![]() | Summer Books |
| Picture books, nonfiction, and poetry for children. | |
Picture Books (JE)
| Aliki | Those Summers |
| Bunting | Sunflower House |
| Calmenson | Hotter Than a Hot Dog! |
| Chall | Up North at the Cabin |
| Cooper | Beach |
| Coulman | Sink or Swim |
| Crews | One Hot Summer Day |
| Daly | The Boy on the Beach |
| De Paola | Four Friends in Summer |
| Dexter | Grandma |
| Florian | Beach Day |
| France | Summer Beat |
| Gay | Stella, Star of the Sea |
| George | Around the Pond: Who's Been Here? |
| Gershator | Summer Is Summer |
| Gershwin | Summertime: From Porgy and Bess |
| Glaser | It's Summer! |
| Gliori | Mr. Bear's Vacation |
| Godwin | Central Park Serenade |
| Grubb | Happy Dog Sizzles |
| Gutman | Gaspard at the Seashore |
| Hafner | Molly and Emmett's Camping Adventure |
| Hall | Lucy's Summer |
| Hesse | Come On, Rain! |
| Huneck | Sally Goes to the Beach |
| Hutchins | One Dark Night |
| Jocelyn | Mayfly |
| Lakin | Beach Day! |
| Lies | Bats at the Beach |
| London | Froggy Goes to Camp |
| Maass | When Summer Comes |
| Mahy | A Summery Saturday Morning |
| Martin | Famous Seaweed Soup |
| McCloskey | One Morning in Maine |
| Nikola-Lisa | Summer Sun Risin' |
| Novak | Flip Flop Bop |
| Paulsen | Canoe Days |
| Payne | Summertime Waltz |
| Perry | Think Cool Thoughts |
| Preller | Cardinal and Sunflower |
| Rodman | My Best Friend |
| Roosa | Beach Day |
| Ryder | When the Woods Hum |
| Santoro | Isaac the Ice Cream Truck |
| Schnur | Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic |
| Spetter | Lily and Trooper's Summer |
| Spinelli | Heat Wave |
| Stock | Island Summer |
| Sturges | Ten Flashing Fireflies |
| Thompson | Mouse's First Summer |
| Tresselt | Sun Up |
| Van Leeuwen | Touch the Sky Summer |
| Wells | McDuff Saves the Day |
| Zolotow | The Seashore Book |
Nonfiction, Folktales & Poetry
| J394.2 Jackson | The Summer Solstice |
| J394.2 Rosen | Summer Festivals |
| J508 Burton | The Nature and Science of Summer |
| J508 Schweninger | Summertime |
| J508 Vullo | Did You Ever Wonder About Things You Find in Your Backyard? |
| J591.92 Vullo | Did You Ever Wonder About Things You Find at the Beach? |
| J595.78 Lerner | Butterflies in the Garden |
| J635 Eclare | A Harvest of Color: Growing a Vegetable Garden |
| J635.9 King | Backyard Sunflower |
| J637.4 Cooper | Ice Cream |
| J662.1 Davis | From Rock to Fireworks: A Photo Essay |
| J737.4 Greenstein | Ice-Cream Cones for Sale! |
| J745.5 Ross | Star-Spangled Crafts |
| J782 Camp | Camp Granada: Sing-Along Camp Songs |
| J790.1 Williamson | Summer Fun! 60 Activities for a Kid-Perfect Summer |
| J793 Stott | The Big Book of Games |
| J796.54 Loy | Follow the Trail: A Young Person's Guide to the Great Outdoors |
| J811 Alarcón | From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems |
| J811 Dotlich | Lemonade Sun and Other Summer Poems |
| J811 Florian | Summersaults |
| J811 Grimes | Danitra Brown Leaves Town |
| J811 Steele | Anna's Summer Songs |
| J811 Thayer | Casey at the Bat |
| JE508 Hirschi | Summer |
| JE635 Otten | Watch Me Plant a Garden |
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Wilmette Public Library Youth Department
www.wilmettelibrary.info/kids Last Updated 11/08 |

