Many schools will be out for the summer in the next couple weeks, and for parents that means planning activities and wrangling reading lists.
The Seattle Public Library offers many activities and programs for kids in school. And they have book recommendations for kids and teens this summer.
Top five children's books:
- Drum, Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle
- Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School by Kimberly Baker
- The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
- Never Smile at a Monkey by Steve Jenkins
Top five books for teens:
- Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
- Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
- Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman
- Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
