After a long, cold, wet spring, June is knocking our socks off here in Minnesota with some serious heat. Today I’ve got a collection of new picture books that fit the season perfectly — radiant with hot sun, welcoming water, …
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another splash of summer…a list of five
Don’t let those back-to-school sales fool you. It’s still full-on summer, with sunny days plum perfect for outdoor fun. Here are five happy books to keep you in summer-mode! Run Wild, written and illustrated by David Covell published in 2018 …
five for a blast of summer
Take some summer heat. Add cold cherry lemonade and a stack of picture books. Mix with children worn out from a day of swimming. Makes one heap of bliss! Food Truck Fest!, written by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Mike Dutton …
this week’s crop of ten top books
Because it’s pool time! Swimming, Swimming, lyrics from an old song, illustrated by Gary Clement published in 2015 by Groundwood Books Big, bold, sunny-day illustrations carry us along an energetic run-through of this classic children’s song. If you don’t know …
poetry friday
Pater’s Bathe by Edward Abbott Parry You can take a tub with a rub and a scrub in a two-foot tank of tin, You can stand and look at the whirling brook and think about jumping in, You can chatter …
a list of…five zippy twists on sports (inspired by the summer athletes)
Around the World, by John Coy, illustrated by Antonio Reonegro and Tom Lynch It all starts with a game of hoops in New York City, namely, a game of Around the World. Jamal and Tanika, brother and sister, have hardly …
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