LibGuides: Lower School 2025 Summer Reading: For All

Summertime is for reading!

Summer Reading Activities
Keep track of your summer reading with some fun activities.

Library Catalog - Log in here
Log into the library catalog to read ebooks and write reviews of library books. Don't forget to search ebooks by selecting the material from the drop down menu.
Note: choose "Sign in with Google" and use your PDS email and password to sign in. Your user name is the first three letters of your first and last name, plus the 2 digit number of your graduation year.

Caldecott Award Winners
Most of these titles are picturebooks for young readers, but some are for older readers.
Newbery Award Winners
The audience of these books vary from kindergarten to age 14 so make sure you choose wisely!
Notable Children's Books - 2025
A curated list of outstanding children’s books published in the past year, selected by children's literature experts.
Theodore Seuss Geisel Award
The most distinguished American book award for beginning readers.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
Awarded to the most distinguished informational book published for children in the U.S.
Pura Belpré Award
Honors books that best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Batchelder Award
Given to the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English and translated into English for U.S. readers.

Ebscohost Databases
A powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. It includes Novelist, French and Spanish online databases, Points of View Database, and full text access to journals, magazine, and more.

3rd and 4th graders, log on to Sora using your PDS email and password. Then filter by "eBook".

3rd and 4th graders, log on to Sora using your PDS email and password.

Get free access from your local public library