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 like to hang with Frog and Toad, try Sprout Street Neighbors.

Those inseparable amphibians have been captivating young readers with stories about friendship ever since you were a little thing. Touching on the same classic subject, this collection of quiet vignettes of animal friends living in the same apartment building has longer chapters than Frog and Toad, making it a good before-bed read-aloud or choice for budding chapter book readers to take on alone.

Good for: ages 5-8

Available at amazon.com, $5.99.

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Which new book will you read to the family this summer? Share with us in a Comment!

—Emma Bland Smith

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