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 want more Harry Potter, try The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Kids as young as kindergarten enjoy hearing about Harry, Ron and Hermione’s adventures in Hogwarts. The Spiderwick Chronicles, featuring three siblings who discover a magical world when they move into a decrepit family mansion, is a fun series in the same spirit, but much shorter and easier for younger kids to tackle independently.

Good for: ages 6-10

Available at simonandschuster.com, $12.99.