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.
Very Good Hats
Emma StraubPicture Book (Age range 2-5)
Shannon Watts & Emma StraubHardcover, 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)
Van G. Garrett & HarperKidsHardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Summer Is for Cousins
Rajani LaroccaPicture Book (Age range 4-8)
John Schu & katemessnerHardcover, 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)
R.L. Stine & ScholasticHardcover, 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)
John Schu & Colby SharpHardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Giving Tree
Shel SilversteinPicture Book (Age range 4-8)
Maria Popova & HarperCollinsHardcover, 2014
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Write a Poem
Kwame AlexanderPicture Book (Age range 4-8)
John Schu & Kwame AlexanderHardcover, 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)
WSJ. Magazine & The Gen-XerPaperback, 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)
SF Said & Dev PettyHardcover, 2023
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The One and Only Ruby
Katherine ApplegateMiddle Grade (Age range 8-12)
Katherine Applegate & Colby SharpHardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ways to Grow Love
Renée WatsonMiddle Grade (Age range 7-10)
Renée Watson & BloomsburyUS Kids/YAPaperback, 2022
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fall of the School for Good and Evil
Soman ChainaniMiddle Grade (Age range 8+)
Marsha Collier & Books of WonderHardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Human Kaboom
Adam RubinMiddle Grade (Age range 8-12)
New York Times Books & Kirkus ReviewsHardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Starfish
Lisa FippsMiddle Grade (Age range 10-13)
Hardcover, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
School Trip: A Graphic Novel
Jerry CraftMiddle Grade (Age range 8-12)
John Schu & Amanda MacGregorPaperback, 2023
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Joy, to the World
Kai ShappleyMiddle Grade (Age range 8-12)
Alex Segura & Dahlia AdlerHardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Language of Seabirds
Will TaylorMiddle Grade (Age range 8-12)
SchoolLibraryJournal & Children's BookshelfHardcover, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nigeria Jones
Ibi ZoboiYoung Adult (Age range 14-17)
Kalynn Bayron *Updates Only* & Amanda MacGregorHardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline BoulleyYoung Adult (Age range 14-18)
Janet Emson & Andrew KeenHardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Borderless
Jennifer de LeonYoung Adult (Age range 13-17)
Ernesto Cisneros: In Writing Hiatus & Writer's DigestHardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny HanYoung Adult (Age range 13-17)
Madison Pettis & Jenny Han can’t come to the phone right nowPaperback, 2010
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (a Graphic Novel)
Deya MunizYoung Adult (Age range 12-18)
Jill S. outseide.bsky.socialPaperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Night in Question
Kathleen GlasgowYoung Adult (Age range 13-17)
Janet Emson & Rachael LippincottHardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Tommie SmithYoung Adult (Age range 13-18)
Dave Zirin & John SchuPaperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book