Tired of reading the same three books with your little one? Over and over again? On the hunt for new titles? No problem. Take a look at our nifty Summer Reading Booklist for some reading inspiration!
If you haven't stopped by your local branch yet, make sure to visit and pick up our Summer Reading gameboard. Collect stickers by reading books with your young one, visiting library programs, and doing early literacy building activities this summer, and you will be entered into our grand prize bookset giveaway.
Bee-Bim Bop! By Linda Sue Park, Illustrated by Ho Baek Lee
Bee-bim bop ("mix-mix rice") is a traditional Korean dish. In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells of helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and sitting down to enjoy a favorite meal. The enthusiasm of the narrartor is conveyed in the whimsical illustrations, which bring details from the artist’s childhood in Korea to his depiction of a modern Korean-American family. The book includes Linda Sue’s own bee-bim bop recipe!
Check the CatalogCharlie Parker Played Be Bop By Chris Raschka
As saxophonist Charlie Parker plays his instrument, shoes, birds, lollipops and signs dance to his music while his cat impatiently waits alone for him at home.
Check the CatalogDrum City By Thea Guidone, Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
A young boy begins banging on pots and pans in his front yard, enticing other children to join him, and before long the entire city is feeling the beat.
Check the CatalogHush! A Thai Lullaby By Minfon Ho, Illustrated by Holly Meade
A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water-buffalo to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.
Check the CatalogLooking for Bongo By Eric Velasquez
A boy's beloved toy is missing and he asks in both Spanish and English for help finding it.
Check the CatalogMoses Goes to a Concert By Isaac Millman
Moses and his schoolmates, all deaf, attend a concert where the orchestra's percussionist is also deaf. Includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing the manual alphabet.
Check the CatalogShake My Sillies OutBy Raffi, Illustrated by David Allender
In this favorite song, the sillies spread from the restless forest animals to a camp full of children.
Check the CatalogTap Tap Boom Boomby Jane Cabrera
City dwellers dash and duck for cover to escape a rain storm.
Check the CatalogZin! Zin! Zin! A Violin By Lloyd Moss, Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance.
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Looking for more? You can also review the books you read online through Beanstack and be entered for a change to win Beats headphones!
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