>   As one of the staff summer reading choices for our staff, our admin
>   team would like to offer an AI related book. Would love to hear
>   recommendations from this group. Our school is TK-8.

Melanie Mitchell's book "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking
Humans" is a good survey of modern-day AI for intelligent lay-persons.

Another good, accessible book is "How Smart Machines Think" by Sean
Gerrish.

You can find these and other recommendations in the AI4K12.org Resource
Directory: https://ai4k12.org/resources/list-of-resources/

-- Dave Touretzky