Get students excited about reading with the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, a free online reading program designed to motivate children to read all summer long.
65 Book Videos to Build Excitement for Summer Reading
Grades
PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
Books will fly off the shelf and straight into your students’ hands when they watch these quick video booktalks and book trailers. The videos listed below are in the form of video booktalks, similar to an in-class booktalk, and video book trailers, similar to a movie trailer but about a book. They are a fun, visual way for students to preview the books that may interest them.
Grades PreK–K

In this sunny portrait of familial love, a little girl tells us about her everyday experiences visiting her grandparents house.


When Lily Brown paints, her world starts to change...trees wear hats and drink tea, people walk upside down, and apples sing all the way home from the store.


Pink, pink, pink. More than anything, Pinkalicious loves pink, especially pink cupcakes. Her parents warn her not to eat too many of them, but when Pinkalicious does...she turns pink! What to do?


A hungry caterpillar eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.

Grades K–2

A snake can sleep all winter, grow as long as a school bus, swallow its food whole and crawl out of its skin!


Learn about the special relationships between the baby and mom mammals, reptiles, birds, and insects that make their home in the Okenfenokee Swamp


Paris, France is the fanciest city in the world. When Ms. Glass tells the class that the new student is from Paris, Nancy cannot believe her luck.


Rover is snuggled safe and dry inside his doghouse until‚ one by one‚ a soggy group of animals shows up looking for a cozy place to sit out the storm. But when one very unwelcome surprise visitor appears‚ the doghouse isn’t quite so crowded after all!


Stillwater’s stories have different things to say to different people. What do they say to you?

Grades 3–5

When Zoe Elias enters the annual Perform-O-Rama organ competition, Zoe discovers that life is full of surprises — and that maybe a little lopsidedness will help her find what she's "really" hoping for.


The Supreme Court said there can't be any more segregation and the colored school is going to close.


Rule 5: Never let your family move into a haunted house.


Allie has rules for everything, until she meets Rosemary, the biggest and meanest girl in fourth grade.


The old house had been in the family for generations, and it began revealing its mysterious and sinister secrets just hours after Emily, Navin, and their mother moved in.



Can a sculpture move? If it's a Alexander Calder mobile, it can.



What happens when there are too many coincidences, too many puzzle pieces that fit together? Do you ignore them and pretend nothing’s happening? Or do you try to figure out what’s really going on?


Eleven-year-old Cornelia Englehart, who prefers to hide herself away behind long words, learns the importance of having friends from a most unexpected source - her new, elderly neighbor, Virginia Somerset.


Where are you when you’re watched 24/7, no matter what you’re doing? In a cage.



Tom and Jamie can't believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs. The first dinosaur they meet is friendly, but soon, they meet a much less friendly dino: a T-Rex that would like to eat them.


Elijah was the first free baby born in Buxton, the first person there who had never been owned by a slave master.



Esperanza means hope, and hope is what Esperanza needs, to help her rise above the wreckage of her life in Mexico, and learn to survive in the hardscrabble fields of California.


A research trip to the Arctic, an old enemy, and a new story all combine in an adventure unlike anything David and Zanna have ever imagined.


It's a long way from Manhattan to Queens, from premium canned food to cheap dry pellets, from a life of luxury and refinement to one of screaming kids and apartments with no air conditioning.


Ever since Georgina’s father left‚ her family has been living in their car. Desperate to improve their situation‚ she devises a plan to steal a dog and claim the reward. What happens next is the last thing Georgina expected.


What would you do if every time you read a book out loud, it came to life, whether you wanted it to or not?


Julian Rodriguez is far from the eight-year-old boy he appears to be. He's actually an Officer of the Federation, who is trapped in a child's body while he spies on Earth.


There is an enemy in the land of Elyon that threatens the peace and prosperity of the people who live in its four walled cities.


Flora and Ruby had no idea how many adventures awaited them in the little town of Camden Falls.



What would it be like to be eleven years old and about to become a senior in high school?


Magical things happen when Sassy Sanford opens her sparkly, purple, patchwork Sassy Sack!


Griffin Bing was the Man with the Plan. No matter how complex, no matter how dangerous, no matter how risky, Griffin could do it. Stealing a baseball card was no problem.


Violet is looking forward to spending lazy summer days with her best friend‚ Lottie. But when sophisticated Melissa moves to town‚ Violet’s world gets turned upside down.


Miss Hussey’s class has been challenged to save Frank Lloyd Wright’s favorite building from destruction.

Grades 6–8

Once upon a time, a girl rescued her seven brothers from a spell that had turned them into swans.


There's a new student at Bloor Academy, and he seems determined to make trouble for Charlie in every way possible.


All Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester at Gallagher Academy‚ but despite her best intentions‚ danger seems to follow.


You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup.


Derek never imagined that the dead could be anything but dead. But when his train crashes into a gorge and Derek survives‚ the dead start to return and‚ for some reason‚ they’re after him.


A mysterious journey, a dangerous job to do, and adventures far beyond what Duffy and Sumo had ever imagined.


May Bird continues her adventure in the afterlife where she and her friends encounter a whole new array of terrifying and hilarious places and ghosts.


The true princess Cecilia is forced into hiding until the evil forces that killed her parents are vanquished. But a bizarre twist of fate throws the truth into chaos and turns her world upside–down. Is she really who she thinks she is?


Percy and his friends are escorting two new half-bloods safely to camp when they are intercepted by a manticore and learn that the goddess Artemis has been kidnapped.


This summer, Catherine's life will be turned upside down, as she struggles to figure out what "normal" really means.


Three young bears from different species — black, polar, and grizzly — are separated from their families when they are just young cubs. They find themselves brought together on a perilous journey.


Will loves to dig. So when his father suddenly disappears down one of the tunnels he's dug, Will knows he's got to go after him. But he has no idea how many surprises wait for him underground.

Grades 9–12

The stranger could spin straw into gold. Could he be the answer to all of Charlotte's problems?


After a bizarre accident, Em wakes up to find she's no longer herself, and there's no way to fix it.


Sixteen-year-old Hakeem's life is turned upside down after his father is diagnosed with cancer and his family must move to Detroit.


In this thrilling sequel to Eighth Grade Bites‚ Vlad must confront secrets from the past and battle forces that once again threaten his life. Can he identify the slayer in time?


When she decides to wear the hijab full time, Amal's life changes in ways she never expected.


Asking miracles isn't always a good thing. Take Madeline, for instance. She saved her father's life by praying harder than she'd ever prayed in her whole life. Her father was alive and safe, but everything else in her life was ruined.


The Hunger Games: ritual, punishment, death. Only one can survive.


When the "wrong" thing feels so right, it's hard to know what's the right decision.


When Balsa saw the prince fall from the bridge, her destiny took an unexpected turn.


The Hopewell Hotel and its owners finally found something to hope for when Mrs. A moved into the Empire Suite.


Vietnam. Iraq. Different generations. Different wars. But the experiences of the soldiers who fought in them are all too similar.


Tyrell is 14. Broke, homeless, with a mom who refuses to take care of his little brother and acts like the world owes her a living, Tyrell is under so much pressure, sometimes he feels like he's gonna break for sure.


Wanting something so much can lead you to a place that has no way out.


Can two New York City ballerinas survive a move to a tiny farming town named Fir Lake?

