Hot Summer Reads for Young People

There are only a few short weeks left of summer and then the kid’s head back to school. To help enjoy those last few days, Cromaine Library is encouraging everyone to pick up a good book and read.

Here are a few suggestions from the helpful librarians at and their picks for some last-minute, hot summertime reads.

Picture Books

• Olympig! by Victoria Jamieson. Pursued by Mr. Hamstring, a reporter who is sure he will fail, Boomer becomes the first pig ever to compete in the Animal Olympics and demonstrates that attitude can be more important than winning.
• G is for gold medal: an Olympic alphabet by Brad Herzog and ill. by Doug Bowles.
• Rocket writes a story by Tad Hills. Rocket writes a story about a new friend, the owl.

Middle Readers: 

• How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell.
• The Books of Elsewhere series by Jacqueline West.
• Lego Mindstorms books

 Teen Reads:

• Tiger’s Curse series by Colleen Houlk
• Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
• Heather Wells Mysteries series by Meg Cabot