The Ultimate Summer Reading Book List for Preschool and Kindergarten
Keep your PreK-K students learning with the best summer books of the year.
The Ultimate Summer Reading Book List for Preschool and Kindergarten
This summer, you can send your students in preschool and kindergarten off on new adventures with the best summer reading books for 2023. From stand-alone titles to incredible series for early readers, these books are perfect to keep your students' reading momentum — and their imaginations — active during the summer break.
Little readers learning their alphabet will love There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed the ABCs, a rhyming, hilarious title that brings the classic song to the page. Using rhyme and entertaining illustrations, your students will follow along as the Old Lady swallows everything from apples to cars and get a whole lot of belly laughs.
You Are Enough is a sweet and impactful picture book by Sofia Sanchez, an 11-year-old model and actress with Down syndrome, with a powerful message of love and acceptance, no matter what a child looks like, where they're from, or what their abilities are. Your students will see themselves and their classmates and friends within the pages and learn how everyone is unique and special in their own way!
Meanwhile, I Color Myself Different is Colin Kaepernick's loving ode to Black and brown children through his own story of self-discovery growing up. When the teacher assigns the class an art project to draw their families, Colin picks up his brown crayon and thinks about all of the amazing people who have paved the way for him — from artists to athletes to community leaders — and how he himself has the same ability to change the world, too!
Setting up your students for summer reading will help ensure they’re ready for the next steps in their early learning journey. The newly released and best-selling titles featured here will delight the youngest of readers as they embark on a summer reading adventure that will spark an early love of reading.
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Families come in many different shapes and forms -- but they all teach you how to be strong and show you how loved you are.
Told through creative language play, and with depth and whimsy, this picture book reminds readers of their own agency and the power they have to direct their own path. Marc Colagiovanni's lyrical text and Peter H. Reynolds's stunning art create an enduring message of strength and perseverance that is both universal and personal, and one that readers will be drawn to over and over again.
Based on the experiences of athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick, this book will inspire kids to stay true to their identities and advocate for change while celebrating self-discovery.
Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an scientific trailblazer. The second book in an exciting new nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Jane Goodall focuses on Jane's lifelong mission to understand the chimpanzees and protect the planet. Hatem Aly's spot-on comic illustrations bring this icon to life, and engaging back matter instructs readers on how to be more like Jane!
This laugh-out-loud companion to Ross Burach's The Very Impatient Caterpillar, The Little Butterfly That Could, and Goodnight, Butterfly playfully encourages readers to embrace their own uniqueness while also presenting the steps of pollination.
A reverent celebration of learning to swim among a diverse cast of children and families who each experience the mysterious joys of water in nature.
Eye popping explosions of color on every page create a stunning visual narrative that invites readers to spot and follow the same characters through their daily lives and ultimately to the famous climate march on Washington.
A joyful celebration of kindness and its potential to change the world from Rachel Bright, the bestselling author of The Lion Inside and Love Monster. Chris Chatterton's charming illustrations will draw readers. The Hugasaurus is sure to become a storytime favorite!
Pick a book. Grow a reader! With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork, these books will plant a love of reading!
Little ones will giggle with delight as they anticipate the arrival of the terrible troll in this hilarious twist on a timeless favorite.
An inspiring picture book authored by creator of the More Than Peach Project which aims to offer a wide array of skin-toned crayon colors with every kid in mind.
From the creators of the international bestseller and much-loved classic Giraffes Can't Dance, Brave Dave will have young readers jumping with joy as they discover the courage to embrace who they are, with lots of laughs and smiles along the way.
In this laugh-out-loud companion to The Very Impatient Caterpillar, curriculum-friendly science topics are artfully woven together with social emotional themes and sidesplitting humor.
Cielo loves to skateboard! But when she messes up on a new ramp, she's embarrassed and afraid to fall again. With the help of some new friends, Cielo summons the courage to try again (and again, and again), and learns that falling is not failing — true fierceness isn't about landing the perfect trick, it's about picking yourself back up when you don't.
Young readers will enjoy all the different sizes, shapes, and colors of the monsters in Everybody!, and realize that, in the end, we are all the same.
This inclusive and empowering picture book from Sofia Sanchez — an 11-year-old model and actress with Down syndrome — reminds readers how important it is to embrace your differences, be confident, and be proud of who you are.
Civil rights icon, Ambassador Andrew Young and his daughter, Paula Young Shelton, deliver a powerful oral history about a special day in Andrew's childhood that changed him forever. This story of race relations in the 1930s South is illustrated by bestselling Caldecott Honor winner Gordon C. James.
Cooper's enlightening text depicts both famous and unsung Black women who took a stand and made the world a better place for future generations. Each heroic figure is interconnected by a united quest for equity, and offers young readers a stirring, inspirational call to action, reminding them that they are mighty too, and can be forces for change when they stand up!
Discover a universally relatable story about one little cat who just wants to be MAD... at least for a little while! With gentle text and bold, vibrant illustrations, Barney Saltzberg encourages readers to "feel what they feel" and express their emotions, helping young ones develop key tools for social-emotional literacy.