Page-Turning Summer Book
Lists
for Every Age & Theme
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Scholastic Summer Challenge: Best Summer Books,
Ages 3-5 Cool off with our best summer picks for ages 3-5. |
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Scholastic Summer Challenge: Hot Book Picks for
Ages 6-7 Get our hand-picked selections for your 6-7 year old this summer! |
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Great Scholastic Summer Challenge Books: Ages
8-10 Check out our curated selections for your intermediate reader. |
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Scholastic Summer Challenge Books: Ages 10-12 Don't miss our awesome recommendations for your 10-12 year old reader! |
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Scholastic Summer Challenge Books for Your Young
Adult Young adults gain a better understanding of themselves and others with these inspiring reads. |
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Books for Bonding (0-2) Experts recommend these tales to start your child on the road to reading. |
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Cool Picture Books for Hot Days (3-5) Warm summer days are the perfect time to curl up under a shady tree with your pre-reader and one of these bright picture books! |
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Silly Stories (3-5) Get giggling with fun tales perfect for read alouds! |
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Books That Really Pop! (3-5) Surprising and interactive, these pop-up books will have your early elementary readers leaping with excitement. |
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A Seussian Summer (6-7) Have the summertime blues? Get your reading prescription filled with tales from everyone's favorite doctor! |
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Best Book Buddies (6-7) Classic characters can become lifelong pals to early readers. |
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Stories to Share - Family Read Alouds (6-7) Bring your family together with celebrated tales that appeal to all ages. |
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Bug Books (6-7) If it creeps and crawls your little one is sure to love it. |
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Summer Camp Stories (8-10) Whether your grade-schooler is going away or camping in the backyard, these tales will inspire them to read all summer long. |
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Hot Summer Series (8-10) Your kids will want to savor these great titles all summer long. |
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Books Guaranteed to Make You Laugh (8-10) Fill a boring day or boost a flagging mood with these laugh-out-loud titles. |
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Beach Blanket Books (8-10) Whether on the sandy shore or a comfy couch - these reads are sure to fill summer days with excitement. |
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The Wonders of Science Books (8-10) Discover mysteries seen and unseen with fiction and nonfiction about the natural world, biology, chemistry, and more. |
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Baseball Books for Middle Schoolers (11-13) Whether your adolescent is a starting pitcher or simply a devoted fan, these novels, histories, and reference books will hit a grand slam. |
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Great Summer Reads for Your Middle Schooler
(11-13) Whether at the beach, in the park or in their room - these exciting tales will place your tween on the road to adventure. |
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Coming of Age Classics (11-13) Here's a list of beloved time-tested novels and often-controversial classics that have become reading rites of passage. |









































