Book Lists

Summer Book Lists

List compiled by the K-8 Seattle Public School Librarians 2022

Kindergarten/1st Grade:

I Color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick
Powwow Day by Traci Sorell
You’re Always Enough and More Than I Hoped For by Emily Ley
My Mommy is a Nurse by Jina Giusto
The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin
Mel Fell by Cory Tabor
Mr. Watson’s Chickens by Jarrett Dapier
Princess Truly (series) by Kelly Greenawalt
We Will Find Your Hat by Candy James (graphic novel)
Sharice’s Big Voice by Sharice Davids
School is Wherever I Am by Ellie Peterson

2nd/3rd Grade:

Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling
Once Upon a Tim by Stuart Gibbs
The Bad Guys #16 (series) by Aaron Blabey
My Magical Feelings: The Magic of Me (series) by Becky Cummings
The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions (series) by Tracey Hecht
Kitty and the Midnight Rescue (series) by Paula Harrison
Ham Helsing, Vampire Hunter 1 by Rich Moyer
The Adventures of Ally and Amy: The Best Friend Plan by Stephanie Calmenson
InvestiGators (series) (graphic novel) by John Patrick Green
Azaleah Lane (Series) by Nikki Shannon Smith
Sadiq (Series) by Siman Nuurali

4th/5th Grade:

The Marvellers by Kyle Lukoff
Some Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Wings of Fire: Flames of Hope Graphic Novel (series) by Tui T. Sutherland
I Survived: the Attack of the Grizzles (series) Graphic Novel by Lauren Tarshis
Restart by Gordon Korman
The Street Beneath my Feet by Charlotte Guillain (nonfiction)
Stunt Boy in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds
Farah Rocks (Series) by Susan Muaddi Darraj
The Last Super Chef by Chris Negron

Middle Grade Students (ages 8-12):

Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
Other Boys by Damian Alexander
Megabat (series) by Anny Humphrey
Zoey and Sassafras (series) by Asia Citro
Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor
Kerry and the Knight of the Forest by Andi Watson (graphic novel)
Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

Young Adult Books (Middle School/YA):

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
Cathedral of Bones by AJ Steiger
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (series) by Kwame Mbalia
I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
The Mutant Mushroom Takeover by Summer Rachel Short

Links to Lists for WA State Award Nominees:

Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Awards 2022

Towner Non-Fiction Book Award

Young Reader’s Choice Awards (Grades 4-6)

Otter Award (Chapter books and graphic novels)

Other Book Lists