2025 Summer Reading: Book Suggestions
Do you need help selecting titles for your 2025 Bingo Boards? Check the lists below created by Youth Services Librarian Lisa O’Shaughnessy:
Easy Readers (J BR)
- African American main characters
- Asian American main characters
- Garden State Children’s Book Awards: Early Readers
- Latinx Main Characters
First Chapter Books (Magic Tree House, My Weird School, etc)
- African American main characters
- Asian American main characters
- Garden State Children’s Book Awards: Grades 2-5
- Latinx Main Characters
Looking for a little something new? Look no further! Click on the links below to look at our new books for Children from the comfort of your own home:
- New Picture Books
- New Early Readers
- New First Chapter Books
- New Middle-Grade Fiction
- New Juvenile Graphic Novels
- New Juvenile Mystery Fiction
- New First Chapter Book Mystery Fiction
- New Funny Fiction (includes picture books, early readers, first chapter books, middle grade and graphic)
These lists are great for kids who are just learning how to read, or who like stories to be read to them.
These are great for kids who are already independently reading, but would like a challenge.
Are you looking for a list of books for kids on different topics? Try any of these lists compiled by the Summit Free Public Library Youth Services Staff, and find them in the Children’s Department
Are you looking for books on a specific level? While we do not organize our Children’s Collection by level, the lists below are organized by Guided Reading Level.