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2009 Summer Reading List for Kids

Our expert's summer reading list will thrill children of all ages

by Amy Scheibe

Our children's book columnist, Amy Scheibe, author of the novel What Do You Do All Day? and a longtime book editor, shares her choices of the best summer reading for kids:

School's out and summer is IN. Worried that you won’t have enough great books on hand when your grandchildren come to visit this summer? Here’s a roundup of 26 new releases and all-time favorites, all real kid-pleasers that will make you happy too. (Some of them even feature heroic grandparents!)

Summer Reading: Preschool

Summer Reading: Elementary

Summer Reading: Tweens

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about the author

Amy Scheibe is the author of the acclaimed novel What Do You Do All Day (Picador, 2005), a humorous look at the life of a stay-at-home-mother of two in Manhattan. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.
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