Summer Reading Club 3: Precious Mysteries

The BC Summer Reading Club week 3 theme is "Precious Mysteries: magic & mysteries." Check out these suggestions for readers ages 0-12!

Updated July 3, 2024
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The hidden world of gnomes
Soloy, Lauren
Paper Book
This book is an introduction to the hidden folk called gnomes, who live in a happy place they call The Pocket. Where is The Pocket, you ask? Well, it's all around you, all the time. Gnomes are curious little creatures, and they're very shy. But after reading this book, you will learn to spot the...

Picturebook

Teatime
Stone, Tiffany, 1967- author. 
Paper Book
A nighttime adventure begins when two friends share a cup of tea - by jumping into the cup off a teaspoon! Rowing a sugar cube and sliding down a teapot spout are just some of the fun had by this gang of friends as they enter a land of sweet surprises. Lilting rhyming text by Tiffany Stone and...

Picturebook

The Night Gardener
Fan, Terry 
Paper Book
In the spirit of Goodnight Moon and The Curious Garden comes a stunning debut picture book filled with whimsy and creativity from brothers Terry and Eric Fan. One day, William discovers that the tree outside his window has been sculpted into a wise owl. In the...

Picturebook

Hamster Holmes : a bit stumped
Sadar, Albin
Paper Book
Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, solve a colorful new mystery in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story perfect for beginning readers! Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, have a new case...and for the first time, Hamster Holmes is stumped. It all began...

Reader

Pete the cat and the lost tooth
Dean, James
Paper Book
When the tooth fairy takes the night off, it's up to Pete the Cat to step in. But it's not easy being the tooth fairy when a tooth goes missing--will he be able to find the lost tooth before it's too late Beginning readers will love Pete's adventure as the tooth fairy in this...

Reader

The monster detector
Potter, Ellen, 1963- author. 
Paper Book
The adventures of Big Foot and Little Foot continue in The Monster Detector, the second book in the series from award-winning author Ellen Potter and illustrator Felicita Sala. Hugo is a young Sasquatch. Boone is a young boy. After an unlikely encounter,...

Primary fiction

Just Harriet
Arnold, Elana K.
Paper Book
From the award-winning author of A Boy Called Bat comes a new young middle grade series in the tradition of Ramona and Clementine, starring an unforgettable girl named Harriet. There are a few things you should know about Harriet Wermer: She just finished third...

Primary fiction

Edison the mystery of the missing mouse treasure
Kuhlmann, Torben, 1982- author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
2019 Batchelder Honor Award 2019 ALA Notable Children's Book Award-winning illustrator Torben Kuhlmann's stunning new book transports readers to new depths where imagination lights the way!  A long time ago, one mouse learned to fly,...

Primary fiction

City of ghosts
Schwab, Victoria 
Paper Book
From #1 NYT bestselling author Victoria Schwab comes a sweeping, spooky, evocative adventure, perfect for fans of "Stranger Things" and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.A New York Times bestseller!Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn't...

Intermediate fiction

The field guide
DiTerlizzi, Tony 
Paper Book
The Grace children discover the faerie world is closer than you think in this repackage of the first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles. After finding a mysterious, handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they've just moved...

Intermediate fiction

Premeditated Myrtle
Bunce, Elizabeth C.
Paper Book
A 2021 Edgar® Award Winner, Best Juvenile A BookPage Best Book of 2020: Middle Grade A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year Introducing Myrtle Hardcastle, your favorite new amateur detective: a wickedly smart...

Intermediate fiction

Mystery on Magnolia Circle
Klise, Kate 
Paper Book
Rear Window meets Nancy Drew in this middle-grade novel by Kate Klise about a girl who believes she has witnessed a crime What happens when two best friends take on the world's worst summer? On the first day of vacation, ten-year-old...

Intermediate fiction

The witch boy
Ostertag, Molly, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
From the illustrator of the web comic Strong Female Protagonist comes a debut middle-grade graphic novel about family, identity, courage -- and magic.In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross...

Graphic novel

Enola Holmes. Book one the graphic novels
Blasco, Serena, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
14-year-old Enola Holmes wakes on her birthday to discover that her mother has disappeared from the family's country manor, leaving only a collection of flowers and a coded message book. With Sherlock and Mycroft determined to ship her off to a boarding school, Enola escapes, displaying a...

Graphic novel


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