2025 TD Summer Reading Club Books for Younger Readers

Updated February 27, 2025
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Baking with mi abuelita
Mora, Julissa
Paper Book
Family traditions are special, especially when they include baking a "delicioso" cake with your abuelita! This Step 2 Reader includes some words in Spanish! It's Papi's birthday! Which means it's time to get in the kitchen and bake the traditional family cake -- Tres Leches!...
Boys don't fry
Lee, Kimberly
Paper Book
Jin wishes his family would ask him to help prepare the Lunar New Year feast. But boys, or Babas, never get asked--only Nyonyas, the girls. It's the eve of Lunar New Year, and Jin can't wait for the big family reunion dinner. He loves the aromas and the bubbly chatter coming...
Butterfly on the wind
Pottle, Adam
Paper Book
A magical picture book about a Deaf girl who creates a butterfly with Sign Language and sends it on a journey around the world. On the day of the talent show, Aurora's hands tremble. No matter how hard she tries to sign, her fingers stumble over one another and the words just...
Dancing hands : a story of friendship in Filipino sign language
Que, Joanna
Ebook
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book An Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Honor Winner Read the world to change the world! This artful picture book about friendship and sign language, originally published in the Philippines in concert with nonprofit Room to Read, is...
Egyptian lullaby
Pliska, Zeena M.
Paper Book
A rich, beautifully layered ode to the great city of Cairo, Egypt, its people, and culture. Every night, my Ametti Fatma sings the sounds of Egypt to me as I fall asleep. This is the Nile, that flows through the city. ...
The Eidi Bag
Afzal, Shazia/ Delsooz, Shiva (ILT)
Paper Book
A little girl adapts to the Eid traditions of her new home Today is Sarah's first  Eid Ul Fitr in her new country. She's excited to celebrate the breaking of the fast with her loved ones, and collect enough money in her Eidi bag to buy goodies for her friends, and a new set of markers...
Harvest days : giving thanks around the world
DePalma, Kate
Ebook
How to staycation like a snail
Hrab, Naseem
Paper Book
Introverted party animal Snail is back in this delightfully hilarious SHHHelebration of homebodies Snail is an epic explorer ... kind of. He loves the quiet things about adventures, like reading maps, hiking along slime trails, and collecting souvenirs. On big vacations, he finds the...
Let's go! = Haw êkwa!
Flett, Julie
Paper Book
A 2025 Notable Social Studies Trade Book! A 2025 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Title! A Kirkus Reviews and Horn Book Magazine Best Book of 2024! A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2024! "Gives the viewer the sense that...
Meena can't wait
Zaman, Farida
Paper Book
Meena is excited because today she's going to Nanu's house to drink tea and eat treats. When Meena gets there, she's ready to get started...but her nanu tells her it's not time yet. Today they're going to have a very special Bengali tea called doodh cha, and they are going to make it...
Next door
Kerbel, Deborah
Paper Book
In this wordless picture book, a Deaf boy and his mother enjoy a walk through their community. Together, they greet their neighbors, stop by the playground, spy a bird's nest in a tree and buy cookies at the grocery store. Later, they visit their new neighbours, a woman and her daughter, who have...
The ofrenda that we built
Gutiérrez, Jolene
Learn about and celebrate the Day of the Dead! With warmth and energy, this spirited picture book is a joyful ode to family traditions and the memory of loved ones who have passed but whom we continue to remember. It is Día de Muertos--the Day of the Dead--and the family ofrenda is...
Stay my baby
Button, Lana
Paper Book
Key Selling Points Stay My Babyreflects on the heart tug of feeling the joy of watching a child grow up while also feeling a protective wish to hold them close forever. Sweet rhyming verses accompanied by inviting photographs of babies, toddlers and diverse families make...
Wild greens, beautiful girl
Schlaikjer, Erica Lee
Paper Book
On the eastern plains of Taiwan, a young girl and her mother pick wild greens before a rainstorm drenches them and their garden. When she goes to pull at the roots of a spiky, stalky weed, she learns that the plant is not what it seems. A lyrical story that shows young readers how to appreciate...

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