Read with Jenna Jr.'s 2023 Summer Reading List
TODAY Show co-host and book influencer Jenna Bush Hager is on a mission to get kids to read more this summer. As a kid-focused spin-off of her #ReadWithJenna book club, she has selected a diverse set of 24 books for this summer's Read With Jenna Jr. reading list.
24 books

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Emma StraubPicture Book (Age range 2-5)


Emma Straub
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Juneteenth: A Picture Book for Kids Celebrating Black Joy
Van G. GarrettPicture Book (Age range 4-8)


Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Summer Is for Cousins: A Picture Book
Rajani LaroccaPicture Book (Age range 4-8)


Hardcover, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why Did the Monster Cross the Road?
R. L. StinePicture Book (Age range 4-8)


Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Big (Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title)
Vashti HarrisonPicture Book (Age range 4-8)


Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Giving Tree
Shel SilversteinPicture Book (Age range 4-8)


Hardcover, 2014
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Write a Poem
Kwame AlexanderPicture Book (Age range 4-8)


Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy BlumeMiddle Grade (Age range 8-12)


Paperback, 2023
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #11): From the Creator of Captain Underpants
Dav PilkeyMiddle Grade (Age range 7-9)


Hardcover, 2023
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The One and Only Ruby
Katherine ApplegateMiddle Grade (Age range 8-12)


Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book