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!...
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. ...
Harvest days : giving thanks around the world
DePalma, Kate
Paper Book
"An enticing look at harvest rituals, foods, and festivities" - Kirkus Reviews People as far back as anyone's known have gathered to give thanks for food we have grown. Celebrate harvest festivals from 12 cultures around the globe! Immerse young readers in some...
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...
My fade is fresh
Grant, Shauntay
Paper Book
A little girl makes sure she walks out of the barbershop rocking the fabulous hair style she chooses. Learn the importance of speaking up for what you want through this fun and empowering picture book. When a little girl walks into her local barbershop, she knows she...
The ofrenda that we built
Gutiérrez, Jolene
Paper Book
"A rich, rhythmic ode celebrating Día de Muertos." --School Library Journal,Starred Review  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...
The pie reports
Lowe, Hayley
Paper Book
★"Discusses illness and depression with gentleness that helps make the big feelings that can go with them less overwhelming. Touching and playful illustrations complement a story that handles themes of illness, depression, and aging with empathy and understanding."--School Library Journal...
Rumie goes rafting
Marentette, Meghan
Paper Book
An ambitious yet impatient little critter seeks adventure outside their cozy forest home Adventurous little Rumie longs to sail down the stream and find out where it leads, but the water is too low for Uncle Hawthorne's boat. Suddenly, a ladybird floating on a leaf gives Rumie an idea-...

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