Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon (Scholastic)

Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera(Levine Querido)

Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte (Scholastic)

Merci Suárez Can’t Dance by Meg Medina (Candlewick)

�e Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (RH Graphic/Random)

Everything Comes Next: Collected & New Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye; illus. by Rafael López(Greenwillow)

Becoming Muhammad Ali: Based on the Story of Young Cassius Clay by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander; illus. by Dawud Anyabwile (Patterson/Little, Brown/Houghton)

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith(Heartdrum/HarperCollins)

All �irteen: �e Incredible Cave Rescue of the �ai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick)

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High SchoolSuggested grade level for all entries: 9 and up

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Quill Tree/HarperCollins)

Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Holt)

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (Dial)

In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden Historyof the Space Race by Amy Cherrix (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

My Last Summer with Cass by Mark Crilley (Little, Brown)

Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth (Levine Querido)

Skyhunter by Marie Lu (Roaring Brook)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden �omas (Swoon/Feiwel)

Concrete Rose by Angie �omas (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Love Is a Revolution by Renée Watson (Bloomsbury)

Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon (Putnam)

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