Summer Reading Lists & Reviews

Here are some 2020 summer reading lists that I like!

From Horn Book (a children’s book review publication): 

https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=2020-summer-reading-list

From Association for Library Service to Children:

http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/2020-summer-reading-list

From the website "What Do We Do All Day?":

https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/summer-reading-list/

A few summer recommendations from me (in addition to the new books I reviewed recently on this site): 

Outside In by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Cindy Derby (picture book, ages 3-7)

Beautifully written and illustrated (in lush watercolor) and a perfect fit for Montessori children: about how the outdoors beckons to us in all its forms - light, water, animals, insects, plants.  It finds ways to creep indoors and remind us to go outside and connect with it.

Connect the Dots by Keith Calabrese (ages 8-12)

Three middle schoolers go to work in this fresh and fun mystery story: is one of them being spied on, and is a reclusive math genius hiding somewhere nearby, manipulating events like puppets on strings?  Will the kids catch these guys?  You’ll enjoy finding out!

Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened by Emily Blejwas (ages 9-13)   

This seems a very appropriate book for our time right now, because among other things it is about learning to live with uncertainty, and about discovering that there are good people around us who want to help us through our tough times.