2025 Color Our World Children Recommended Book List

The 2025 Summer Reading Lists are full of picture books and easy reader book titles to keep children engaged in reading and exploring throughout the summer.

This list is recommended and available through the Sussex County Library System for children ages 5 and above. These books will pair nicely with our 2025 summer reading theme.

Updated December 14, 2024
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Aaron Slater, illustrator
Other
From the creator of Sofia Valdez comes an uplifting story about the power of art, finding your voice, and telling your story even when you're out of step with your peers.
I Want to Be an Artist
Driscoll, Laura/ Echeverri, Catalina (ILT)
For any child who loves making art! This Level One I Can Read story by Laura Driscoll, illustrated by Catalina Echeverri, blends narrative with nonfiction, introducing many different kinds of working artists to the young reader. Papa takes me to an art show and I get to meet...
Just being Dalai :
Guglielmo, Amy,
Paper Book
This kid-friendly picture book biography celebrates the irrepressible individuality of Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. Salvador Dalí just couldn't help being himself. When he was little, he wasn't like the other children; he was a daydreamer who liked to play pretend. When he...
Else B. in the sea :
Harvey, Jeanne Walker
Paper Book
Else Bostelmann donned a red swimsuit and a copper diving helmet and, with paints and brushes in hand, descended into the choppy turquoise sea off the coast of Bermuda. It was 1930, and few had ventured deep into the sea before. She discovered a fairyland six fathoms below the surface-fantastic...
The artivist /
Smith, Nikkolas,
Paper Book
An inspiring picture book about how children can combine art and activism in their daily lives. "They say I'm an artist. They say I'm an activist." When a young boy realizes the scope of inequities in the wider world, he's seized with the urge to do more. He...
What Is Color? :
Weinberg, Steven/ Weinberg, Steven (ILT)
Paper Book
In this zany and vibrantly illustrated nonfiction guide to all things color, the origins of today's pigments come alive across continents and history, with oodles of art, tons of science--and extensive interactive backmatter! So what is color? A red apple? A yellow...

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