Kindergarten - Second Grade Summer Collection

Explore our Kindergarten to Second Grade book list for the summer reading challenge, featuring 12 outstanding titles across three exciting badge categories. Whether your readers are adventure-seekers, budding scientists, or creative souls, this list offers age-appropriate picks by popular authors designed to spark curiosity and increase reading frequency all summer long.

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Welcome to Our Playground

Written by Moira Butterfield and Illustrated by Harriet Lynas
RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. What do kids just like you play all around the world? From basketball and board games to clapping games and climbing frames, children everywhere love to have fun in so many amazing ways!
2nd - 5th

Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny

Written by Emily Ann Davison and Illustrated by Deborah Allwright
RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. Have you ever felt so wiggly and giggly that you just could not sit still? When little Yo-Yo gets lost in the forest, she discovers that the yoga shapes Grandpa taught her might be just the thing to help her find her way home!
Pre-K - 3rd

A Sky That Sings

Written by Anita Sanchez and George Steele and Illustrated by Emily Mendoza
RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. Have you ever tried to find a bird just by listening to its song? Mia is blind, and she does not need her eyes to go on the most amazing bird adventure in the park with her tía!
K - 5th

Covered in Adventures

Written by Gillian Hibbs
RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. Created by debut author-illustrator Gillian, this picture book is inspired by her imaginative time drawing and experimenting in the basement of her dad’s bicycle shop.
Infant and Toddler - 2nd

The Bread Pet: A Sour Dough Story

Written by Kate DePalma and Illustrated by Nelleke Verhoeff
RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. When Uncle JB leaves his mysterious Bread Pet in Cora's care, she has no idea it's about to take over the whole house! Can she use her creativity and quick thinking to save the day before things get out of hand?
Pre-K - 3rd
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Lucy's Engineering Adventure

Written by Danielle Passaglia and Illustrated by Gabriella Vagnoli
RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. Lucy gets to do something most kids only dream about: go to work with her dad and explore a real building from top to bottom!
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Honeybee Man

Written by Lela Nargi and Illustrated by Krysten Brooker
RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. In the morning, Fred greets his dog and his cat, then travels to the top of his brownstone in Brooklyn to greet the honeybee hives he keeps on the roof.
Pre-K - 3rd
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Going Places

Written by Paul A. Reynolds & Peter H. Reynolds and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. When everyone else races to build their go-kart the same way, Maya stops, thinks, and creates something nobody has ever seen before!
Pre-K - 3rd
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Lola's Fandango

Written by Anna Witte and Illustrated by Micha Archer
RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Little Lola has always felt invisible next to her big sister, but she is hiding the most beautiful secret, a fiery flamenco dance that is all her own!
K - 3rd

The Dot

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Vashti stares at a blank piece of paper and thinks she can't make anything beautiful. What if one tiny dot could change everything? You won't believe where it takes her!
K - 5th

The Organic Artist for Kids: A DIY Guide to Making Your Own Eco-Friendly Art Supplies from Nature

Written by Nick Neddo
RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Did you know you can make your own paint from rocks and ink from plants? In this book, you'll head outside and turn nature into your very own art supply kit. What amazing thing will you create first?
Pre-K - 7th

The Book of Mistakes

Written and Illustrated by Corinna Luyken
RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Uh oh, something went wrong with the painting! But this artist has a secret: mistakes can turn into something amazing. Can you guess what she makes out of her smudges and messy marks?
Pre-K - 3rd