From transformative summer vacations and creating a home to discovering artists and celebrating individuality, the following picture books are great summer reading options,
Browsing: ages 4 & up
From a rhinoceros to deer and tropical creatures, the following books celebrate animals from all around the world.
The Terrakeet and The Quacken offer a humorous twist on the things we sometimes fear are lurking behind us.
See how the animals of Brown Bear Wood spend their days and search for more than 100 hidden items in It’s Busy Down in the Woods Today.
Peter Brown’s popular middle-grade novel, The Wild Robot, is now available in simplified form for a younger audience in The Wild Robot on the Island.
Discover the woman behind the world’s most iconic lamps in Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps, by Sandra Nickel and Julie Paschkis.
Inspired by the Forest School movement, A Field Guide to Summer aims to teach kids how to play and learn in nature.
Two friends literally get lost in between the pages of a book in Lost in a Book, by Chris Britt.
Learn about the life of the father of the modern fairy tale in His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen, by Jane Yolen and Brooke Boynton-Hughes.
Eyelike Stickers Deluxe: Animal Kingdom, from Workman Publishing, provides hours of fun for kids ages 4 and up.