Summer may be coming to a close, but the minds are opening with the collection of new reads from Penguin Young Readers. This Back-to-School collection captures not only fun and silly stories, but also heartwarming themes, lesson-learning, tough decision-making, and more. From picture books to reads for the tweens—here is a list to get the focus back into the routine of school and learning.
WISH IN A TREE
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Oliver’s brain is a volcano of ideas—always bubbling with questions. This makes it hard to focus at school, and sometimes he worries he won’t ever fit in there. So it’s a good thing he has a friend who reminds him that great minds don’t think alike.
THE ONLY GHOST IN SCHOOL
by Tara J. Hannon
For Ghostie, life in Scareville is perfect. But everything changes when his parents announce that they’re moving to Smithville. Now Ghostie is the ONLY ghost at Smithville Elementary, and he is scaring his classmates just by existing.
THE EXTRAORDINARY ORBIT OF ALEX RAMIREZ
by Jasminne Paulino
Seventh-grade Alex’s favorite things to do are watching videos of rocket launches and reading about astronauts and planets. He even dreams of going to space one day himself, and knows he’ll have to study hard in order to get there.
