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Summer Fun
(Swimming, fishing, boating, camping, picnicking, vacationing)
In this list:
Picture Books
Non-fiction Books
Beginning Readers
J-I's
- Friend frog
Ada - To the island
Agell - It's the bear!
Alborough - Those summers
Aliki - Good night, animals
Arro - Willow by the sea
Ashforth - Willow on the river
Ashforth - Pigs on a blanket
Axelrod - Get set! Swim!
Atkins - Morning beach
Baker - When I go camping with Grandma
Bauer - Grandma's beach
Beardshaw - Berenstain Bears and the ghost of the forest
Berenstain - Albie the lifeguard
Borden - Beach is to fun: a book of relationships
Brisson - Arthur goes to camp
Brown - Arthur's family vacation
Brown - D. W. all wet
Brown - Picnic
Brown - Seashore noisy book
Brown - Summer noisy book
Brown - Frog
Browne - Babar's rescue
Brunhoff - Ready or not, Dawdle Duckling
Buzzeo - Hotter than a hot dog!
Calmenson - Coolest place in town
Caple - Loudmouth George and the fishing trip
Carlson - Wishing at dawn in summer
Carlstrom - Up north at the cabin
Chall - Ted, Bo, and Diz: the first adventure
Chapman - Ballpark
Cooper - Beach
Cooper - Maisy goes camping
Cousins - One hot summer day
Crews - Boy on the beach
Daly - River parade
Day - Strega Nona takes a vacation
De Paola - Schnitzel von Krumm forget-me-not
Dodd - Story of the sea glass
Dodd - Squeak's good idea
Eilenberg - Fishing
Engel - Louie's goose
Ehrlich - Cat who liked potato soup
Farish - Beach day
Florian - Summer day
Florian - One world
Foreman - Seal surfer
Foreman - Iguana beach
Franklin - Un brella
Franson - Out of the ocean
Frasier - Claude has a picnic
Gackenbach - Around the pond: Who's been here?
George - Box turtle at Long Pond
George - William and Boomer
George - Summer is summer
Gershator - Mr. Bear's picnic
Gliori - Mr. Bear's vacation
Gliori - Catching the moon
Goldberg - Most perfect spot
Goode - Camping in the temple of the sun
Gould - Greetings from Sandy Beach
Graham - Little bit of trouble
Grindley - Gaspard on vacation
Gutman - Molly and Emmett's camping adventure
Hafner - Bailey goes camping
Henkes - Sunny day
Henley - Sort-of sailor
Hest - Make the team baby duck
Hest - Old Tom's holiday
Hobbs - Sea, sand, me!
Hubbell - Sally goes to the beach
Huneck - Sally goes to the mountains
Huneck - We're going on a picnic
Hutchins - When I was little
Igus - Kipper's monster
Inkpen - Picnic
Inkpen - Best picnic ever
Jarrett - Swimming lessons
Jay - Mayfly
Jocelyn - Hot city
Joosse - I love you the purplest
Joosse - June Mountain secret
Kidd - Frannie's fruits
Kimmelman - Omar on board
Kovalski - Take me out to the ball game
Kovalski - Frank and Izzy set sail
Kvasnosky - Beach day!
Lakin - Boo and Baa in the woods
Landstrom - Will goes to the beach
Landstrom - Lucille camps in
Lasky - At the beach
Lee - Snipp, Snapp, Snurr learn to swim
Lindman - Where the river begins
Locker - Froggy learns to swim
London - Sun dance, water dance
London - When the fireflies come
London - Where the big fish are
London - White water
London - Gone fishing
Long - How will we get to the beach?
Luciani - Happy hippopotami
Martin - Piggy and Dad go fishing
Martin - Lottie's new beach towel
Mathers - Just Grandma and me
Mayer - Just me and my dad
Mayer - Picnic
McCully - Panda Foo and the new friend
Murphy - How hungry are you?
Napoli - Please DO feed the bears
Naylor - Hannah and Jack
Nethery - Peg and the Whale
Oppel - Tom and Pippo on the beach
Oxenbury - Otto goes to the beach
Parr - Whistling
Partridge - Zigby dives in
Paterson - Pictures from our vacation
Perkins - Summer's vacation
Plourde - Picnic at Mudsock Meadow
Polacco - Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Potter - Bear hug
Pringle - Good day's fishing
Prosek - Goat and Donkey in the great outdoors
Puttock - Granddad's fishing buddy
Quigley - Day the babies crawled away
Rathmann - Tomorrow on Rocky Pond
Reiser - Two dogs swimming
Reiser - Curious George goes to the beach
Rey - Curious George goes camping
Rey - Swim!
Rice - At the beach
Rockwell - On our vacation
Rockwell - Sergio makes a splash
Rodriguez - Beach day
Roosa - Moonbathing
Rosenberg - Fishing for Methuselah
Roth - Ocean day
Rotner - Senses at the seashore
Rotner - When we go camping
Ruurs - Lost lake
Say - Cat's vacation
Schoch - Sidney won't swim
Schuurmans - Amos camps out: a couch adventure in the woods
Seligson - Buckledown the workhound
Shanahan - Today I'm going fishing with my dad
Sharp - Sheep take a hike
Shaw - Quiet night
Singer - Beach ball
Sis - Mermaid dreams
Sperring - Starry night
Spohn - One seal
Stadler - Moe the dog in tropical paradise
Stanley - Castaway
Stevenson - Sea view hotel
Stevenson - Friend
Stewart - Porc in New York
Stock - Spree in Paree
Stock - Brass ring
Tafuri - Do not disturb
Tafuri - How I spent my summer vacation
Teague - Touch the sky summer
Van Leeuwen - Ernest and Celestine's Picnic
Vincent - Mimi and the picnic
Waddell - Loon lake fishing derby
Waldron - Shells! Shells! Shells!
Wallace - Come on, Baby Duck!
Ward - Bunny mail
Wells - Edward in deep water
Wells - McDuff saves the day
Wells - Miko goes on vacation
Weninger - Tuck in the pool
Weston - Flotsam
Wiesner - Queen's holiday
Wild - Scrabble Creek
Wittmann - Stella and Roy go camping
Wolff - We had a picnic this sunday past
Woodson - Seashore story
Yashima - Sand castle
Yee
NON-FICTION BOOKS (a few suggestions)
- Packing up a picnic: activities and recipes for kids
J 641.5 W17P - Crinkleroot's guide to walking in wild places
J 796.5 AR6C - Summer camp handbook
J 796.545 T42S - Safety in the water
J 797.2 M43SW - I can swim
J 797.21 EC5I - Fishing
J 799.1 AR5F - Good sports: rhymes about running, jumping, throwing, and more
J 811 P91GS - What I did last summer
J 811 P91W - June is a tune that jumps on a stair
J 811 W69J - We're going on a trip
J 910.4 L87W
- Young Cam Jansen and the double beach mystery
Adler - Bear scouts
Berenstain - Bears' vacation
Berenstain - Leo and Emily and the dragon
Brandenberg - Aunt Eater's mystery vacation
Cushman - Splash!
Dewey - Away go the boats
Hillert - Yellow boat
Hillert - Arthur's camp-out
Hoban - Danny and the dinosaur go to camp
Hoff - Last one in is a rotten egg
Kessler - In the doghouse
Kimmelman - Chicago and the cat: the camping trip
Koontz - Lionel in summer
Krensky - Cannonball Chris
Marzollo - Gus and Grandpa go fishing
Mills - My red rowboat
Rau - Boats, boats, boats
Ruane - Monster in Harry's backyard
Ruelle - Henry and Mudge and the starry night
Rylant - Mr. Putter and Tabby row the boat
Rylant - Poppleton and friends
Rylant - Nate the Great and the boring beach bag
Sharmat - Wizard and Wart at sea
Smith - Turtle and Snake go camping
Spohn - Turtle and Snake's day at the beach
Spohn - Thomas goes fishing
- Big Dog and Little Dog go sailing
Young
- How to catch a fish
Frank - Call of the osprey
Jorgensen - Moonlight on the river
Kovacs - Higgins Bend song and dance
Martin - On Sand Island
Martin - Orcas around me: my Alaskan summer
Page - Dory Story
Pallotta - Oranges on Golden Mountain
Partridge - Fishing Day
Pinkney - Turtle Tracks
Plowden