Inly Summer Reading
Get your summer reading at Buttonwood Books and Toys! Inly has a wonderfully thorough summer reading list that you can access in person at Buttonwood and online. Each school group has at least one required book that are included on this page. Additional books may be required for certain levels - please check the guide!
Children's House is required to read VERY GOOD HATS by Emma Straub
Lower Elementary is required to read MAMA SHAMSI AT THE BAZAAR by Mojdeh Hassani.
Upper Elementary is required to read FIBBED by Elizabeth Agyemang. Rising 6th graders are also required to read THE LIBERATION OF GABRIEL KING by K. L. Going.
Middle School is required to read A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING by Dan Santat.
This is the required book for Children's House.
Some people think hats are fancy things you can buy at a dressy store, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. In this book, acorns and raspberries are snug hats for your fingers, and an empty pudding cup is a good hat for a stuffed bear. Pajama pants make dangly hats, books can be dramatic hats, and bubbles make very fine hats as well (if temporary). Readers will be delighted to discover that anything can be a hat if you believe it is. Hats are everywhere you look!
This is the required book for Lower Elementary.
It's market day for Samira and her grandma! The bazaar is crowded, but this sweet pair knows how to stick together in this silly picture book set in Iran.
This is the required book for Upper Elementary.
For kids with big imaginations, a magical debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who doesn't lie but no one believes, and who winds up tangled in the web of trickster spider of Ghanaian lore, Ananse.
This is an additional required book for rising 6th graders.
Set in 1976 Georgia, this is the poignant story of Gabriel, a white boy who is afraid of everything; his best friend Frita, the only black girl in school; and the summer they learn to face down their fears.
This is the required book for Middle School.
A middle-grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle-school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life.