Laura Bush's children summer reading list

Turn your kids into bookworms this summer, with an assist from former first lady Laura Bush.

Driving the news: Bush's 2025 summer reading list features 16 books about travel, history, struggle and friendship.

• The list includes recommendations for toddlers through middle schoolers.

Zoom in: "I Loved You First" was written by former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush.

• "First Ladies Make History" illustrates the accomplishments of presidents' wives while living in the White House.

The intrigue: "Ultimately, everything about the summer reading list comes from Mrs. Bush," Robin Berkley, the George W. Bush Institute's education director, told NBC5.