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Awesome Kid's Books For Summer
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items It's time for fun in the sun, ice cream, swimming and all the joy that summer brings in these fabulous books.
Great for 3 to 5 year olds, Ice Cream Face looks at all the emotions a small child has from eating ice cream. It has gorgeous collage style illustrations by Heidi Woodward Sheffield.
Ice Cream Face by Heidi Woodward Sheffield
For toddlers upwards, but it's also good for new English learners. This book has lots of short rhyming sentences matched with fun, colorful illustrations.
Pool Party by Amy Duchene & Elisa Parhad
Learn about nature and bugs in the garden, with lots of adjectives and gorgeous quilling paper craft illustrations.
Just a Worm By Marie Boyd
A young girl's grandma (Lola in Filipino) visits for summer. The sights, smells and tastes of summer are described in beautiful detail. At the end there's a great section on culture and language from the Philippines.
When Lola Visits by Michelle Sterling
This makes a great companion book to The Pool Party. Summer pool time, a summer thunderstorm and the magical games and stories we play in the water.
Bubbles . . . UP! by Jacqueline Davies
A great book for kids living in urban areas without the luxury of a swimming pool. The book features unique photo collages rather than illustrations.
One Hot Summer Day by Nina Crews
I need to make a whole section about going to the pool! A lovely book about over coming fear and being okay with being afraid.
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
A beautiful book about creativity, set against the hum and the swish of the beach. A young girl lets her imagination flow, interrupted by questions. A lady comes with a painting easel and creates like Jamie.
Hum and Swish
This book as no words! Children's books with no words are brilliant and can be used in any language. The illustrations are stunning and tell a beach summer story so beautifully, it's no wonder this is a Caldecott Award Winner. A boy finds an old unde...
Flotsam: A Caldecott Award Winner
Beautifully messy illustrations mixed with wonderful, beachy, summery language makes this book a dream for little listeners.
Beach Feet by Konagaya, Kiyomi, Saito, Masamitsu
Funny and ridiculous, this story helps kids learn about animals of all shapes and sizes (not just elephants!) in hilarious summer vacation setting. Kids will be laughing throughout this book, and it leaves lots of room for exploring the idea further,...
You Can't Take an Elephant on Holiday
The Watermelon Seed has perfect comic pacing, as Greg Pizzoli gives us one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink...
The Watermelon Seed
Not necessarily a summer story, but it's great for kids who aren't a fan of summer.
The Crocodile Who Didn't like Water