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!...
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...
Come over to my house
Hull, Eliza
Paper Book
Come Over To My House is a delightful picture book that explores the home lives of children and parents who are Deaf or disabled. Co-written by disability advocate Eliza Hull and bestselling author Sally Rippin, the inclusive rhyming text...
Dancing hands : a story of friendship in Filipino sign language
Que, Joanna
Paper Book
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 beautifully...
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...
Everybelly
Lam, Thao
Paper Book
From acclaimed picture-book artist Thao Lam comes a joyful celebration of an oft-maligned body part -- the belly! Maddie and her mom spend a sunny day at the local public pool where she meets and greets friends and neighbors. Maddie is waist-high on most of them, and she knows there's an...
Harvest days : giving thanks around the world
DePalma, Kate
Ebook
Henna is . . .
Abbas, Marzieh
Paper Book
A picture book that serves young readers as a lyrical love letter to henna, written by Muslim Book Reviewer Award winner Marzieh Abbas and brilliantly illustrated by Anu Chouhan. Henna is so much more than a form of temporary body art. Henna is nature...
I'm From
Gray, Gary R.
Paper Book
A poetic, heartwarming ode to the small, defining moments of a boy's life, by a brilliant new debut and a Caldecott Honoree. A picture book for fans of Last Stop on Market Street. Early morning wake-ups and homemade pancakes,  Raucous bus rides and...
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...
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-...
What's in a bead?
Borgford, Kelsey
Paper Book
Tessa loves how her grandmother always smells of campfire stories. Mom says it's because Kohkom spends her days sewing beautiful beads onto smoked hides. Inspired, Tessa asks Kohkom to teach her beading, but first she must listen and learn about the many stories held in a bead. A...
The words we share
Wong, Jack
Paper Book
"A must-buy." --School Library Journal A young girl helps her dad navigate life in a new country where she understands the language more than he does, in an unforgettable story about communication and community by Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winner Jack Wong. Angie is used to...

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