Grades
K - 8
The Top Book Series for Summer Reading
Find the perfect series — everything from hair-raising suspense to tummy-tickling laughter — and keep your students reading all summer long!
As you know, it's important to encourage students to pick up books that excite them, even when they aren't in school. Giving each student a book for the summer builds their confidence to tackle challenging books and motivates them to develop a love for reading. We made it easy to keep reading skills on track all summer long with this supersized series collection.
There's truly something for every type of reader in this book list, which is filled with individual titles and book collections from popular series. There are tremendous benefits in giving a student the first book in a series and then having the rest available in your classroom library — once they're hooked on the first book, they'll keep returning to read more.
Elementary and middle school readers will love discovering new favorite characters like Bub from Diary of a Pug and Truly from Princess Truly, who will stay with them all summer long.
Shop all our picks for the top summer reading series below, or browse by grade: Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8. You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store.
Best friends Sniff and Scratch love to play together! Across three giggle-inducing short stories, Sniff and Scratch have fun with toilet paper, they enjoy chasing each other's tails, and they snuggle with Sniff's stuffed duck.
That lovely old lady has returned just in time for the first day of school. Now she's swallowing items to make the very best of her first day back. With rhyming text and funny illustrations, this lively version of the classic song will appeal to young readers with every turn of the page. A fun story for the first day of school!
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!
Miguel and Clarke help a neighbor find their lost dog, Spider. They grab their walking sticks and adventure map to search the woods. They find Spider and a spot for a perfect secret fort!
It's Coco's birthday and Zoya wants to give her pup the perfect present. She tries out a few ideas -- including a yarn necklace and colorful frosted treats. But she finally decides to paint Coco's bowl gold. With some paint and LOTS of glitter, Zoya creates a gift Coco is sure to love!
Branches books help boost reading confidence and stamina with easy-to-read text, high-interest content, and illustrations on every page. "A nice stepping stone to more advanced chapter books."-Booklist
Unicorn wants to save stickers. Yeti wants to stick them everywhere! Unicorn and Yeti love to roller skate. But will their roller skates work in the snow? Unicorn blows bubbles. Yeti wants the bubbles to be bigger!
Sunny's dad enters Super World as none other than King Viking himself! In order to get off a faraway island, King Viking has to become the HERO and help Captain Trevor fix his boat. But since Dad is not very good at playing the game, King Viking struggles to find all the supplies. Will King Viking be able to save the day and defeat the island monster? And where does Super Rabbit Boy show up in this zany adventure?
In the eighth book in the USA Today bestselling Unicorn Diaries series, a jackalope family arrives in Sparklegrove Forest! Unicorn Bo Tinseltail and friends are excited to welcome the new family. But they soon learn that the jackalope family is being chased by centaurs, which puts the whole forest at risk. Will the family be allowed to stay in Sparklegrove after all?
Hardcover Book
Captain Underpants #4: Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants
Professor Pippy P. Poopypants may well be the greatest scientific genius the world has ever known. Unfortunately, he has such a silly name that nobody takes him seriously! He's been laughed out of every university in the world.
What would happen if a Komodo Dragon and a King Cobra met? This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts these two ferocious reptiles and is packed with photos, charts and illustrations. This book is packed with photos, charts, illustrations, and amazing facts.
Hardcover Book
Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants
P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red color remains. Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! Will the ends justify the means for Petey, who's reluctantly pulled back into a life of crime in order to help Dog Man? And who will step forward when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots?
At first, Plum is dazzled by how big and exciting Nakhon City is. She's never experienced anything like it! But under the glittering surface, secrets lurk. A storm is brewing, and Plum will have to harness all of her growing powers to survive it.
After her confrontation with Ikol, Emily finally understands the stone's power and what she must do to defend Alledia from the shadows. As she travels to Typhon to help her mom and Navin, Prince Trellis returns to the Kingdom of the Elves to save his countrymen -- and confront the fraud who has seized power in the absence of a king. The threat of darkness follows all Stonekeepers closely, and it will take the strength of both new friends and old foes to conquer it... and survive.
Sunny is starting to understand the ins and outs of middle school... but she still feels more out than in. It's about classes or homework, really. No, it's the fact that most kids have a thing they do outside of class. Like football or track or cheerleading. Sunny isn't quarterback material, and her cheer attempts are... not the best. So what can she do?
Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School, she's excited to be in the same world as her dad, whom she's never met, and make real friends. But Weatherby has a secret she'll risk everything to protect, one that could destroy her new life.
Stacey is so excited! Her friends from The Baby-sitters Club are coming to New York City for a long weekend. It's going to be perfect -- a party and a sleepover on Friday night, a big baby-sitting job on Saturday, and lots of sightseeing throughout.
In this book, written by bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski and three-time Newbery Honor recipient Christina Soontornvat, the magic bracelet comes to a girl in Texas, who ends up in a Groundhog Day-style time loop.
The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues!
Get ready for more magic, mayhem, and monstruos! From Claribel A. Ortega, author of Frizzy and Ghost Squad, comes the sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling and #1 Indie bestselling Witchlings.
History's most exciting and terrifying events come to life in these stories of amazing kids and how they survived.
Featuring quick wit, a diverse cast, and powerful magic, readers will devour this graphic novel series rooted in Chinese mythology. "A colorful, modern adventure... with dragons as a bonus.”-Kirkus
The worlds of historical fiction and super hero comics collide in this original graphic novel destined to be a hit with fans of all ages.
In this highly anticipated sequel to The Lightning Thief, a magical tree protecting the borders of Camp Half-Blood is poisoned. Thirteen-year-old Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and their new friend Tyson set out to find the one item that can save the camp. The trio must survive cyclopses, man-eating sheep, sirens, and giant cannibals for Camp Half-Blood to have any chance at a future.
This best-selling dystopian fantasy series features an unlikely heroine who not only survives the Games, but leads a revolution. "Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced."-NY Times.
