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.

Explore your city with these titles:

BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 Baby, Toddler and Preschool

BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 Grades K – 1

BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 Grades 2 – 3

BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 Grades 4 - 5

BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 for Middle School

BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 for High School

BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 for Adults

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Staff Picks

  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 Baby, Toddler and Preschool
  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 Grades K – 1
  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 Grades 2 – 3
  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 for Middle School
  • BKLYN Summer Reading 2025 for High School
Book jacket for On powwow day
On powwow day
Traci Sorell
Book jacket for Book of colours
Book of colours
Oliver Jeffers
Book jacket for Pride puppy!
Pride puppy!
Robin Stevenson
Book jacket for All colors
All colors
Amalia Hoffman
Book jacket for Monsters love colors
Monsters love colors
Mike Austin
Book jacket for Word museum : introducing first words through culture
Word museum : introducing first words through...
Isabel Otter
Book jacket for Colors
Colors
Shelley Rotner
Book jacket for Hello!
Hello!
Grace Habib
Book jacket for Black & white in color
Black & white in color
Tana Hoban
Book jacket for Let's put that away! : my first book of organizing
Let's put that away! : my first book of organizing
Clea Shearer
Book jacket for Dogs love books, too
Dogs love books, too
Maria Coco
Book jacket for Oh, Olive!
Oh, Olive!
Lian Cho
Book jacket for The artivist
The artivist
Nikkolas Smith
Book jacket for A rainbow in brown
A rainbow in brown
Pavonis Giron
Book jacket for I like this color
I like this color
Liz Goulet Dubois
Book jacket for The orange wall
The orange wall
Valerie Bolling
Book jacket for My ocean is blue
My ocean is blue
Darren Lebeuf
Book jacket for Extra yarn
Extra yarn
Mac Barnett
Book jacket for I can grow it!
I can grow it!
Kelly Greenawalt
Book jacket for My blue is happy
My blue is happy
Jessica Young
Book jacket for Red : a crayon's story
Red : a crayon's story
Michael Hall
Book jacket for Isabel and the invisible world
Isabel and the invisible world
Alan P Lightman
Book jacket for Rainbow shopping
Rainbow shopping
Qing Zhuang
Book jacket for My indigo world : a true story of the color blue
My indigo world : a true story of the color blue
Rosa Chang
Book jacket for The day the crayons quit
The day the crayons quit
Drew Daywalt
Book jacket for The great henna party
The great henna party
Humera Malik
Book jacket for Frank and Bean. Food truck fiasco
Frank and Bean. Food truck fiasco
Jamie Michalak
Book jacket for Pete the cat and the sprinkle stealer
Pete the cat and the sprinkle stealer
Kim Dean
Book jacket for Loop de loop : circular solutions for a waste-free world
Loop de loop : circular solutions for a waste-free...
Andrea Curtis
Book jacket for ¡Fiesta! : a festival of colors
¡Fiesta! : a festival of colors
Duncan Tonatiuh
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 Lewis
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 and as wide as the sky
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 gender and stereotypes
Pink, blue, and you! : questions for kids about...
Elise Gravel
Book jacket for The colors of history
The colors of history
Clive Gifford
Book jacket for Pashmina
Pashmina
Nidhi Chanani
Book jacket for Anzu and the realm of darkness
Anzu and the realm of darkness
Mai K Nguyen
Book jacket for True colors
True colors
Abby Cooper
Book jacket for Amber & Clay
Amber & Clay
Laura Amy Schlitz
Book jacket for Boy 2.0
Boy 2.0
Tracey Baptiste
Book jacket for Bye forever, I guess
Bye forever, I guess
Jodi Meadows
Book jacket for Many points of me
Many points of me
Caroline Gertler
Book jacket for The Giver
The Giver
P Craig Russell
Book jacket for A strange thing happened in Cherry Hall
A strange thing happened in Cherry Hall
Jasmine Warga
Book jacket for The legend of the last library
The legend of the last library
Frank Cole
Book jacket for The Mona Lisa vanishes : a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
The Mona Lisa vanishes : a legendary painter, a...
Nicholas Day
Book jacket for Taxi ghost
Taxi ghost
Sophie Escabasse
Book jacket for Duel
Duel
Jessixa Bagley
Book jacket for Impossible creatures
Impossible creatures
Katherine Rundell
Book jacket for This is how you lose the time war
This is how you lose the time war
Amal El-Mohtar
Book jacket for Black in blues : how a color tells the story of my people
Black in blues : how a color tells the story of my...
Imani Perry
Book jacket for Hijab butch blues : a memoir
Hijab butch blues : a memoir
Lamya H
Book jacket for Yellowface
Yellowface
R F Kuang
Book jacket for Just for the summer
Just for the summer
Abby Jimenez
Book jacket for A magical girl retires
A magical girl retires
Sŏ-ryŏn Pak
Book jacket for I must be dreaming
I must be dreaming
Roz Chast
Book jacket for Rouge
Rouge
Mona Awad
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