July Summer Reads

July Summer Reads: Kids & Grownup Kids

July is an excellent time to snuggle in a read a new book. The picture books below are my absolute favorites that I read in the final days of school. Corresponding classroom resources and links are posted under the “Classroom Connection” tab.

Picture Books

1. And Then Comes Summer, by Tom Brenner
2. Fireflies, by Julie Brinckloe
3. Down by the Cool of the Pool, by Tony Mitton
4. There was an Old Mermaid who Swallowed a Shark, by Lucille Colandro
5. Wish for a Fish: All About Sea Creatures, by Bonnie Worth
6. Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist, by Jess Keating
7. The Big Tan Van, by Sindy McKay
8. Pig the Tourist, by Aaron Blabey
9. Tacky Goes to Camp, by Helen Lester
10. The Pigeon will Ride the Roller Coaster, by Mo Willems

Bonus – Camping Picture Books

1. The Camping Trip, by Jennifer K. Mann
2. Our Great Big Backyard, by Laura Bush & Jenna Bush Hager
3. Frank & Bean, by Jamie Michalak
4. Fatima’s Great Outdoors, by Ambreen Tariq
5. A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee, by Chris Van Dusen

Chapter Books

1. Flora & Ulysess, by Kate DiCamillo
2. Magic Tree House: #35 Camp Time in California, by Mary Pope Osborne
3. Daughter of the Deep, by Rick Riordan
4. Mercy Watson to the Rescue, by Kate DiCamillo
5. Odder, by Katherine Applegate