First Partner’s Summer Book Club

Book cover for “All Are Neighbors.” From the New York Times bestselling creators of ALL ARE WELCOME, Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman. Illustrated images of several children engaged in various forms of play – chalk drawing, jumping rope, laughing, hand clapping, reading a book, and riding a bike.

All Are Neighbors by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman

Book cover for “Amara’s Farm.” Written by JaNay Brown-Wood. Illustrated by Samara Hardy. Illustration of a young child riding a red tractor next to a dog carrying a basket with apples, in a farm with apple trees, pumpkins, and a couple of windmills.

Amara’s Farm by JaNay Brown-Wood

Book cover for “In Our Garden” by New York Times bestselling author Pat Zietlow Miller. Illustrated by Melissa Crowton. Illustrated images of three young children tending to rooftop garden beds containing various growing vegetables.

In Our Garden by Pat Zietlow Miller

Book cover for “Nana the Great Goes Camping.” Written by Lisa Tawn Bergren. Illustrated by David Hohn. Illustrated image of an adult and two children in the woods next to a campfire with roasting marshmallows and a camper in the background.

Nana the Great Goes Camping by Lisa Tawn Bergren

Book cover for “The Tree in Me” by Corinna Luyken. Illustrated image of a young child picking fruit from a colorful tree.

The Tree in Me by Corinna Luyken

Book cover for “Finding My Dance” by Ria Thundercloud. Illustrated by Kalila J. Fuller. Illustrated image of an adult in Native American attire on the left, a soaring bird on the top right, and a ballerina dancer on the bottom right corner.

Finding My Dance by Ria Thundercloud

Book cover for “I Am Enough” by #1 New York Times Bestseller Grace Byers. Pictures by Keturah A. Bobo. Illustrated image of a young child wearing a yellow shirt.

I Am Enough by Grace Byers

Book cover for “Just Like Me” by Vanessa Brantley-Newton that has an illustrated image of a young child wearing a white floral shirt with yellow overalls.

Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Book cover for “She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game.” Written by Chelsea Clinton. Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger. Illustrated images of an adult in a wheelchair with a fencing instrument, a second adult with a tennis racket, and a third adult with a basketball.

She Persisted in Sports by Chelsea Clinton

Book cover of “Water Day” by Margarita Engle. Illustrated by Olivia Sua. Illustrated images of an adult riding a wagon drawn by a horse, a young child petting the horse, and two adults standing by with a young child on the shoulders of one of the adults waving hello. A building with greenery on the roof is in the background.

Water Day by Margarita Engle

Book cover for “Areli is a Dreamer: A True Story” by Areli Morales, a DACA recipient. Illustrations by Luisa Uribe. Image of a young girl wearing a yellow jacket and backpack in front of a split background featuring a small town on the left and an urban city with skyscrapers on the right.

Areli Is a Dreamer by Areli Morales

Book cover for “Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You” by Sonia Sotomayor. Illustrated by Rafael López. Illustrated image of a young child pushing a wheelbarrow that contains a plant.

Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor

Book cover for “Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir” by Pedro Martín. Includes review “Poignant and laugh-out-loud funny” by Victoria Jamieson, creator of the National Book Award finalist When Stars Are Scattered. Illustrated image of a child in framed by an oval portrait, and underneath a camper driven by an adult with an adult on the passenger side and a child in the middle. Several orange-tinted illustrations of animals, food, and currency in the background. Logo of Newbery Honor book on the top right corner and Pura Belpré Award on the bottom left corner.

Mexikid by Pedro Martín

Book cover for “Plant, Cook, Eat! A Children’s Cookbook” by Joe Archer and Caroline Craig. Illustrated images of a colander, spoon, and ladle in the center, surrounded by various colorful fruits and vegetables around the sides of the book.

Plant, Cook, Eat! by Joe Archer and Caroline Craig

Book cover for “The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read” by Rita Lorraine Hubbard & Caldecott Honor Winner Oge Mora. Illustrated image of an adult wearing blue and white clothes with a yellow shawl on their shoulders. Black birds fly overhead above a city landscape.

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora

Book cover for “Barely Floating.” Written text “It’s time to sink or swim.” Written by Lilliam Rivera, author of the Pura Belpré Honor Book Never Look Back. Illustrated image of a synchronized swimmer splashing out of a pool, surrounded by four swimmers holding hands in the shape of a star.

Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera

Book cover for “Brown Girl Dreaming,” a New York Times Bestseller by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated image of a young girl in silhouette standing and reading a book. Logo of Newbery Honor Book on the center left cover, logo of Coretta Scott King Award on bottom left, and logo of National Book Award Winner on center right cover.

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Book cover for “Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride: 25 Tales of Self-Love and Community.” Illustrated image of four adults underneath a cloud that contains the book cover, hearts, and a megaphone with a rainbow coming out.

Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride by Rebel Girls and Elena Favilli

Book cover for “Same But Different: Teen Life on the Autism Express” by Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, and RJ Peete. Illustrated image of two faces in profile silhouette.

Same But Different by Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, and RJ Peete

Book cover for “The Blackbird Girls” by Anne Blankman. Written text “In the wreckage of Chernobyl, a friendship is born.” A Sydney Taylor Honor Book. Includes review “Powerful, beautifully written, and unforgettable.” – Patricia Reilly Giff, Newbery Honor of Lily’s Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Illustrated image of the two teens with their backs towards the reader, wearing black dresses and backpacks. A reddish-tone landscape with billowing black smoke is in the background.

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

Book cover for “Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World.” Written and illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky. Illustrated images of adults around the sides of the book jacket involved in the following activities: (clockwise) taking a photograph, using a feather pen and ink to write, creating a sculpture, setting typeset for a publication, and holding a paper with city plans.

Women in Art by Rachel Ignotofsky

Book cover for “Don’t Call Me a Hurricane” by Ellen Hagan. Bloomsbury. Written text “After the storm, what is left behind? Illustrated image of teen/adult in the center of a whirlpool of water, a person holding a surfboard on a rocky beach in the background.

Don’t Call Me a Hurricane by Ellen Hagan

Book cover for “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” by Erika L. Sánchez. A New York Times Bestseller. Illustrated image of the back of someone’s head with a long braid. Logo of the National Book Award Finalist on the bottom left corner.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

Book cover for “Warrior Girl Unearthed” from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Firekeeper’s Daughter Angeline Boulley. Illustrated image of a person’s face in the center surrounded by warm colors of orange and red. Logo of American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award in center left on the book cover.

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley