SRC 2025: Yellow Reads

Updated March 5, 2025
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The big cheese
John, Jory
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! Don't miss the seventh picture book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Food Group series from Jory John and Pete Oswald! The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese...

Picturebook

Linus the little yellow pencil
Magoon, Scott
Paper Book
A kid-friendly tale of two ends of the same pencil learning to get along! Linus and his eraser, Ernie, don't always see eye to eye. But with the family art show drawing near, these two will have to sharpen their collaboration to make something neither one could...

Picturebook

Little yellow truck
Bunting, Eve
Paper Book
Riley has a dump truck, a flatbed truck, a concrete mixer, and a little pickup truck at his lumberyard. When he tells them that they will help him build a children's park, everyone is excited. There's a lot of hard work to do, from hauling trash to pouring concrete. But once the work gets started,...

Picturebook

Some days are yellow
Slade, Suzanne
Paper Book
Some days are easy! The sky is sunny, and it feels like the whole world is your oyster. Everything goes according to plan, and we know what to expect. Other days are tough! There might be raindrops or skinned knees. Things don't go our way and we feel overwhelmed. But that is the up-and-down...

Picturebook

Yellow is my color star
Horacek, Judy.
Paper Book
Find your favorite color in this celebration of hues that's just right for the youngest picture book reader. Of all the colors that there are, which one is your color star? There are so many wonderful colors in the world! The child in this exuberant rhyming picture book...

Picturebook

The yellow handkerchief : el pañuelo amarillo
Higuera, Donna Barba
Paper Book
My abuela wears an old yellow handkerchief that her grandmother gave to her. I don't like the yellow handkerchief.

Picturebook

I love you like yellow
Beaty, Andrea
Paper Book
I love you like yellow. I love you like green. Like flowery orchid and sweet tangerine . . . Love comes in many forms. It can feel tart as lemonade, or sweet as sugar cookies. Slow as a lazy morning, or fast as a relay race. Love is there...

Picturebook

The yellow house
Morrison, Blake.
Paper Book
A favorite back in print! A child discovers, in the old house and overgrown garden she passes every day, that wonders wait in secret. One day, on the way to the park, a little girl climbs the gate of an old yellow house. Although no one has lived there for a very long time, a...

Picturebook

I really want to make lemonade!
Ziefert, Harriet
Paper Book
Join Really Bird and friends as they learn to make a unique fresh lemonade and use it to do some good around the park where they live. Meet Really Bird, a small bird who lives in a large city park with his friends, Cat, Rabbit, and Pup. In each story, Really Bird finds himself...

Levelled/early reader

Splat the Cat and the lemonade stand
Driscoll, Laura
Paper Book
You know Splat the Cat from his bestselling picture books and Level One stories. Now get ready to graduate with Splat into Level Two readers and find out what funny adventures Splat will get into next! School's out, and Splat can't wait to visit the waterpark, but first he...

Levelled reader

The yellow yacht
Roy, Ron
Paper Book
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid...

Primary fiction

The gold bowl
Bolling, Valerie
Paper Book
Zoya makes Coco a golden birthday present 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 text, a short-story format, plenty...

Primary fiction

Treasure of the Gold Dragon
West, Tracey
Paper Book
The race is on to find the Gold Key!Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading...

Primary fiction

Lemon Bird can help!
Ganucheau, Paulina
Paper Book
When a small lemon shaped bird and her pumpkin dog friend are lost on their journey home, it doesn't stop them from reaching out and helping all the new friends they meet on their way! A chapter book middle grade novel about friendship and the unlimited power of kindess for fans of Narwhal and...

Primary graphic novel

The lemonade war
Davies, Jacqueline
Paper Book
Here is a clever blend of humor, math wizardry, and business know-how. As it captures the one-of-a-kind bond between brother and sister, this poignant novel also subtly explores how arguments can escalate beyond anyone's intent. For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty...

Intermediate fiction

Good as gold
Mlynowski, Sarah
Paper Book
The fourteenth book in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series featuring fractured fairy tales for fearless kids! Guess where we are this time? The magic mirror has sent me and my brother, Jonah (plus our puppy, Prince), into the story of Goldilocks and the Three...

Intermediate fiction

Goblins and gold
Kelk, Lindsey
Paper Book
Cinders & Sparks is a fresh, funny, and fabulous take on Cinderella for everyone who loves series like Whatever After and Grimmtastic Girls. Cinders and her unlikely group of friends continue their quest to find Fairyland. But when the brave questers stop for lunch, calamity and chaos...

Intermediate fiction

5 worlds. Book 4, The amber anthem
Siegel, Mark
Paper Book
Think Star Wars meets Avatar: The Last Airbender! Kazu Kibuishi (AMULET) says this graphic novel adventure is "a magical journey, as fun as it is beautiful!" In book 4, Oona Lee arrives on Salassandra determined to light the yellow beacon and continue her quest to...

Intermediate graphic novel

Big Nate : attack of the cheez funk breath!
Peirce, Lincoln
Paper Book
Sixth grade renaissance man Nate Wright is bombastic, enthusiastic, and larger than life -- it's why his friends call him "Big Nate." But behind the bravado, Nate is a faithful friend whose antics crack up his classmates, impart life lessons to readers, and bring a smile to comics lovers...

Intermediate graphic novel

Garfield potbelly of gold
Davis, Jim
Paper Book
The milestone 50th GARFIELD compilation book-with a SPECIAL EDITION ANIMATED COVER! The fat cat returns for his 50th book-a brand-new collection of hilarious strips, featuring Jon, Odie, and all the famous characters in the world of the one-and-only Garfield. Featuring a one-of-a-kind...

Intermediate graphic novel

Yellow brick war
Paige, Danielle (Novelist)
Paper Book
In this action-packed third book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series, new girl from Kansas Amy Gumm is caught between her home--and Oz. My name is Amy Gumm. Tornadoes must have a thing about girls from Kansas, because--just like Dorothy--I got swept away on one too. I...

Teen fiction


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