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Here our some of our favorite summer vacation books for kids.
Great for reading on vacation (or sitting on the couch and wishing you were on vacation)!
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee
JE Frazee
Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon’s grandparents during summer vacation.
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Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins
JE Perkins
Given a camera that takes and prints tiny pictures just before leaving for the family farm in Canada, a young girl records a vacation that gets off to a slow start, but winds up being a family reunion filled with good memories.
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On My Trip: The Sound of “Tr” by Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed
J RE Klingel
Simple text about a summer vacation and repetition of the letters “tr” help readers learn how to use this sound.
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Fudge-a-mania by Judy Blume
J Fiction Blume, J PBK Blume, J Spoken CD Blume
Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge.
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The Get Rich Quick Club by Dan Gutman
J Fiction Gutman
Summer vacation in their small Maine town does not look too promising until twelve-year-old Gina and four of her friends make a pact to become millionaires before school starts in September.
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Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha! by Barbara Park
J Fiction Park, J Series PBK Junie B. Jones
Excitable Junie B. Jones manages to find trouble both before and during a trip to Hawaii and records each incident in a photo journal given to her by her teacher.
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Made You Look by Diane Roberts
J Fiction Roberts, J PBK Roberts
Twelve-year-old Jason’s dream of being a contestant on a cool game show is jeopardized by his family’s trip to California–a cross-country nightmare in an embarrassing camper with annoying siblings and a copycat nemesis.
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The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy by Jeanne Birdsall
J Fiction Birdsall, J PBK Birdsall
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.