Summer Reading 2025 Suggestions for Children


1	Summer Reading 2025 ∙ Book Suggestions for Children
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3	Here, you can find book suggestions for children based on the Summer Reading theme, Color Our World. Some titles involve one or many colors, while others relate to the arts like painting, dancing, theater, etc. We have tried to provide a variety as diverse and wide as all of the colors of the rainbow. Happy reading!
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5	Please navigate using the blue tabs at the top of the page. The lists are as follows:
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7	∙ Picture (Picture Books)
8	∙ Easy (Easy Readers)
9	∙ Chapter (Chapter Books)
10	∙ Novels (Middle Grade Novels)
11	∙ Graphic (Graphic Novels)
12	∙ Nonfic (Nonfiction)
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15	Join the Summer Reading program! Children entering preK–grade 5 in fall 2025 can earn weekly prizes, lawn signs (while supplies last), and a chance in the grand prize raffle—just by reading 2 hours per week! The program runs June 16th–August 31st. Limited to Upper Saddle River Library card-holders.
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1	Summer Reading Suggestions for Children ∙ Upper Saddle River Library
2	Picture Books
3	Title	Author	Library Call #	Part of a Series?	Approximate Age Range	Description

4	Isabel and Her Colores Go to School	Alexandra Allesandri	E Allesandri		Ages 5-8	Isabel's first day at school is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more ways to communicate.
5	The Paper Bird	Lisa Anchin	E Anchin		Ages 4-8	Shows readers how to find the beauty in imperfections and celebrate the joy of creating for creation's sake.
6	Aaron Slater, Illustrator	Andrea Beaty	E Beaty		Ages 4-8	Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.
7	The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse	Eric Carle	E Carle		Ages 2-8	Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues.
8	What's Your Favorite Color?	Eric Carle	E Carle		Ages 4-8	Fifteen children's book artists share their favorite colors and explain why they love them.
9	Oh, Olive!	Lian Cho	E Cho		Ages 4-8	Olive paints what she wants to, what she feels--until she reaches her parents' pristine art museum.
10	Music is a Rainbow	Bryan Collier	E Collier		Ages 4-8	After a tragedy a young boy discovers a connection between music and colors that helps guide him and gives him comfort.
11	Maisy's Rainbow Dream	Lucy Cousins	E Cousins		Ages 2-5	In a dream, Maisy sees different things for each color of the rainbow.
12	No One Owns the Colors	Gianna Davy	E Davy		Ages 5-7	A celebration of self-expression and an invitation to advocate for your special uniqueness.
13	The Day the Crayons Quit	Drew Daywalt	E Daywalt		Ages 4-8	When Duncan arrives at school, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.
14	Planting a Rainbow	Lois Ehlert	E Ehlert		Ages 4+	A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden. Helps children understand how to plant.
15	Color the Sky	David Elliott	E Elliott		Ages 4-8	A story that celebrates the many colors of birds and the wonder of first flight.
16	Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color	Monique Fields	E Fields		Ages 4-8	A young biracial girl looks around her world for her color. She finally chooses her own, and creates a new word for herself.
17	A Rainbow of My Own	Don Freeman	E Freeman		Ages 2-6	A small boy imagines what it would be like to have his own rainbow to play with.
18	Poppy's Perfect Crayon	Sally Anne Garland	E Garland		Ages 4-8	Poppy does not want to ruin her pristine crayons, so her friends lend her their used ones, but no one has the color she needs.
19	A Rainbow in Brown	Pavonis Giron	E Giron		Ages 4-8	Jo knows she can mix any colors together to create new ones, but finds that her favorite is a combination of them all.
20	Red House, Tree House, Little Bitty Brown Mouse	Jane Godwin	E Godwin		Ages 3-5	In this rhyming story, a young mouse makes her way around the world, introducing colors.
21	Red: A Crayon's Story	Michael Hall	E Hall		Ages 4-8	Red has a bright red label, but he is, in fact, blue. He just can't be red, no matter how hard he tries!
22	Tiny Wonders	Sally Soweol Han	E Han		Ages 4-8	April uses the secret language of flowers to help bring color and wonder back to her town.
23	Are Your Stars Like My Stars?	Leslie Helakoski	E Helakoski		Ages 4-8	Helps children consider the colors of their everyday lives and imagine how others experience the same things.
24	The Boy with Flowers in His Hair	Jarvis	E Jarvis		Ages 3-7	A moving tale of friendship, kindness, and acceptance, touching on illness or hardship in a way that children can understand.
25	Harold and the Purple Crayon	Crockett Johnson	E Johnson		Ages 3+	Harold decides to go for a walk one evening and as he goes he fills in the scene using his purple crayon.
26	Black is a Rainbow Color	Angela Joy	E Joy		Ages 4-8	A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on.
27	The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh	Supriya Kelkar	E Kelkar		Ages 3-7	Harpreet Singh loves colors, but when his family moves to a new city, everything feels gray. Can he make life bright again?
28	A Color of His Own	Leo Lionni	E Lionni		Ages 2-5	A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have his own color like other animals.
29	The Story of a Book	Joy McCullough	E McCullough		Ages 4-8	A book goes from new to well-loved to finding a new purpose in this love letter to how a book can be special to different people.
30	Monet's Cat	Lily Murray	E Murray		Ages 3-7	Artist Monet's porcelain sculpture of a cat springs to life and runs through all of Monet's most famous paintings.
31	Summer Color	Diana Murray	E Murray		Ages 4-8	Two children notice all the beautiful colors that surround them on a rainy summer day out in the country.
32	Van Dog	Mikołaj Pasiński	E Pasinki		Ages 5-9	Van Dog rides to the countryside to paint a landscape one day. Part comic, part seek-and-find book.
33	Patchwork Prince	Baptiste Paul	E Paul		Ages 3-7	With fabric scrap treasures, a mother makes her son clothes fit for royalty.
34	Crayons Rock!	Kim Dean	E Pete		Ages 4-7	Pete the cat begins doubting his artistic abilities before reconnecting with his creativity.
35	The Rainbow Fish	Marcus Pfister	E Pfister		Ages 3-8	The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
36	Creepy Crayon	Aaron Reynolds	E Reynolds		Ages 4-8	When Jasper Rabbit finds a purple crayon willing to do his schoolwork for him, he is elated... at first.
37	A Day with No Crayons	Elizabeth Rusch	E Rusch		Ages 4-8	A little girl discovers all sorts of artistic possibilities when she has to go a day without crayons.
38	Chasing Rainbows	Random House	E Thomas		Ages 2-5	Thomas and the engines race towards the end of the rainbow to find treasure, but it changes location whenever they get close.
39	Mix It Up!	Herve Tullet	E Tullet		Ages 3-7	Using imagination, simple directions lead the reader to experiment with mixing and changing colors on the printed page.
40	The Artist	Ed Vere	E Vere		Ages 3-7	A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a drab, gray city.
41	Mouse Paint	Ellen Stoll Walsh	E Walsh		Ages 2-5	Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color.
42	Bear Sees Colors	Karma Wilson	E Wilson		Ages 3-7	While taking a walk with Mouse, Bear meets many other friends and sees colors everywhere.
43	More Than Peach	Bellen Woodard	E Woodard		Ages 5-7	The very first Crayon Activist spreads a message of inclusivity and empowerment.
44	Rainbow Shopping	Qing Zhuang	E Zhuang		Ages 4-8	Shopping for and preparing a delicious meal helps a young Chinese American girl feel connected to her family.
45	Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del arcoíris	Linda Elovitz Marshall	J Vox Marshall		Ages 5-9	Ixchel is not allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, but repurposes plastic bags to create colorful weavings.


1	Summer Reading Suggestions for Children ∙ Upper Saddle River Library
2	Easy Readers
3	Title	Author	Library Call #	Part of a Series?	Approximate Age Range	Description

4	Paddington and the Painting	Alyssa Satin Capucilli	BR Purple Capucilli		Ages 4-6	Today is the day of the art show, but Mrs. Brown doesn't know what to paint! Can Paddington help her make a painting?
5	Pete the Kitty and the Unicorn's Missing Colors	Kim Dean	BR Purple Dean		Ages 4-6	Pete the Kitty uses his magical paintbrush to help Stevie the unicorn find all the missing colors of the rainbow.
6	A Gift for Goose	Tad Hills	BR Purple Hills		Ages 4-6	When Duck has a gift for Goose, he puts in a box that he painted with red, blue, and yellow stripes.
7	Paint It Out!	Ethan Long	BR Purple Long		Ages 4-6	When an effort to paint a mural results in a mess, Horse reluctantly accepts help from Buggy.
8	Cat Likes Red	Christopher Russo	BR Purple Russo		Ages 4-6	Follow Cat as he explores seven monochromatic landscapes, including a yellow field and a blue ocean, and meets new friends.
9	Mini Bluey	Disney	ER Blue Bluey		Ages 5-7	When Dad complains about how different Bluey and Bingo are, Bluey decides to color Bingo to be more like her.
10	Rainbow Days	Valerie Bolling	ER Blue Bolling		Ages 5-7	On a rainy day, a young artist struggles to find inspiration--until she remembers all the things she loves that are black and white.
11	I Want to Be an Artist	Laura Driscoll	ER Blue Driscoll		Ages 5-7	Visit art shows and workspaces with Papa and his grandchild, soaking in all the art along the way.
12	Market Day	Miranda Harmon	ER Blue Harmon		Ages 5-7	Mama Cat is selling her most delicious desserts, from rainbow cookies to sunshine muffins. Time to explore a colorful market!
13	The Lost Mitten	Jannie Ho	ER Blue Ho		Ages 5-7	When Rabbit and Mouse find the owner of a lost red mitten, Rabbit has a hard time letting it go since red is his favorite color.
14	Purple Stew	GoNoodle	ER Blue Holm		Ages 5-7	Moose Fabio and his friends love to use their imagination when they cook up a bowl of stew.
15	Pinkie Promise	Victoria Kann	ER Blue Kann		Ages 5-7	After Pinkalicious uses all of Alison's pink paint in class, she wonders how she can repay her best friend.
16	New Tricks I Can Do!	Robert Lopshire	ER Blue Lopshire		Ages 5-7	Spot the dog hopes to show the circus audience new tricks by turning different colors and changing the shape of his spots.
17	The Pink Book	Diane Muldrow	ER Blue Muldrow		Ages 5-7	A young girl celebrates all the different shades of her favorite color, pink.
18	The Good for Nothing Button	Mo Willems	ER Blue Willems		Ages 5-7	Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird.
19	Yasmin the Painter	Saadia Faruqi	ER Green Faruqi		Ages 6-8	Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition, but with support of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.
20	Come Sit with Me	Tina Gallo	ER Green Gallo		Ages 6-8	In this story, a group of kids is creating a buddy bench for the playground. But they can't decide how to paint it.
21	The Rainbow Mystery	Fran Manushkin	ER Green Manushkin		Ages 6-8	When Katie's father loses his special rainbow ring, Katie and Pedro work to follow the clues to find the missing ring.
22	Amelia Bedelia's Masterpiece	Herman Parish	ER Green Parish		Ages 6-8	Amelia Bedelia visits an art museum, where her confusion leads to surprising results.
23	Mr. Putter and Tabby Paint the Porch	Cynthia Rylant	ER Green Rylant		Ages 6-8	Mr. Putter finds it a challenge to paint his front porch in the presence of his cat Tabby and his neighbor's dog Zeke.
24	The Emerald Berries	Poppy Green	ER Black Green		Ages 6-8	Sophie learns about some special emerald berries that will make the perfect color for a painting she wants to do.
25	The Princess in Black	Shannon Hale	ER Black Hale		Ages 7-8	When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!
26	Pinky and Rex and the Bully	James Howe	ER Black Howe		Ages 7-8	Pinky learns the importance of identity as he defends his favorite color and his friendship with a girl from a bully.
27	Awesome Orange Birthday	Mitali Banerjee Ruths	ER Black Ruths		Ages 7-8	Priya plans a birthday party, personalizing everything from the invitations to the menu in Aunty's favorite color.


1	Summer Reading Suggestions for Children ∙ Upper Saddle River Library
2	Chapter Books
3	Title	Author	Library Call #	Part of a Series?	Approximate Age Range	Description

4	Flight of the Blue Serpent	Tony Abbott	J Chapter Abbott		Ages 7-9	Eric and his friends must uncover the meaning of the treasure of the silver snowflake that cannot melt.
5	Liz and the Sand Castle Contest	Callie Barkley	J Chapter Barkley		Ages 6-9	As her friends care for colorful fish, Liz rescues a baby octopus and competes in a sand castle contest.
6	Aven Green, Sleuthing Machine	Dusti Bowling	J Chapter Bowling		Ages 6-8	Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time?
7	The Art Show Attacks!	Jack Chabert	J Chapter Chabert		Ages 6-8	Sam is working on making a clay dinosaur for the school art show and sale when the clay suddenly comes to life and attacks him.
8	Amber Brown is Not a Crayon	Paula Danziger	J Chapter Danziger		Ages 7-10	Third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.
9	The Frozen Rainbow	Astrid Foss	J Chapter Foss		Ages 7-10	Three sisters with magic powers have to reach the purple Everchanging Light before it is stolen by the Shadow Witch.
10	Olive Oh Gets Creative	Tina Kim	J Chapter Kim		Ages 7-10	Olive is thrilled about the school art show. But she starts having doubts when sees all the amazing projects of her classmates.
11	Pup Art	Nancy E. Krulik	J Chapter Krulik		Ages 6-8	Sparky heads to Paris. But he and his new friend crash into an artist's paint and get colorful paw prints all over his canvasses!
12	What's Black and White and Stinks All Over?	Nancy E. Krulik	J Chapter Krulik		Ages 7-9	George's magic burps threaten to ruin his team's chances of winning a class field day and his sports reporter audition.
13	The Infinity Rainbow Club	Jen Malia	J Chapter Malia		Ages 7-10	Neurodivergent children join a club at school where stims and different communication styles are accepted and celebrated.
14	Naomi the Rainbow Glitter Dragon	Maddy Mara	J Chapter Mara		Ages 7-10	Naomi must harness all the dragon magic she's learned to lead the Glitter Dragon Girls against a new threat.
15	Claudia and the New Girl	Ann M. Martin	J Chapter Martin		Ages 8-11	Claudia is the most outrageous kid in class...until Ashley comes along, who is the most fantastic artist she has ever met.
16	Vera Vance, Comics Star	Claudia Mills	J Chapter Mills		Ages 7-10	A budding artist who loves comic camp, searches for a way to get her mother's permission to attend the Comic-Con field trip.
17	Seeing Red	Sarah Mlynowski	J Chapter Mlynowski		Ages 8-11	Abby tries to use the magic mirror to get to her friend's house, but ends up with her brother in the tale of Little Red Riding Hood.
18	Balto of the Blue Dawn	Mary Pope Osborne	J Chapter Osborne		Ages 6-9	Jack and Annie travel back in time to 1925 Alaska. They meet Balto, famous sled dog, and help save the town from illness.
19	Amelia Bedelia and Friends Paint the Town	Herman Parish	J Chapter Parish		Ages 6-10	Amelia and friends rally their town into recycling, but end up too much junk. Plus, there's a graffiti artist on the loose!
20	The Orange Outlaw	Ron Roy	J Chapter Roy		Ages 7-9	While visiting Dink's uncle in the city, he and friends help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting.
21	Flight of the Red Bandit	Geronimo Stilton	J Chapter Stilton		Ages 7-10	Grandfather Shortpaws sends Geronimo Stilton on a hunt for his old friend, the Red Bandit, in Arizona.
22	Thea Stilton and the Great Tulip Heist	Thea Stilton	J Chapter Stilton		Ages 7-10	In art class in the Netherlands, Violet journeys through the flower gardens and canals of Holland to investigate a disappearance.
23	Killer Kaleidoscope	J. E. Bright	J Chapter Superhero		Ages 8-10	When supervillain Rainbow Raider seizes control of a gigantic kaleidoscope in Central City, the Flash must shut it down.
24	I Survived the Black Death, 1348	Lauren Tarshis	J Chapter Tarshis		Ages 8+	The Black Death was a pandemic of unimaginable proportions. This story of a girl surviving pulses with terror, action, and hope.
25	Waking the Rainbow Dragon	Tracey West	J Chapter West		Ages 6-9	Drake, Ana and their two dragons must rescue Rainbow dragon, Dayo, from Kwaku, a giant spider, who spins a deadly web.
26	Ms. Hannah is Bananas!	Dan Gutman	J Graphic Gutman		Ages 7-10	A.J. and his friends in the second grade learn that art can be made out of anything, even garbage.


1	Summer Reading Suggestions for Children ∙ Upper Saddle River Library
2	Novels
3	Title	Author	Library Call #	Part of a Series?	Approximate Age Range	Description

4	Black Star	Kwame Alexander	J Alexander		Ages 10+	Charle dreams of becoming the first pro female pitcher, but must navigate segregation and beginning of the Great Migration.
5	Wishtree	Katherine Applegate	J Applegate		Ages 8-11	Red is the neighborhood "wishtree." People write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches.
6	Gold Rush Girl	Avi	J Avi		Ages 10+	When Tory's father decides to seek a share of gold in California, Tory stows away on the ship carrying her father and brother.
7	Chasing Vermeer	Blue Balliet	J Balliet		Ages 9+	When a precious Vermeer painting disappears, Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
8	Serafina and the Black Cloak	Robert Beatty	J Beatty		Ages 9-12	In 1899, a rat catcher teams up with an estate owner's nephew to battle a great evil and unlocks the puzzle of her past.
9	The Iron Trial	Holly Black	J Black		Ages 9-12	Callum tries to fail the Magisterium magic trials only to be drawn into its ranks and forced to confront dark elements from his past.
10	Amelia Gray is Almost Okay	Jessica Brody	J Brody		Ages 10+	Amelia is used to "life on the go," but has to figure out who she is now, after her father decides to put down roots in a small town.
11	Aru Shah and the City of Gold	Roshani Chokshi	J Chokshi		Ages 8-12	Aru Shah and her sisters must find their mentors Hanuman and Urvashi in Lanka, the city of gold, before war breaks out.
12	JR Silver Writes Her World	Melissa Dassori	J Dassori		Ages 8-12	JR struggles to navigate the torments of middle school, made thornier by her secret power to write wishes into existence.
13	The Green Kingdom	Cornelia Funke	J Funke		Ages 10+	Caspia's summer is transformed when she discovers letters containing plant-based riddles in this enchanting adventure.
14	Green	Alex Gino	J Gino		Ages 8-12	Green, a non-binary middle-schooler, fights for gender-free casting in their school's production of The Wizard of Oz.
15	Violet and the Pie of Life	D. L. Green	J Green		Ages 8-12	When Violet's dad walks out, she faces it the only way she knows how: pie and math. But things are more complicated than that.
16	Iris the Colorful	Joan Holub	J Holub		Ages 8-12	Iris has a rainbow of colorful experiences, from visiting the Underworld to conversing with her crush.
17	That Thing About Bollywood	Supriya Kelkar	J Kelkar		Ages 8-12	Sonali struggles to share her feelings, but one day involuntarily bursts into song and dance routines based on her emotions.
18	Attack of the Black Rectangles	A. S. King	J King		Ages 10-12	Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of a book are censored, so he, friends, and family set out to do something.
19	Red, White, and Whole	Rajani LaRocca	J LaRocca		Ages 8-12	Reha feels torn between school, where she's the only Indian- American student, and home, with family traditions and holidays.
20	Mallory in Full Color	Elisa Stone Leahy	J Leahy		Ages 8-12	A tween navigates questions of identity and friendship when her anonymous web comic goes viral.
21	When the Sea Turned to Silver	Grace Lin	J Lin		Ages 7-10	Pinmei must find the Luminous Stone that Lights the Night to rescue her grandmother, who was kidnapped.
22	Rainbow Fair	Diana Ma	J Ma		Ages 8-12	Chinese-American Sophie learns about her Muslim identity for the school cultural fair.
23	Anne of Green Gables	L. M. Montgomery	J Montgomery		Ages 8+	An orphan is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a farm.
24	The Cats of Silver Crescent	Kaela Noel	J Noel		Ages 8-12	On a visit to her aunt's house, Elsby discovers there is more to the cats living in the house next door than first meets the eye.
25	Pink Hair and Other Terrible Ideas	Andrea Pyros	J Pyros		Ages 9-12	When Josephine's mother is diagnosed with cancer, she wants to keep it secret, even from her bestie, but her twin has other ideas.
26	Sunny	Jason Reynolds	J Reynolds		Ages 10+	Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
27	Treasure Island: Runaway Gold	Jewell Parker Rhodes	J Rhodes		Ages 10+	Reimagines the classic. Set in modern-day Manhattan, three kids set out to hunt down a long-buried treasure.
28	Return of the Rainbow Griefers	Winter Morgan	J Unofficial Minecraft		Ages 8-10	The duo must stop a crop of rainbow griefers before they do anymore damage to the village or the world of Minecraft.


1	Summer Reading Suggestions for Children ∙ Upper Saddle River Library
2	Graphic Novels
3	Title	Author	Library Call #	Part of a Series?	Approximate Age Range	Description

4	Blue, Barry & Pancakes	Dan Abdo	J Graphic Abdo		Ages 4-8	Featuring friends (a bunny, worm, and frog) who get into conflicts and adventures driven by their very different personalities.
5	Babymouse Goes for the Gold	Jennifer L. Holm	J Graphic Babymouse		Ages 7-10	Babymouse has big dreams and wet whiskers. She has joined the swim team and is ready to dive in. Next stop, the Olympics!
6	Cici's Journal: The Adventures of a Writer-in-Training	Joris Chamblain	J Graphic Chamblain		Ages 8-12	Cici watches people and takes notes, but discovers an old man who disappears into the forest with paint in all sorts of colors.
7	Pashmina	Nidhi Chanani	J Graphic Chanani		Ages 10+	Indian-American teen "Pri" attempts to reconnect with her mother's homeland through a magical pashmina shawl.
8	Upstaged	Robin Easter	J Graphic Easter		Ages 8-12	Best friends Ivy and Ash arrive for summer at arts camp, but Ash struggles to tell Ivy about their developing feelings for her.
9	Freestyle	Gale Galligan	J Graphic Galligan		Ages 9-12	While preparing for the year's last dance competition, Cory must balance expectations of parents, school, crew, and a new friend.
10	Rema Chronicles: The Realm of the Blue Mist	Amy Kim Kibuishi	J Graphic Kibuishi		Ages 8-12	Determined to learn what happened to her father who was found dead, Tabby is led to Rema, a distant world of magic and beauty.
11	Swing	Audrey Meeker	J Graphic Meeker		Ages 9-12	Two tweens with opposing views on how to survive middle school are paired together for a swing dance project in PE.
12	Primer	Jennifer Muro	J Graphic Muro		Ages 8-12	Ashley tries found body paints which give her special powers, but the military discovers what happened to their secret weapon.
13	Just a Little Blue	Andy Runton	J Graphic Owly		Ages 7-12	Owly and Wormy extend a helping hand to a family of bluebirds and learn the value of true friendship.
14	White Bird	R. J. Palacio	J Graphic Palacio		Ages 10+	Tells the story of childhood as a Jewish girl hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II.
15	Snow White	Matt Phelan	J Graphic Phelan		Ages 10+	Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother.
16	Cat Kid Comic Club	Dav Pilkey	J Graphic Pilkey		Ages 7-10	Can Li’l Petey, Molly, and Flippy help baby frogs express themselves through comics?
17	Baloney and Friends	Greg Pizzoli	J Graphic Pizzoli		Ages 6-9	Meet Baloney and his best buddies: empathetic Peanut the horse, sensible Bizz the bumblebee, and grumpy Krabbit.
18	Sink or Swim	Meggie Ramm	J Graphic Ramm		Ages 6-9	Something has drained the color from the mermaids' tails, and they won’t leave Batcat alone until they reluctantly agree to help.
19	Picture Day	Sarah Sax	J Graphic Sax		Ages 8-12	Viv dreads picture day. No one at school notices her aside from friends. But she is taking matters into her own hands.
20	It's a Big World, Charlie Brown	Charles M. Schulz	J Graphic Schulz		Ages 9+	Life isn’t always easy for Charlie Brown. Fortunately he has the Peanuts gang to make the big world seem a lot friendlier.
21	Doodleville	Chad Sell	J Graphic Sell		Ages 8-12	Drew is a regular artist. But there's nothing ordinary about her art. Her doodles rarely stay in the world in her sketchbook...
22	The Cartoonists Club	Raina Telgemeier	J Graphic Telgemeier		Ages 8-12	Young creators form the Cartoonists Club, where kids can learn about creating comics while fostering their imagination.
23	Lion Dancers	Cai Tse	J Graphic Tse		Ages 8-12	A boy's passion for lion dancing re-ignites after his father dies. He joins a local team, where his ex-best friend becomes a rival.
24	Band Nerd	Sarah Clawson Willis	J Graphic Willis		Ages 8-12	Lucy Carver must navigate life as band nerd in a new school, all while competing for a top flute soloist spot in band.
25	Shiny Misfits	Maysoon Zayid	J Graphic Zayid		Ages 8-12	Bay Ann knows her tap dance will shine at the talent show, but her crush catches her before she falls and gets all the "fame."


1	Summer Reading Suggestions for Children ∙ Upper Saddle River Library
2	Nonfiction
3	Title	Author	Library Call #	Part of a Series?	Approximate Age Range	Description

4	Sign Language and Colors	Bela Davis	ER 419 Dav		Ages 4-7	This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for colors.
5	Curious George Discovers the Rainbow	Amy E. Cherrix	ER 551.2 Rey		Ages 4-7	George chases the rainbow and learns all about colors, weather, and the effect of light.
6	Why is the Sky Blue?	Robert Pettiford	ER 551.56 Pet		Ages 5-8	Learn about the visible light spectrum and how sunlight reacts with particles in the air to affect the sky's color.
7	Animals That Change Color	Libby Romero	ER 591.47 Rom		Ages 6-8	Learn about animals that change appearance based on environment, the need to blend in, and even their mood!
8	Stripes and Spots	Rose Davidson	ER 591.49 Dav		Ages 6-7	From cheetahs to zebras, honeybees to coral snakes, animals have amazing markings in different colors, shapes, and sizes.
9	If Da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur	Amy Newbold	ER 759.06 New		Ages 6-10	Playfully introduces the styles of nineteen famous artists by imagining how they might have painted a dinosaur.
10	Fantastic Optical Illusions	DK	J 152.148 Fan		Ages 8-12	Filled with visual illusions, color tricks, perplexing puzzles, and more.
11	What is Color?: The Global and Sometimes Gross Story	Steven Weinberg	J 535.6 Wei		Ages 6-10	The origins of today's pigments come alive across continents and history, with oodles of art and tons of science.
12	Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate	Sara Levine	J 579.178 Lev		Ages 7-11	Reveals the significance of different colors of flowers in terms of which pollinators (bees, bats, birds, etc.) different colors "talk" to.
13	Why Do We See Rainbows?	Melissa Stewart	J 612.84 Ste		Ages 7-10	Explains how we see colors and how light reflects and refracts inside a raindrop to produce a colorful spectrum.
14	My Indigo World: A True Story of the Color Blue	Rosa Chang	J 667.26 Cha		Ages 4-8	Rosa, a Korean girl, falls in love with the color blue--of the sea and sky, and the bold, bright indigo stripe in her hanbok robe.
15	Art and How it Works: An Introduction to Art for Children	Ann Kay	J 701.1 Kay		Ages 9-12	Take a colorful journey through the history of art from cave paintings and Renaissance art to modern graffiti.
16	Newton's Rainbow: Revolutionary Discoveries of a Young Scientist	Kathryn Lasky	J B Newton		Ages 4-8	Young Isaac Newton "discovered" gravity, developed calculus, and uncovered the secrets of light and color.
17	Ablaze with Color: The Story of Painter Alma Thomas	Jeanne Walker Harvey	J B Thomas		Ages 4-8	Tells the story of painter and teacher Alma Thomas, discussing her childhood, teaching career and activism.
18	What Made California the Golden State?	Shing Yin Khor	J Graphic Who HQ		Ages 8-12	Explore the Gold Rush from the perspective of two miners in the Sierra Nevada region.
19	Red Animals	Christina Leaf	J Vox Blastoff		Ages 5-8	Ladybugs are red to scare away predators, but cardinals turn red from the berries they eat. Learn all about red animals!
20	From Wax to Crayon	Robin Nelson	J Vox Start to Finish		Ages 5-9	This book describes how crayons are made, from melting clear wax into a liquid to hauling cartons of crayons to stores.
21	Brown Girl Dreaming	Jacqueline Woodson	J Woodson		Ages 10+	Memoir about growing up African American in 1960-70s, amidst remnants of Jim Crow and growing awareness of Civil Rights.
22	Dr. Color Monster and the Emotions Toolkit	Anna Llenas	Parenting Kids Feelings		Ages 4-8	Color Monster uses his emotions toolkit to show how to regulate emotions through different self-soothing, therapeutic techniques.
23	My Body is a Rainbow: The Color of My Feelings	Mallika Chopra	Parenting Kids Feelings		Ages 4-8	Shows how to feel emotions in one's body through color and provides breathing exercises for dealing with big feelings.