Summer Post - Nerdy Book Club

We love the information, ideas, and resources found at the Nerdy Book Club. It's worth the click to their page just to get the list of Nerdy Book Bloggers! And Helen enjoys contributing occasional (admittedly very occasional) posts. There was last year's Top 10 Picture Books for Making Lunch and hot off the digital presses this new post about picture books, illustrators, and resources for learning more about their creative process.

Check out our post and the whole Nerdy Book Club blog!

And continue on with your summer reading. . .

Summer Post #2 - Children's Summer Reading Recommendations

Early Chapter Books

• The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
• Operation Bunny by Sally Gardiner
• Frank Einstein series by Jon Scieszka
• Arnie the Donut-- the Bowling Alley Bandit by Laurie Keller
• Princess in Black by Shannon Hale
• The Adventures of Sophie Mouse series by Poppy Green
• Ranger In Time series by Kate Messner
• The Whodunit Detective Agency series by Martin Widmark
• Lulu and the Hedgehog in the Rain by Hilary McKay

See also our Essential Library of Early Chapter Books on Pinterest.

Middle Grade Books

• The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
• The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson
• The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein
• A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
• Pip Bartlett’s Guide To Magical Creatures by Maggie Stiefvater and Jackson Pearce
• Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald
• Loki’s Wolves by K.L. Armstrong
• The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill by Megan Frazer Blakemore
• Loot by Jude Watson
• The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern
• Return to Augie Hobble by Lane Smith

Graphic Novels-- middle grade and up

• Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
• Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis
• The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale
• In Real Life by Cory Doctorow

Young Adult Books

• I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
• We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
• Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
• The Truth Commission by Susan Juby
• We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen
• Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
• The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
• Vango by Timothee de Fombelle
• Denton Little’s Deathdate by Lance Rubin