Top 5 Summer Books 2025


Just a reminder that for all of the books below, if you scroll over the title of the book, next to the number, and click, the link will take you directly to the Amazon Prime affiliate link to shop. You can add them to your wish list that way as well; to purchase in the future.

1. Oona in the Arctic

by Kelly DiPucchio  and Illustrated by Raissa Figueroa

Oona is on a mission! A baby beluga whale has lost her way from her family and needs help getting back to her icy arctic home!

2. Vampire Vacation

by Laura Lavoie and Illustrated by Micah Player

The last thing Fang wants is another vacation in Transylvania. He’s toured Dracula’s castle and the coffin museum enough for an eternal lifetime. Why can’t he spend the summer swimming and surfing like his other friends?

3. Magic Tree House

by Mary Pope Osborne and Sal Murdocca 

Where did the tree house come from?

Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark…or will they become a dinosaur’s dinner?

4. Jabari Jumps

by Gaia Cornwall (Author, Illustrator)

Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He’s finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he’s a great jumper, so he’s not scared at all.

5. Super Pancake

by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Illustrated by Abhi Alwar 

Life in Breakfast Town is pretty uneventful for Peggy Pancake. Her parents are always on her case, she’s stuck in her perfect brother’s shadow, and she just can’t seem to avoid the Bacon Bullies at school.

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