Book List
Read with us this summer!
The fun stories and exciting facts you’ll uncover in our featured books will keep you busy all summer long. While our featured books are categorized into grade bands, kids should feel free to venture up and down based on their reading level and interests.
Parents: You can find resources about how to support your child as they read their way through our list. Click Participate to learn more.
News team picks
Tune in to NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 to see our partner newspersons feature a new book from our list each week.
Laura Harris |
Wayne Carter |
Andrea Aguirre |
Martha Minjarez |
Book list
Download the book lists in English and in Spanish.
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Grades K-1 |
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| Title (English) | Title (Spanish) | Author |
| A Big Guy Took My Ball! | ¡Un tipo grande se llevó mi pelota! | Mo Willems |
| And Then Comes Summer | Entonces llega el verano | Tom Brenner |
| Lola Loves Stories | A Lola le encantan los cuentos | Anna McQuinn |
| Night Animals | Animales nocturnos | Gianna Marino |
| Not Norman | No a Norman | Kelly Bennett |
| Storms | Las tormentas | Miriam Goin |
| The Word Collector | El coleccionista de palabras | Peter Reynolds |
| This Is the Way We Go to School | Así vamos a la escuela | Edith Baer |
| Whoever You Are | Quienqiera que seas | Mem Fox |
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Grades 2-3 |
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| Title (English) | Title (Spanish) | Author |
| A Chair for My Mother | Un sillón para mi mamá | Vera B. Williams |
| Abuela | Abuela | Arthur Dorros |
| Diary of a Worm | El diario de una lombriz | Doreen Cronin |
| Fly Guy Presents: Dinosaurs | Hombre Mosca presenta: Dinosaurios | Tedd Arnold |
| Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! | ¡Fin del juego, Súper Chico Conejo! | Thomas Flintham |
| Juneteenth Jamboree | ¡Celebremos Juneteenth! | Carole Weatherford Brown |
| Side By Side / Lado a lado | Side By Side / Lado a lado | Monica Brown |
| Tia Isa Wants a Car | Tía Isa quiere un carro | Meg Medina |
| What If You Had Animal Eyes!? | ¿Y si tuvieras ojos de animal? | Sandra Markle |
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Grades 4-5 |
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| Title (English) | Title (Spanish) | Author |
| Deadliest Animals | Los animales mas mortales | Melissa Stewart |
| Flora & Ulysses | Flora y Ulises | Kate DiCamillo |
| Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor | El pequeño (y algo chiflado) Frank Einstein) | Jon Scieszka |
| Ghosts | Fantasmas | Raina Telgemeier |
| Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel | Maximiliano y el misterio del ángel de la guarda | Xavier Garza |
| Soccermania | Futbolmanía | Juan Pablo Lombana |
| The Bad Guys | Los tipos malos | Aaron Blabey |
| The One and Only Ivan | El único y incomparable Iván | Katherine Applegate |
| Ugly Cat & Pablo | Feúcho y Pablo | Isabel Quintero |
In partnership with NBC 5 and Telemundo 39
