TD Summer Reading Club Books for Every Age

Fun Books to Encourage Your Kids to Read This Summer

summer reading club books
If you are a parent who is looking for fun and exciting ways to engage your kids and encourage them to read this summer, you’ve found the right place.
 
The TD Summer Reading Club 2013 book list has books for every age and stage. We recommend sitting down with your kids to choose the ones they’d like to read and bookmarking this page for your budding bookworms so they can spend this summer learning a new found love of literacy.
 

Discover Art

 

 

Title: Augustine
Author: Melanie Watt
Age Group: 3-7

 

 

Title: Think Big
Author: Liz Garton Scanlon
Age Group: 3-6

 

 

 

Title: The Artsy Smartsy Club
Author/Illustrator: Daniel Pinkwater
Age Group: 9-12+

 

 

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Explore Far

 

 

 

Title: Flat Stanley
Author: Jeff Brown
Age Group: 5-9

 

 

 

 

Title: Fred and Ted Like to Fly
Author: Peter Eastman
Age Group: 5-8

 

 

 

 

Title: Wow Canada!
Author: Vivien Bowers
Age Group: 8-12+

 
 
 

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Explore Near

 

 

Title: Follow That Map!
Author: Scot Ritchie
Age Group: 3-7

 

 

Title: Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth
Author: Mary-Louise Gay
Age Group: 3-6

 

 

Title: Backyard Science
Author: Shar Levine
Age Group: 9-12+

 

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Get Out of This World

 

 

 

Title: The Emperor of Absurdia
Author: Chris Riddlell
Age Group: 3-8

 

 

 

Title: Doors in the Air
Author: David Weale
Age Group: 3-8

 
 
 
 

 

Title: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes
Author: Jonathan Auxier
Age Group: 9-12+

 

 

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Get Outside

 

 

Title: Beetle Bop
Author: Denise Fleming
Age Group: 3-7

 

 

Title: Walk on the Tundra
Author: Rebecca Hainnu
Age Group: 6-9

 
 

 

Title: Get Outside: The Kids Guide to Fun in the Great Outdoors
Author: Jane Drake
Age Group: 7-12+

 

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Make New Friends

 

 

Title: Bear's New Friend
Author: Karma Wilson
Age Group: 3-7

 

 

Title: Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend
Author: Melanie Watt
Age Group: 3-8

 
 

 

Title: Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days
Author: Megan McDonald
Age Group: 7-9

 

 

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Survive!

 

 

Title: A Storm Called Katrina
Author: Myron Uhlberg
Age Group: 5-9

 

 

Title: Naomi's Tree
Author: Joy Kogawa
Age Group: 6-9

 
 
 
 

 

Title: At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times
Author: Larry Verstraete
Age Group: 9-12+

 

 

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Taste the World

 

 

Title: Strega Nona: An Old Tale
Author: Tomie De Paola
Age Group: 3-7

 

 

 

Title: Beetle McGrady Eats Bugs!
Author: Megan McDonald
Age Group: 4-8

 
 

Title: What the World Eats
Author: Peter Menzel
Age Group: 4-12+

 

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Travel in Style

 

 

Title: Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming, ABC
Author: Deb Pearson
Age Group: 3-6

 

 

Title: Zoom!
Author: Robert Munsch
Age Group: 3-7

 
 
 
 

 

Title: The Flying Canoe
Author: Roch Carrier
Age Group: 7-12+

 

 

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Want to inspire a love of reading in your children?

Check out some great ideas and more stories by moms on our Get Kids Reading page.

And to find out more about TD’s Children Literacy initiatives visit tdreads.com.

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