14 New Books That Feel Like Old Classics

During the summer, a great list of new reads is like a seventh-inning stretch for little minds. Get your budding literati amped up about reading with these 14 page-turning picture and chapter books. They may look and sound like the favorites your kids ask for night after night, but each one is a newfangled adventure waiting to be discovered. Scroll through the flip book below and we promise, the days of bugging them to fulfill summer reading requirements are over.

If they love Captain Underpants, try Killer Koalas From Outer Space and Lots of Other Very Bad Stuff that Will Make Your Brain Explode!

Killer Koalas is a collection of cartoons, jokes and short stories showcasing the same awesomely infantile humor as the popular Captain Underpants series. Parents may groan a bit, but clever books like these are credited with turning many a reluctant reader into a full-fledged bookworm.

Good for: ages 5-9

Available at amazon.com, $6.99.