This year's Summer Reading Club theme is Level Up! at Your Library, and we're recommending gaming-themed books and materials for you and your family to enjoy. And don't forget to sign up for Summer Reading Club starting June 1!
The Ultimate Guide to Roblox by A360 Media
This digital magazine can be accessed using the Libby app, as can other "ultimate guides" for popular games like Minecraft. This magazine breaks down the most popular games available in the Roblox platform and gives tips on discovering everything you need to know about the gaming sensation.
Do you ever wonder how video gaming was invented? What came before your PlayStation or Xbox? This picture book biography tells the story of Jewish refugee, Ralph Baer, a refugee from Nazi Germany, who used his skills—and a lot of ingenuity and persistence—to make life a little more fun.
The first installment in the Power Up graphic novel series, Power Up introduces readers to sixth-graders Miles and Rhys, who know each other only as Gryphon and Backslash—their screennames in the video game Mecha Melee. They're the best friends they've got, online or in the real world, and they don't even realize they go to the same middle school. But real-life wrongdoing blasts their duo into a crater the size of Arcticon. With life online and off a complete mess and BattleCon just weeks away, can the boys play their way back to each other?
Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! by Thomas Flintham
The first installment in the Press Start series, Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! introduces readers to Super Rabbit Boy, the star of the video games that Sunny Zaki and his sister Rue love to play. Can Sunny help Super Rabbit Boy save his home of Animal Town from the evil King Viking?
Table Titans Club by Scott Kurtz
Valeria Winters has an easier time finding trouble than making friends. As if by fate, she meets the Table Titans, Alan, Andrew, and Darius, who run the school's tabletop gaming club. Finally, Val has found her own adventuring party! And even better...a place where she belongs. So when the future of the club is threatened, Val makes it her personal quest to save the Table Titans.
This picture book biography tells the story of Jerry Lawson, the 1970s-era inventor of a brand new video game console that allowed players to switch out video game cartridges without buying an entirely new console. Today, gamers have access to hundreds of video games at the push of a button, all thanks to him!
Have a hankering to play some games after reading these gaming-themed stories?
- Check out one of our family-friendly board games, for use in the library, by visiting the Youth Services desk on the Second Floor of the library.
- Check out the gaming-themed items in our Library of Things. Wilmette and Kenilworth residents can check out these non-traditional library materials for up to three weeks.
- Browse our video game collections for a new favorite! The library has hundreds of video games, for all types of consoles and age groups.