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!
11 Experiments That Failed
Ages 5 to 8. Young scientists will laugh as they learn the answers to such scientific questions as 'Can a kid make it through the winter eating only snow and ketchup?'
Ada Twist, Scientist
Ada Twist is always asking “why?” which leads to lots of discoveries. Series.
Anything Is Possible
Billions of Bricks
Build, Dogs, Build: A Tall Tail
Builder Mouse
Building Our House
Cleonardo: The Little Inventor
The Dot
Go, Otto, Go!
A robotic update of the classic type of “Dick and Jane” early readers. Otto points, looks, and works to make a rocket in order to reach his family. The writing is simple, and yet the complications drawn in the illustrations give more depth to the story and reward readers of all ages. Part of the Adventures of Otto series.
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Henry Builds a Cabin
I Had a Favorite Dress
Iggy Peck, Architect
It's an Orange Aardvark!
Grades Pre-K - 1. Five carpenter ants hear a noise outside of their stump. Is it a hungry aardvark waiting to eat them up? One ant makes a hole in the stump and reveals the color orange. Can an aardvark be orange? More holes reveal more colors as the ants make silly speculations on what could be outside. The colorful surprise ending will bring you delight.
Lester's Dreadful Sweaters
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
Based on the true story of the transformation of the East Village near downtown San Diego. Artistic Mira lives in a gray and somber city. Her beautiful pictures that she draws for her neighbors attract the attention of a muralist who tells her that in it he sees, “maybe...something beautiful!”
My Pen
Not a Box
Oh No!: Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World
Roberto: The Insect Architect
Rosie Revere, Engineer
Shapes at Play
Shapes, Reshape!
The Story of Kites: Amazing Chinese Inventions
Tinyville Town Gets to Work!
