It’s not quite summer
vacation here in Massachusetts, but I know that many kids across the country
are already done with school for the year. Here are some great books that they
might enjoy reading over the next couple of months.
Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why by Lita Judge
Beneath the Sun by Melisa Stewart and Constance R. Bergum
A Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari and Bagram Ibatoulline
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Daylight Starlight Wildlife by Wendell Minor
Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move by JoAnn Early Macken and Pam
Paparone
Frog Song by Brenda Z. Guiberson and Ginnady Spirin
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
A Grand Old Tree by Mary Newell DePalma
The Hidden Life of a Toad by Doug Wechsler
A House
in the Sky and Other Uncommon Animal Homes by Steve Jenkins and
Robbin Gourley
If You Were the Moon by Laura Purdie Salas and Jaime Kim
I Took a Walk by Henry Cole
Just Ducks by Nicola Davies and Salvatore Rubbino
A Leaf Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas and Violeta Dabija
Look Up! Bird-watching in Your Own Backyard by
Annette L. Cate
Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward and Steve Jenkins
Mama Dug a Little Den by Jennifer Ward and Steve Jenkins
Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies and Emily
Sutton
My First Day by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
My Light: How Sunlight Becomes Electricity by Molly Bang
Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature by Sarah C. Campbell
On Meadowview Street by Henry Cole
Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies and Mark
Hearld
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner and Chris Silas Neal
Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World by
Allan Drummond
A Place to Start a Family by David L. Harrison and Giles LaRoche
Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith and Wendy Anderson Halperin
The Promise by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin

The Raft by Jim LaMarche
Raindrops Roll by April Pulley Sayre
A Rock Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas and Violeta Dabija
A Rock Is a Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer and Lou Fancher
A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
A Seed Is the Start by Melissa Stewart
Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet by April Pulley Sayre
Warbler Wave by April Pulley Sayre
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5 Responses
Great picture book list! You've inspired me to make a mid-grade list!
This is a fantastic list, Melissa! Thanks for sharing!
What a fantastic list of beautiful books. Most I know and love, a few I wrote (thank you for including!), and a few are new to me and are going on my to-be-read list! Thanks, Melissa:>)
Such great titles, Melissa!! Happy summer & thanks for including Coyote Moon here 🙂
What a wonderful list! Nothing like finding it the second day of Fall!😆Will follow more often! Take care!