Color Our World: Independent Reader

Our 2025 Bookworm Summer Reading Theme is Color Your World. We invite you to explore the world around you through art and books. Here are some to get you started!

Updated February 4, 2025
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The orange wall
Bolling, Valerie
Paper Book
Zoya and her puppy Coco are excited for a glittery bedroom makeover in this full-color book perfect for beginning readers! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read...
Shapes and shapes : with Annemarie
Brunetti, Ivan
Paper Book
Who knew shapes could be so much fun? Respected art professor and creator Ivan Brunetti still remembersthe fun he had playing with shapes as a kid. In the hands of the author/artist of Wordplay, 3x4, and Comics- Easy as ABC, shapes explode, divide, and...
Soren's seventh song
Eggers, Dave
Paper Book
From Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Eggers, Soren's Seventh Song is a deadpan take on creativity and persistence, as told through the eyes of a humpback whale looking for a new song--with color illustrations by Mark Hoffman. ...
Uncle Fred is a knucklehead!
Gutman, Dan
Paper Book
With more than 32 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In this second book of the My Weirdtastic School arc, join A.J. and friends as they become part of the studio audience for a TV show whose host can't seem to grow up! A.J. and the gang...
The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink
Hale, Shannon
Paper Book
"A wonderful addition to the Hales' unique series, wherein zany humor and teamwork tells the story that children can be anything they dream of." --School Library Journal Princess Magnolia is at the Flower Festival prepping for the evening ball when suddenly she hears a...
The princess in black. Books 7-8
Hale, Shannon
CD
Books 7-8 in Shannon Hale & Dean Hale's New York Times bestselling series take the Princess in Black on two of her biggest adventures yet! The Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle: The Princess in Black is in a very stinky situation. A foul cloud is...
Showtime!
Lyons, Kelly Starling
Paper Book
Ty rocks out with friends in this new book in the Geisel Honor-winning series! Join Ty on his imaginative adventures in Ty's Travels: Showtime, a My First I Can Read story by acclaimed author and illustrator team Kelly Starling Lyons and Niña Mata. Music, imagination,...
The color of sound
Isler, Emily Barth
Paper Book
"[A] salient celebration of family, music, and neurodiversity." --starred, Publishers Weekly "A top pick for any middle school collection; a perfect book club pick and a reminder to all that patience and understanding can change lives." --starred, School Library Journal Twelve-year...
The show must demon!
Miedoso, Andres
Paper Book
A demon takes the stage in this eighteenth spooky adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series! What's worse than dealing with a demon? Being onstage in a school play with one in front of a live audience! Join Desmond and Andres as they act their way through the most cursed...
Monkey-CAM
Palatini, Margie.
Paper Book
Experience the world from a monkey's perspective via the video camera on its head in this fun and exciting Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read book in the Critter-Cam series! Through a video camera positioned on the monkey's head, readers can follow along from the monkey's point of view as...
The adventures of Captain Underpants : an epic novel
Pilkey, Dav
Paper Book
Laugh out loud with Captain Underpants, the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Dog Man!Fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins are a couple of class clowns. The only thing they enjoy more than playing practical jokes is creating their own comic...
Cat Kid Comic Club
Pilkey, Dav
Paper Book
A pioneering new graphic novel series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of the internationally bestselling Dog Man and Captain Underpants series. The best Christmas and holiday gift for readers of all ages! Naomi, Melvin, Pedro, and Poppy are just a few of the twenty-one...
Poetry prompts : all sorts of ways to start a poem
Coelho, Joseph
Paper Book
A compendium of poetry prompts from Joseph Coelho (Children's Laureate 2022-2024). *2024 Everymom Best Book for Early Reading* *2024 CBC Librarian FAVORITES* *2024 CBC Teacher FAVORITES* Each fun and engaging prompt for...
Everywhere beauty is Harlem : the vision of photographer Roy Decarava
Golio, Gary
Paper Book
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Picture Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Picture Book Biography CCBC Choices 2025 A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of 2024 The New York Public Library Best...
The last comics on Earth : too many villains!
Brallier, Max
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES * From the author of the worldwide phenomenon The Last Kids on Earth comes an action-packed full-color graphic novel spinoff starring Jack, Quint, June, and Dirk as they face their biggest challenge yet--creating a sequel to their hit graphic...
Unstuck
Dee, Barbara
Paper Book
"Both relatable and inspiring...an entertaining and heartfelt read." --Janae Marks, New York Times bestselling author of On Air with Zoe Washington From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel that's "this generation's Dear Mr....
Upstaged
Easter, Robin
Paper Book
★ "Sharply written and evocative" -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "This theater camp has plenty of captivating drama both on stage and off!" --Kayla Miller, New York Times bestselling creator of the Click graphic novel series ...
Maya plays the part
Erb, Calyssa
Paper Book
A Children's Book Book Council Spotlight selection! A heartwarming middle-grade debut with autism representation and a musical flair. Maya lives and breathes musicals. When her chance to finally be a part of the summer musical program at the community theater comes up, Maya is...
Besties : Work It Out
Miller, Kayla
Paper Book
A fun and fresh graphic-novel series spin-off of the New York Times bestselling Click books, featuring aspiring entrepreneurs Beth and Chanda! When the girls land a lucrative dogsitting gig, they're sure that fame, fortune, and popularity can't be far behind, but nothing can prepare them for the...
Picture day
Sax, Sarah
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . Everyone knows the most stressful day of middle school is picture day! And that's exactly where this yearbook-worthy graphic novel series begins- with reinventing yourself, drama, popularity, and the friends who see you through. "Picture perfect." -Terri...
In and out the window
Yolen, Jane
Paper Book
The largest single anthology of Jane Yolen's poetry, containing more than one hundred poems for all occasions--with fun black-and-white art throughout. Our Kitchen Smells of mornings, blueberry muffins, hot chocolate, tea.
The spectacular science of art
Colson, Rob
Paper Book
The Spectacular Science of Art is guaranteed to answer all those tricky science questions that children ask about colors, perspective, and symmetry - and that parents often struggle to answer - such as: What is color theory? How do artists use math in their paintings? How do scientists...
Stephen Biesty's incredible cross-sections
Biesty, Stephen
Paper Book
The original and still the best, the IRA Children's Choice Book Incredible Cross-Sections is available again--now at a lower price! Spread after spread of amazing, original cross-section drawings take readers inside 18 of the world's most fascinating structures--from the Empire State Building to the...

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