Summer at the Library

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Summer at the Library booklists

This year's Summer Reading booklists were created by your librarians from Brooklyn Public Library. Students will have a better chance of finding these books at the library because we have many copies available.

BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 Baby, Toddler and Preschool

BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 Grades K – 1

BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 Grades 2 – 3

BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 Grades 4 - 5

BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 for Middle School

BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 for High School

BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 for Adults

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Staff Picks

  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 Baby, Toddler and Preschool
  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 Grades K – 1
  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 Grades 2 – 3
  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 for Middle School
  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2026 for High School
Book jacket for Let's eat
Let's eat
Alexandra Penfold
Book jacket for Five enormous dinosaurs
Five enormous dinosaurs
Annie Kubler
Book jacket for My first lift-the-flap fairy tales
My first lift-the-flap fairy tales
Ingela P Arrhenius
Book jacket for Baby diplodocus
Baby diplodocus
Julie Abery
Book jacket for Roarsome dinosaurs
Roarsome dinosaurs
Sarah Wade
Book jacket for Little dumplings
Little dumplings
Jekka Kuhlmann
Book jacket for 100 first words
100 first words
Rachel Accurso
Book jacket for We can't wait to hold you
We can't wait to hold you
Richard Van Camp
Book jacket for Bright baby
Bright baby
Rebecca Weerasekera
Book jacket for Emergency : drive 5 vehicles around the tracks!
Emergency : drive 5 vehicles around the tracks!
Johnny Dyrander
Book jacket for Every Monday Mabel
Every Monday Mabel
Jashar Awan
Book jacket for Prehistoric actual size
Prehistoric actual size
Steve Jenkins
Book jacket for This is how we talk : a celebration of disability...
This is how we talk : a celebration of disability...
Jessica Slice
Book jacket for Everybody in the red brick building
Everybody in the red brick building
Anne Wynter
Book jacket for Dancing hands : a story of friendship in Filipino...
Dancing hands : a story of friendship in Filipino...
Joanna Que
Book jacket for My fade is fresh
My fade is fresh
Shauntay Grant
Book jacket for Cinderella and a mouse called Fred
Cinderella and a mouse called Fred
Deborah Hopkinson
Book jacket for Bones, bones, dinosaur bones
Bones, bones, dinosaur bones
Byron Barton
Book jacket for Dot! scribble! go!
Dot! scribble! go!
Hervé Tullet
Book jacket for Alberto Salas plays paka paka con la papa : join...
Alberto Salas plays paka paka con la papa : join...
Sara Andrea Fajardo
Book jacket for Luli and the language of tea
Luli and the language of tea
Andrea Wang
Book jacket for Dance fast
Dance fast
AR Cribbins
Book jacket for Flower girl
Flower girl
Amy Bloom
Book jacket for Everybody has a body
Everybody has a body
Molli Jackson Ehlert
Book jacket for Night light
Night light
Michael Emberley
Book jacket for I like hoops
I like hoops
Juwanda G Ford
Book jacket for I like cheese!
I like cheese!
Salina Yoon
Book jacket for Katie and the haunted museum
Katie and the haunted museum
Fran Manushkin
Book jacket for A book of maps for you
A book of maps for you
Lourdes Heuer
Book jacket for The history of we
The history of we
Nikkolas Smith
Book jacket for Esme's birthday conga line
Esme's birthday conga line
Lourdes Heuer
Book jacket for A tulip in winter : a story about folk artist Maud...
A tulip in winter : a story about folk artist Maud...
Kathy Stinson
Book jacket for Reina Ramos tour guide
Reina Ramos tour guide
Emma Otheguy
Book jacket for Blue : a history of the color as deep as the sea...
Blue : a history of the color as deep as the sea...
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Book jacket for Window fishing
Window fishing
DK Dyson
Book jacket for Paula Danziger's Amber Brown is not a crayon
Paula Danziger's Amber Brown is not a crayon
Victoria Ying
Book jacket for The princess in black
The princess in black
Shannon Hale
Book jacket for A ray of light : a book of science and wonder
A ray of light : a book of science and wonder
Walter Wick
Book jacket for Lost & found : based on a true story
Lost & found : based on a true story
Mei Yu
Book jacket for Pink, blue, and you! : questions for kids about...
Pink, blue, and you! : questions for kids about...
Elise Gravel
Book jacket for Stories of the islands
Stories of the islands
Clar Angkasa
Book jacket for The birchbark house
The birchbark house
Louise Erdrich
Book jacket for The forgotten summer of Seneca
The forgotten summer of Seneca
Camryn Garrett
Book jacket for Young hag and the witches quest
Young hag and the witches quest
Isabel Greenberg
Book jacket for The trouble with heroes
The trouble with heroes
Kate Messner
Book jacket for Club kick out! 1, Into the ring
Club kick out! 1, Into the ring
Steph Mided
Book jacket for Hands
Hands
Torrey Maldonado
Book jacket for Simon sort of says
Simon sort of says
Erin Bow
Book jacket for The swifts : a dictionary of scoundrels
The swifts : a dictionary of scoundrels
Beth Lincoln
Book jacket for Top story : a front desk novel
Top story : a front desk novel
Kelly Yang
Book jacket for A world without summer : a volcano erupts, a...
A world without summer : a volcano erupts, a...
Nicholas Day
Book jacket for More to the story
More to the story
Hena Khan
Book jacket for What the fact?
What the fact?
Seema Yasmin
Book jacket for Hidden systems : water, electricity, the internet,...
Hidden systems : water, electricity, the internet,...
Dan Nott
Book jacket for Tegan and Sara : junior high
Tegan and Sara : junior high
Tegan Quin
Book jacket for The shadow sister
The shadow sister
Lily Meade
Book jacket for How to excavate a heart
How to excavate a heart
Jake Maia Arlow
Book jacket for One for all
One for all
Lillie Lainoff
Book jacket for The scammer
The scammer
Tiffany D Jackson
Book jacket for Today tonight tomorrow
Today tonight tomorrow
Rachel Lynn Solomon
Book jacket for Throwback
Throwback
Maurene Goo
Book jacket for Last night at the Telegraph Club
Last night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
Book jacket for Legendary frybread drive-in : intertribal stories
Legendary frybread drive-in : intertribal stories
Book jacket for A greater goal : the epic battle for equal pay in...
A greater goal : the epic battle for equal pay in...
Elizabeth Rusch
Book jacket for Ash's cabin
Ash's cabin
Jen Wang
Book jacket for Ex marks the spot
Ex marks the spot
Gloria Chao
Book jacket for The guy she was interested in wasn't a guy at all....
The guy she was interested in wasn't a guy at all....
Sumiko Arai
Book jacket for Flamboyants : the queer Harlem renaissance I wish...
Flamboyants : the queer Harlem renaissance I wish...
George M Johnson
Book jacket for Hollow fires
Hollow fires
Samira Ahmed
Book jacket for Akane-banashi. 1, On that day
Akane-banashi. 1, On that day
Yuki Suenaga
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