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Picture Books July 2023 Come Journey Through Time with the Summer Reading Club this July and August! FREE in-person activities for school-aged children (6 to 12 years old), will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 10am to noon. Caregivers will be able to drop off their children for 2 hours of games, reading, making crafts and doing science experiments (while the adults get some much-needed chore and rest time!) On Wednesdays from 10am to noon we will have activities for babies, toddlers, pre-school kids and their caregivers, with storytime at 11:30am. Registration will take place on Tuesday July 4th from 10AM-noon for ages 6-12, and on Wednesday July 5th from 10AM-noon for ages 0-6. Get ready for an exciting summer at the library! |
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Great Summer Picture Books |
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All Around Bustletown : Summer
by Rotraut Susanne Berner
It's summer and that means flowers, picnics, thunderstorms, and bike rides. Playgrounds are filled with kids and vacationers are boarding trains in droves. In the sky a pair of balloons drifts through every scene, while on the street people of all ages make their way to an outdoor birthday party. As kids pore over these oversized spreads, they will delight in identifying the same characters on each page as they walk, play, jog, and roller skate--from homes to parks and office buildings to rail stations. All kinds of summer activities come alive in these endearing drawings that provide endless entertainment and spark engaging conversation.
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Little Witch Hazel : a year in the forest
by Phoebe Wahl
Little Witch Hazel is a tiny witch who lives in the forest, helping creatures big and small. She's a midwife, an intrepid explorer, a hard worker and a kind friend. In this four-season volume, Little Witch Hazel rescues an orphaned egg, goes sailing on a raft, solves the mystery of a haunted stump and makes house calls to fellow forest dwellers. But when Little Witch Hazel needs help herself, will she get it in time?
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See you next year
by Andrew Larsen
Each summer, a girl travels with her family to the same beachside resort, with everything being comfortably predictable, but this year, the pattern of her vacation changes when she meets a new friend.
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City Day
by Glenn Brucker
After all the campers and hikers return to the city at the end of summer, a group of animals from the forest decide to pay them a visit. The animals have a fun-filled day rampaging through the city and learning about human customs, until some new friends with large nets give them a ride back home.
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A West Coast summer
by Caroline Woodward
Celebrates all the things to do at the seashore in the summertime along the Pacific Coast, including exploring the beach and its wildlife, riding in a rowboat, fishing, and spending time with family.
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Sunny Days
by Deborah Kerbel
For preschoolers, sunny days are full of possibility. A sunbeam on the floor is the perfect place to curl up with a furry friend, and warming weather means seeds in the garden, mud pies in the yard, adventures at the beach, and ice cream in the shade. Evening brings the silly fun of watching little shadows stretch out long, and there's nothing so cozy as watching the sun set as a family.
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A day for sandcastles
by JonArno Lawson
A busload of beachgoers spills out onto the sand for a day of fun and frolic. Three siblings begin work on a castle, patting and shaping the sand as the sun arcs over the sky. Time and again, their progress is halted: a windswept hat topples their creation; a toddler ambles through it; the tide creeps close, and then too close. Meeting each demolition with fresh determination, the builders outdo themselves time and again, until the moment arrives to pile back into the bus for home.
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The fairy garden
by Georgia Buckthorn
Poor Mimi spends hours and hours making her fairy garden completely perfect, but the fairies never come. Whatever could she be doing wrong? Just when she has given up all hope, some twinkling lights appear. They're here! And they are bringing an important message... A delightful story of a young girl who finds fairies in her garden, who deliver a message to her about protecting their habitat. Activity spreads at the back tell readers how to create their own perfect fairy garden, this beautiful story will capture readers' imaginations. And, just maybe, it will help them attract fairies to their own gardens!
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 0-8!
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