Adventure Begins at Your Library: Independent Readers

These are some books we recommend to elementary-aged readers who want to find adventure in a book this summer!

Updated May 2, 2024
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Explorers of the wild
Atkinson, Cale
Paper Book
Boy and Bear both love to explore the outdoors. There are so many neat things to see, and so many strange things to find. These explorers are prepared for anything. except each other! When Bear and Boy meet in the woods, they're scared at first. Really scared. But soon, these kings of the wild...
Bad Kitty goes on vacation
Bruel, Nick
Paper Book
See below for English description. Oncle Maurice est fatigué et a VRAIMENT besoin de vacances! Après tout, c'est épuisant de surveiller Méchant Minou. Heureusement, une station de radio lance un concours pour gagner des vacances et Oncle Maurice gagne! Méchant Minou a hâte de partir...
The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane
DiCamillo, Kate.
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning full-color plates by Bagram Ibatoulline, honors the enduring power of love. Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane...
Fortunately, the milk
Gaiman, Neil.
Paper Book
An absolute delight of a madcap story for the young (and young-at-heart) by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with equal parts pirates and piranhas, adventure and aliens, oddity and love. "I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop...
Grounded : a novel
Saeed, Aisha
Paper Book
When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he'd rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the...
The adventures of Beekle : the unimaginary friend
Santat, Dan
Paper Book
Winner of the Caldecott Medal #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning creator Dan Santat combines classic storytelling with breathtaking art in an unforgettable tale about friendship, imagination, and the courage to find one's place in...

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