Pinterest Pals: Summer Reading Book Club!
WELCOME TO THE SECOND ANNUAL PINTEREST PALS SUMMER READING BOOK CLUB!
Looking for something sizzling to read this summer? You're in luck. The Pinterest Pals have a sensational list for you. Family stories. Poetry & Projects. Intrigue & Adventure. Tenderness, Tradition & Truth. Inspirational tales that span the globe. We've got it all! Consider the list below, then let the summer begin.
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Happy Summer Reading!
Kid Lit Books and Authors
Camila
by Alicia Salazar
Camila and her papa enter a baking competition on TV. As they start their challenge, Camila is determined to take complete control of their challenge, strawberry-iced cake pops. But without teamwork, their dessert is a mess! Is it too late to become baking stars?
If This Bird Had Pockets
by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
An ideal gift for children who love animals, this picture book is a celebration of Poem in Your Pocket Day and a charmingly illustrated collection of playful poems about 19 different creatures.
Mystery of the Monarchs
by Barb Rosenstock
A gorgeous picture book based on the true story of a scientist who solves the mysteries of monarch butterfly migration—with the help of schoolchildren! Detailed materials in the back of the book include maps of monarch migration, the life cycle of the butterfly, and the cultural relevance of monarch butterflies in Mexico, as well as information on environmental efforts towards monarch conservation.
Adventures In Kindness
by Carrie and Sophia Fox
The award-winning action/adventure book for kind kids is back, now in an expanded second edition! Featuring 52+ impactful adventures for kids, to make kindness and compassion a daily practice. Easy-to-follow, brilliant illustrations.
Girls With Guts: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records
by Debbie Gonzales
GIRLS WITH GUTS: THE ROAD TO BREAKING BARRIERS AND BASHING RECORDS is the history of the female athlete, from the first Olympic game until present day, encompassing the passage of Title IX. A celebration of the strength, endurance, and athleticism of women and girls throughout the ages, Girls With Guts! keeps score with examples of women athletes from the late 1800s up through the 1970s, sharing how women refused to take no for an answer, and how finally, they pushed for a law to protect their right to play, compete, and be athletes.
Kira Down Under
by Erin Teagan
Cuddling koalas and bottle-feeding baby kangaroos. Kira and her mom are spending the summer at a wildlife sanctuary in Australia helping her aunt Mamie, a veterinarian, care for the animals. When Kira falls in love with an orphaned koala joey, her joy is complete—until a health emergency pulls Aunt Mamie away. Suddenly Kira can’t seem to do anything right. She’s put the wombats and her beloved koala joey in danger, and now her new friend Alexis won’t talk to her. Can Kira find a way to catch a roving predator—along with a few wayward wombats—and earn back everyone’s trust?
Planet Jupiter
by Jane Kurtz
Jupiter is used to being a planet of one, and she likes it that way. But then a cousin, who Jupiter never even knew existed, comes from Ethiopia to stay for the summer, and Jupiter is put in charge of taking care of her. A sweet, genuine story with themes of community, immigration, finances, family, and taking care of the environment that will appeal to fans of Cynthia Lord and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.
How It Happens
by Jean Alicia Elster
How It Happens follows the story of author Jean Alicia Elster’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy May Jackson. The story moves along with Dorothy May’s daughter Jean, who, with the support of her mother and the memory of her grandmother, confronts and comes to terms with her role in society and the options available to her as a college-educated Black woman in the post–World War II industrial North. While there is struggle and hardship for each of these women, they each build off one other and continue to demand space in the world in which they live.
Ablaze With Color
by Jeanne Walker Harvey
In this stunning celebration of art and imagination, Jeanne Walker Harvey and Loveis Wise tell the incredible and inspiring true story of Alma Thomas, the first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York City and the first Black woman to have her work chosen for the White House collection. With her bold and vibrant abstract paintings, Alma set the world ablaze with color.
Until The Blueberries Grow
by Jennifer Wolf Kam
Norman: One Amazing Goldfish!
by Kelly Bennett
Norman is one amazing goldfish! His owner knows Norman is sure to dazzle the crowd at Pet-O-Rama with his circles, bubbles, and flips—even though some kids don’t think a goldfish is a good pet. The popular stars of Not Norman return in a warm and wryly funny new story about being there for your fishy friend when he needs you most.
Tall Boots
by Linda Wilson
The biggest day of the year had arrived: the 4-H Horse Show. Ashley bowed to the locker room mirror. "Today Lacy and I are going to win!" If Ashley could prove to her mom that she was serious about riding, she wouldn't have to wear her old red, rubber boots anymore. She could wear real riding boots. But sometimes her pony, Lacy, had a mind of her own.
Brand New Bubbe
by Sarah Aronson
When Jillian’s mom remarries, Jillian isn’t so sure she needs a brand-new Bubbe. She already has a Noni and a Gram—does she really have room for another grandmother? But Bubbe is determined to bond with Jillian, and Mom is determined to make Jillian give Bubbe a chance.
After stewing and simmering for a while, Jillian discovers that family is like good soup—both are better with a heaping helping of love. Includes recipes for all three grandmas’ soups!
Orange for the Sunsets
by Tina Athaide
A soaring tale of empathy, hope, and resilience, as two best friends living under Ugandan President Amin’s divisive rule must examine where—and who—they call home.
Adult Books and Authors
Under The Indigo Moon
by Jennifer Crosswhite
Former big-city architect and single mom Carissa Carver is starting over in Holcomb Springs with her two boys. She has dropped all of her savings into vacant Victorian she bought at an online auction, hoping to flipping and build a better life.
Can she create a new life for herself and her boys? Or will the money-pit house and rumors drive her away?
African Vengeance
by Steve Braker
African Vengeance is the fast-paced fifth book in the William Brody African Ocean Adventure Series. If you like intriguing plots, vividly detailed settings, and nail-biting suspense, then you’ll love Steve Braker’s edge-of-your-seat thriller.
Will Brody find a bounty big enough to save all their lives?
