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Summer Reading for Kids

14 action-packed books to entertain young readers

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  • Look! A Book! | $11.55 | 48 years

    Look! A Book! | $11.55 | 48 years

    What can you find? Peek through die-cut holes then turn the page to reveal colorful illustrations made just for searching again and again.
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  • Felicity

    Felicity

    This charming picture book shows how a worrywart and an adventure seeker can be the best of friends, no matter how different they are.
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  • Where's Waldo? Phenomenal Postcard Book | $18 | Ages 48 years

    Where's Waldo? Phenomenal Postcard Book | $18 | Ages 48 years

    Use the 30 Where’s Waldo postcards to find Waldo, then send a Waldo postcard to your friends!
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  • The Sisters Eight (Books 16) | $35 | 610 years

    The Sisters Eight (Books 16) | $35 | 610 years

    When the parents of the octuplet Huit sisters vanish, the eight girls must take care of themselves: go to school, cook their own food, and try to act like their parents are still around — while investigating the disappearance. When notes start appearing in their house, the sisters discover that each girl will receive a gift and a power, which will help them discover what happened to their parents.
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  • Clue in the Castle Tower: An American Girl Mystery | $6.95 | 912 years

    Clue in the Castle Tower: An American Girl Mystery | $6.95 | 912 years

    Grandmary and the Admiral take Samantha and Nellie to visit England, where they visit the ancient manor house of an English knight. When the girls learn that precious books of the knight’s deceased wife are missing from the manor's library, the girls must help find the thief.
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  • The Familiars | $11.55 | Ages 912 years

    The Familiars | $11.55 | Ages 912 years

    Magicians-in-training are paired with magical animals called familiars. An alley cat, Aldwyn, pretends to be a familiar to escape a bounty hunter and is paired with a young boy named Jack. Aldwyn’s worried he’ll be found out as the fraud he is, but when Jack is kidnapped, he must put his worries aside to rescue Jack with the help of two other familiars.
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  • The Search for WondLa | $9.46 | 912 Years

    The Search for WondLa | $9.46 | 912 Years

    Twelve-year-old Eva Nine lives underground with her robot-mom, Muthr. When their home is destroyed, they must leave and search for other humans. Black-and-white illustrations show the strange beauty and dangers of Planet Orbona. Use the pictures with a webcam to view an interactive map of Eva Nine’s journey.
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  • The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (Books 1 -3) | $25.43 | 912 years

    The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (Books 1 -3) | $25.43 | 912 years

    Lord Fredrick of Ashton Place takes in three orphans who were raised by wolves. He hires a 15-year-old governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, to reform the orphans of their wild behavior: howling, chasing squirrels, and chewing on shoes. But is Ashton Place really a safe for the orphans?
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  • National Geographic Kids Almanac | $14. 81 | 912 years

    National Geographic Kids Almanac | $14. 81 | 912 years

    Beautiful photos and easy-to-read information teach kids important facts about planet Earth: geography, history, science, and more!
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  • Troubletwisters | $10.88 | 912 years

    Troubletwisters | $10.88 | 912 years

    Twins Jaide and Jack Shield discover that their dad and Grandma X are Wardens, protecting the earth against the Evil. The twins are troubletwisters and must protect the earth from the Evil while coming into their own powers.
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  • Weird But True! (Books 13 ) | $20.85 | 912 years

    Weird But True! (Books 13 ) | $20.85 | 912 years

    Gorgeous, glossy photographs and bright, colorful pages make these wild facts totally irresistible for kids. Can you believe they’re true?
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  • Shark Wars | $10.07 | 912 years

    Shark Wars | $10.07 | 912 years

    Food is scarce in the ocean and the battle for hunting grounds is fierce. Reef shark Gary must find the truth about who and what he is in order to bring peace back to the ocean.
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  • The Red Blazer Girls: The Mistaken Masterpiece | $10.86 | 912 years

    The Red Blazer Girls: The Mistaken Masterpiece | $10.86 | 912 years

    Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann are back in the 3rd Red Blazer Girls caper. When Father Julian hires the Blazers to help him authenticate a painting, mayhem and mystery follow.
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  • Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow | $11.55 | 9-12 years

    Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow | $11.55 | 9-12 years

    Three scary girls (one who looks like a werewolf, one who is abnormally strong, and one who can see ghosts) at Widowsbury’s Madame Gertrude’s School for Girls work together with the son of the cook at Rudyard School for Boys to find out why people are mysteriously disappearing from the town.
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About the Author

Melissa Taylor
bcmelissataylor

Recently awarded the Scholastic Best Book and Reading Blog Award for her playful learning blog, Imagination Soup, Melissa Taylor is a learning junkie, recovering teacher, freelance writer and mom of two — an introverted roller skater and an extroverted fairy princess.

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