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're bananas about Curious George, try Otis.

The first book starring Otis the tractor won readers’ hearts with its adorable main character and the-power-of-friendship storyline. The illustrations were inspired by The Story of Ferdinand and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and evoke a vintage era. Be on the look out for the sequels! They come in all shapes and sizes for every reader.

Good for: ages 3-8

Available at amazon.com, $13.59.