No one can pick books for kids like Judy Freeman! 

http://www.judyreadsbooks.com/bio.html

Explore her list at James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead website:

http://readkiddoread.ning.com/page/ultimate-summer-reading

Thank you, Judy!

Horn Book has a wonderful summer reading list, too:

http://www.hbook.com/resources/books/summer.asp

So many books, so little time!  Thank goodness for summer vacation!