Staff picks for the 2017 Summer Reading Challenge. Enjoy great reads and fun activities. Log your progress and earn badges and prizes along the way!
Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
The Big Book of Cartooning
Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Coding Games in Scratch: A Step-by-step Visual Guide to Building Your Own Computer Games
Written for children with little to no coding experience, Coding Games with Scratch guides children through building platform games, puzzles, racers, and 3-D action games. The step-by-step guides are simple and easy to follow with Minecraft-style pixel art. Children will learn essential coding skills while having fun and creating games to play with their friends.
Drawing From Memory
Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs
Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist
Juan Garcia Esquivel was born in Mexico and grew up to the sounds of mariachi bands. He loved music and became a musical explorer. Defying convention, he created music that made people laugh and planted images in their minds. Juan's space-age lounge music popular in the fifties and sixties has found a new generation of listeners.