Summer Picks for Kids (and Parents)

A curated selection of our favorite activity & SEL books to keep kids engaged and entertained all summer long, plus a few thoughtful books for parents, hand-picked by parents.

Note: All online purchases will be shipped to Transom Bookshop in Tarrytown. We’ll email you when your books are ready to be picked up.

Kids Nonfiction Books

Activities, Health, Life Skills, Social Responsibility, and Social & Emotional Learning

Priceless Facts about Money Priceless Facts about Money
Priceless Facts about Money
$19.99
Super Foods for Super Kids Cookbook Super Foods for Super Kids Cookbook
Super Foods for Super Kids Cookbook
$15.99
The Book of Outdoor Games The Book of Outdoor Games
The Book of Outdoor Games
$14.99
Sensory: Life on the Spectrum Sensory: Life on the Spectrum
Sensory: Life on the Spectrum
$19.99
Girl's Body Book Girl's Body Book
Girl's Body Book
$12.99
Boy's Body Book Boy's Body Book
Boy's Body Book
$12.99
True or False? True or False?
True or False?
$26.99
642 Tiny Things to Draw 642 Tiny Things to Draw
642 Tiny Things to Draw
$9.95
Befriend Your Brain Befriend Your Brain
Befriend Your Brain
$14.95
How to Be a Person How to Be a Person
How to Be a Person
$16.99
Yoga Pretzels: 50 Activity Cards for Kids Yoga Pretzels: 50 Activity Cards for Kids
Yoga Pretzels: 50 Activity Cards for Kids
$17.99
Strong Is the New Pretty Strong Is the New Pretty
Strong Is the New Pretty
$17.95
It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop) It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop)
It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop)
$19.95
Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature
Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature
$24.99
Superpowered Superpowered
Superpowered
$9.99
What Can I Say? What Can I Say?
What Can I Say?
$16.95
Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Recipes You'll Love to Cook and Eat! Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Recipes You'll Love to Cook and Eat!
Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Recipes You'll Love to Cook and Eat!
$19.99
How to Change Everything How to Change Everything
How to Change Everything
$8.99

Kids Fiction and Graphic Novels

Cartoonists Club Cartoonists Club
Cartoonists Club
$14.99
Smile Smile
Smile
$12.99
Tyler (Emmie & Friends) Tyler (Emmie & Friends)
Tyler (Emmie & Friends)
$15.99
Guts Guts
Guts
$12.99
Candle Island Candle Island
Candle Island
$18.99
Weirdo Weirdo
Weirdo
$14.99
Sisters Sisters
Sisters
$12.99
The Eyes and the Impossible: (Newbery Medal Winner) The Eyes and the Impossible: (Newbery Medal Winner)
The Eyes and the Impossible: (Newbery Medal Winner)
$14.99
Good Different Good Different
Good Different
$18.99
Drama Drama
Drama
$12.99
Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends) Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends)
Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends)
$15.99

Books for Parents

The Anxious Generation The Anxious Generation
The Anxious Generation
$30.00
The Motherload: Episodes from the Brink of Motherhood The Motherload: Episodes from the Brink of Motherhood
The Motherload: Episodes from the Brink of Motherhood
$29.99
Untethered: Creating Connected Families, Schools, and Communities Untethered: Creating Connected Families, Schools, and Communities
Untethered: Creating Connected Families, Schools, and Communities
$30.00
Of Boys and Men Of Boys and Men
Of Boys and Men
$28.99
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
$19.99
Poems of Parenting Poems of Parenting
Poems of Parenting
$19.99
Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids
Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids
$20.00