2020 Scholastic Read-a-Palooza Summer Reading Challenge Book List

Filled with gorgeous photographs inspired by National Geographic Little Kids magazine, this book introduces curious children to physical diversity and cultural differences within families around the world.

Bursting with the enthusiasm of a toddler exploring the world for the first time, these sing-alongs are filled with bouncy rhymes and adorable artwork and photos!

Eye-catching images hold the attention of busy toddlers, and a few boldly printed words support developing language skills.

This brightly illustrated outing invites the very youngest readers to point out familiar objects and talk about their experiences.

Full color, clear, close photos introduce young readers to the world of animals. 

A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck--all parade across the pages of this delightful book.

Little construction fans will love these board books that feature their favorite hard-working construction crew.

This pint-sized book talk about everday things in an extraordinary way.

What happens when a car meets an obstacle it can't cross? Engineering, of course! This book of block building fun will encourage readers to build early STEAM skills.

Delight in the darling and hilarious misadventures of Diaper David!

Full color, clear, close photos introduce young readers to the world of animals.

Each title focuses on different fine and gross motor skills as these happy, healthy babies stay active. Simple rhyming text supports full-color art of babies doing what babies do best!

In this version of the classic song, the horn on the bus goes toot, the shovel on the digger goes up and down, and the engines on the plane go vroom.

What do you do when you meet an obstacle you can't cross? Engineer your way out! This book of block building fun will encourage readers to build early STEAM skills.

Playful text and adorable illustrations creatively introduce colors to the youngest Bear fans, who will delight in discovering a rainbow of fun.

This series takes a playful peek into an assortment of powerful careers and shows little ones how their current skills match up with the job at hand. With Future Baby, babies can be anything!

Gerald the giraffe longs to dance, but his legs are too skinny and his neck is too long. With encouraging words from an unlikely friend, Gerald is finally able to dance to his own tune.

Bear emerges from hibernation with one thing on his mind. Sadly, it"s too early for honey so he must be patient and appreciative. 

A colorful series that builds important skills including naming, sorting, rhyming, counting, matching and finding through fun, interactive games and activities.

Curious children will be entertained by the satisfying puzzles based on opposite matches, both in isolation and in their environments.

This clever concept book follows a family on a a harvest hayride at Pumpkin Farm and invites children to pick out shapes from the seasonal scenery - apple bushel circles, square hay bales, diamond kites in the autumn sky! 

In this beautiful and imaginative evocation of the Korean tale, wishes take flight to the moon where Rabbit turns them into stars.

Bouncing along to Bob Marley's classic reggae song, a little boy sheds his worries with help from a bird trio.

From rabbits to birds to mice, this board book features a wide variety of cute critters and the scrumptious foods they eat. 

A boy and his dad carefully assemble garden-fresh ingredients and then prepare a homemade pizza. Recipe included.

Peppered with catchy rhymes, this silly read-aloud story shows young readers that every animal has a special place to sit. 

A mouse outwits his predators in this exuberant two-part fable.

Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs delight young readers with their playful antics. How do dinosaurs count to ten? Over and over and over again!

Get to know the everyday heroes in your community! From firefighters to teachers, mail carriers to crossing guards, neighborhood helpers are all around.

A little mouse is asleep until a ball suddenly bounces into his home, setting off an epic chase-from A to Z.

The Pigeon needs a bath! Except that the Pigeon's not so sure about that. Besides, he took a bath last month! (Maybe.) It's going to take some serious convincing to get the Pigeon to take the plunge.

This exuberant and inclusive read-aloud decrees that underneath each crown, every African American princess has a unique and beautiful hairdo.

When the local Pet Club won"t admit a boy"s tiny pet elephant, he finds a solution-one that involves all kinds of unusual animals in this sweet and adorable picture book.

King and Kayla are playing fetch with their friends, Jillian and Thor. Jillian throws King"s favorite ball too hard, and now it"s gone missing! King and Kayla must put together the clues to figure out where it went―and who has it.

The inspiring story of a humble man and the heroic difference he made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

A dog barks at everything he loves—a cat, a squirrel, and his favorite boy! This Level A book is perfect for new readers. 

Fly Guy and Buzz visit a landfill to discover where their garbage goes. They learn all about garbage trucks, trash sorting, bacteria, and how landfills can be more environmentally friendly.

Meet Brian, the invisible boy. Nobody ever seems to notice him or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party...until, that is, a new kid comes to class.

Working up the courage to take a big, important leap is hard, but Jabari is almost absolutely ready to make a giant splash.

Is it time yet? This STEM-focused romp about pupation will tickle little ones who know how hard it is to wait.

The classic hand game goes off the rails in this riotous origin story.

Rabbit's carefully planned visit with Robot doesn't work out exactly as he imagined in this offbeat tale about two comically mismatched friends.

Stanley and the Lambchop family take a trip to the woods, but things get a little scary when Stanley and his brother, Arthur, run away from a skunk and straight toward the edge of a cliff.

The third book in the series finds Mo on the basketball court where he is determined to learn to pass the ball. Will he succeed?

When you go to the beach with Desmond Cole, it isn't all sand, surf, and sun. It"s more like, ghosts, ghouls, and gloom.

Fly Guy and Buzz introduce young readers to these fascinating creatures with straightforward fun facts, humorous asides, and full-bleed photographs throughout.

When Super Rabbit Boy is kidnapped by Queen Spooky, King Viking creates Robo-Rabbit Boy to help Animal Town. Robo-Rabbit Boy is fast like Super Rabbit Boy and strong like Super Rabbit Boy, but is he a hero like Super Rabbit Boy? 

In their first adventure, Wallace and Grace meet a rabbit who is sure he saw a ghost! But the clues lead them in a different direction. Something is spooking the garden . . . can Wallace and Grace solve this case?

A class outing to a mountaintop park expands the worldview of a young, urban African American boy in this picture book.

I'm Trying to Love Spiders will help you see these amazing arachnids in a whole new light, from their awesomely excessive eight eyes, to the seventy-five pounds of bugs a spider can eat in a single year!

There's a beast on the loose! The denizens of Deckawoo Drive rally to help everyone"s favorite animal control officer regain her self-confidence in this laugh-aloud chapter book.

A young Sasquatch yearning to see the Big Wild World meets a human boy and forges an unlikely friendship. 

The Levines are jetting off on a family vacation to Peru in the fifth book in this heartwarming chapter book series by acclaimed author Monica Brown.

In this 3rd book of the widely acclaimed series, Bat is facing the end of the school year and all the changes that come with it.

Abandoned by his parents, Charlie longs for a friend. To make one and solve a mystery he must learn American Sign Language.

These delightful new graphic novels capture the everyday-and unexpected-ups and downs of a fourth-grade classroom. 

Bursting with bilingual verve, a Mexican American middle-schooler with a speech impediment learns to value self-expression as she searches for a new friend.

This picture book introduces the Children's March and nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks, the youngest known child to be arrested in 1963 for a civil rights protest.

After an embarrassing strike out, Eddie Jackson must overcome his nerves if he's to return to baseball in this dynamic graphic novel for sports fans and struggling readers.

At a time when being a woman and an African American limited what a mathematician might achieve, meet women who helped NASA win the space race. 

In their own words, paleontologists tell the story of discovering the largest creature to ever walk the earth. 

When eleven-year-old Paul finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home, the soldier says the Allies have a plan to crush the Nazis once and for all. Soon Paul finds himself in the midst of the largest invasion in history.

The first book in an exciting new middle grade series about a Pakastani American fourth grader with big dreams of basketball stardom.

A lonely girl's friendship with a gravitational force leads her to address a painful absence. 

Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking havoc throughout St. Augustine. Together, they must join forces with Syd's witch grandmother to fight the haunting head-on and reverse the curse to save the town.

Jeremiah is the world's biggest baseball fan. When he's told he can't play baseball following an operation on his heart, Jeremiah decides he'll do the next best thing and become a coach.

The irrepressible tween, Louisiana Elefante returns in this triumphant novel of self-determination. 

During the Great Migration an eleven-year-old African-American boy finds encouragement in poetry. 

The first months of middle school don't go as planned for aspiring astrophysicist, Hope Roberts. So, the 11-year-old decides to learn from her mistakes and make science club more inclusive.

Tristan wrestles with his family's relocation until he launches a business that'll put Petersville and their once-famous chocolate cream doughnuts on the map.

Fiesty and resilient Mia Tang works and lives at the motel with her parents, who secretly help immigrants, while she pursues her dream of being a writer. 

Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Smile, introduces her battle with chronic anxiety as a teen as well as her ongoing coping strategies in this honest, often funny graphic novel.

Told from four points of view, a trio of sixth graders forge an unlikely bond when a bully traps another student at the bottom of the well.

Oozing cool, Styx Malone sweeps into town and upends Bobby and Caleb's summer with an exciting and increasingly dangerous plan.

An incredible memoir from Sharon Robinson about one of the most important years of the civil rights movement.

Born without arms, Aven unearths a mystery in a rundown theme park and discovers she has just what she needs. 

In 1970, a sixth grade girl who loves running track must navigate her segregated Alabama classroom. 

Chase Ambrose has a lot to learn, and that includes remembering who he is. As the eighth grade football star recovers from amnesia, his former reputation for bullying complicates his second chance.

Arturo may be a junior dishwasher, but he loves his family and his community, and this summer he's determined to save both.

After wrestling with her unquiet mind, Clea is diagnosed with ADHD. Now, the tween ask for help to reshape her life.

A middle school girl, eager to fit in and follow the rules, weighs the social risks and rewards participating in Black Lives Matter.

Marrying magic realism and a coming-of age, this novel imagines a pre-teen spending a summer with her grandfather as he ebbs into dementia.

One boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle-grade novel.

When superstitious Sab sees a giant black butterfly, an omen of death, she knows that she's doomed! Sab's adventures across Manila reveal truths about her family more difficult than she ever anticipated, and get her into real trouble. Was the Butterfly right? Perhaps Sab is in danger after all!

The discovery of a lost letter vaults Candice into a mystery and a multigenerational truth about a contemporary Southern town's racist past.

When the world's worst class of kids is paired with the world's worst teacher, will they torpedo each other or redeem themselves?

Lonely and feeling ignored, seventh-grader Bea begins writing haikus in invisible ink. But something incredible happens-someone writes back. 

Lost and alone in the forbidden Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica.

An African American albino, twelve-year-old Sunny feels out of place until she attends a magical school in a sci-fi fantasy dubbed the “Harry Potter of Nigeria.”

The inspiring story of how Leland Melvin, an African American athlete drafted by the NFL, rebounded and reached for the stars as a NASA astronaut. 

A startlingly fresh, fiercely feminist reimagining of Cinderella from the bestselling, Printz Honor-winning author Jennifer Donnelly.

From award winning author Jason Reynolds comes a Spiderman unlike any another. 

This young readers edition of the "New York Times" bestseller chronicles the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table.

Based on an adult bestseller, this young readers' edition is a complex and inspirational story about the Fugees, a youth soccer team made up of diverse refugees from around the world, and their formidable female coach, Luma Mufleh.

When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. But nobody counted on Paris's deeply loyal fans who will stop at nothing in their obsessive quest for answers.

On the eve of his coming-of-age ritual, Samkad discovers his mountain tribe is on a collision course. It's 1899 and American colonists have arrived in the Philippines. Mature content.

Congressman John Lewis is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. Lewis shares his remarkable story in March, a graphic novel trilogy. Book One spans his youth, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent means.

In time to mark the centennial of the 19th Amendment, this vibrant history spotlights key suffragettes. 

This story of a fourteen-year-old Malawi boy who figures out how to bring electricity to his village will inspire students to work hard and dream big.

In this empowering and progressive retelling of Snow White, two young women must find where their loyalties lie. 

Tailored for young readers, this is the all-true adventure of art history's greatest game of hide and seek during WWII.

Written as a diary of 14-year-old Joan, a girl rejected by her family finds a new one as a housemaid in the home of a wealthy Jewish family in Baltimore. 

It's just three words: I am nonbinary. But that's all it takes to change everything.

A stunning graphic novel imagines Ebo's journey from Ghana as he dares to reunite with his brother as undocumented immigrants in Europe.

An unflinching account of how obsessive-compulsive disorder dismantled 15-year-old Allison Britz"s life-until she asked for help and fought for clarity. 

This smart, funny, and timely take on Pride and Prejudice is recast with characters of color in the gentrifying neighborhood of Bushwick in Brooklyn. Mature content.

From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we've never been before.

In this richly rendered LGBTQ steampunk fantasy, time is controlled by clock towers and Danny, a prodigy mechanic is determined to rescue his father who has been frozen in time. 

To avenge her sister's death and save her family's tea house, Aza Wu joins the culture of casters who battle with magic for money.

In a world where most humans have lost the ability to dream, indigenous people are being slaughtered for their bone marrow. Fifteen-year-old Frenchie holds the key, but can he save his friends?

Three young people in a post-Earth colony must learn to trust each other if they hope to uncover a mystery beating at the heart of their world. 

The author of this graphic memoir recalls the impact of addiction on his family and how art resolved his pain.