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!


Book cover for Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling

Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling

Angleberger, Tom.
Call Number: x 745.5 A589
Book cover for Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade

Sweet, Melissa
Call Number: x 92 S2445Sw
Book cover for The Big Book of Cartooning

The Big Book of Cartooning

Garbot, Dave, author, illustrator.
Call Number: x 741.5 G214-1
Book cover for Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey

Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey

Slaymaker, Melissa Eskridge.
Call Number: x 92 P959Sl
Book cover for The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Kamkwamba, William
Call Number: x 92 K153
Book cover for Coding Games in Scratch: A Step-by-step Visual Guide to Building Your Own Computer Games

Coding Games in Scratch: A Step-by-step Visual Guide to Building Your Own Computer Games

Woodcock, Jon,
Call Number: x 004 W886-1

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.

 
Book cover for Drawing From Memory

Drawing From Memory

Say, Allen.
Call Number: x 92 S274 GN
Book cover for Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs

Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs

McCarthy, Meghan.
Call Number: x 92 G8165Mc
Book cover for Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist

Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist

Wood, Susan
Call Number: x 92 E773Wo

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.

 
Book cover for Julia Morgan Built a Castle

Julia Morgan Built a Castle

Mannis, Celeste Davidson.
Call Number: x 92 M8484Ma
Book cover for The LEGO Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination

The LEGO Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination

Lipkowitz, Daniel.
Call Number: x 681 L764
Book cover for The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation

The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation

Ford, Gilbert
Call Number: x 92 J28Fo
Book cover for The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

Bryant, Jennifer,
Call Number: x 92 R732Br
Book cover for Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

Bryant, Jennifer,
Call Number: x 92 B814Br
Book cover for Sparky: The Life and Art of Charles Schulz

Sparky: The Life and Art of Charles Schulz

Gherman, Beverly.
Call Number: x 92 S388Gh
Book cover for Super Jumbo Jets: Inside and Out

Super Jumbo Jets: Inside and Out

Cefrey, Holly.
Call Number: x 629.13 C389
Book cover for Welcome to Your Awesome Robot

Welcome to Your Awesome Robot

Schwarz, Viviane.
Call Number: x 621.3 S411 folio