KDL Recommends

E ASHMAN

A family keeps forgetting the things they need to take to the beach.

E BRIDWELL

During a long hot summer, Clifford tries many things to keep cool.

E CHILD

Charlie has this little sister, Lola. Lola’s friend Arnold has a pool, but Lola won’t play with him because he doesn’t share. Can Lola find another way to cool off?

E EHRLICH

While spending the summer at the beach with his parents, Louie has a wonderful time playing with his toy goose and even rescues her from a big wave.

E GERSHATOR

Colorful illustrations and rhyming text present a celebration of summer from a child’s perspective.

E GLASER

A child observes the coming of summer and its effects on the weather, animals, and plants. Includes suggestions for summertime activities to enjoy alone or with a parent.

E HEIDBREDER

On a hot summer day, a wish transforms an urban backyard into a place of breezy high-seas adventure!

PB BOARD

When Spot goes to the beach he finds all sorts of things to do, from trying to catch a fish and burying his dad in the sand, to meeing a new friend!

E IWAMURA

Mick, Mack, and Molly are caught in the midst of one of the most exciting moments of summer: a sudden summer thunderstorm!

E JOOSSE

Mimi and her little brother Joe escape from home and the city’s summer heat to read and dream about princesses and dinosaurs in the cool, quiet library.

PB BOARD

Little ones will love lifting the flaps to reveal a big yellow sun, flip-flops, an ice cream cone, and everything else that Baby loves about summer!

E KORDA

Three friends prepare for summer vacation, Little Nye by making popsicles, Nella by overstuffing a suitcase, and Lester by removing an array of playthings so the suitcase can be closed.

E LEWIS

Harry the elephant is helped by his toy friends, Lulu and Ted, to jump from a little grassy hill on a beautiful summer day.

E LONDON

Celebrates a great summer day of childhood near and in a river.

E LUCKE

One very hot summer, Eric Dooley watches his younger sister go from her first swimming lesson all the way to the diving board, while his fear of the water keeps him from joining her and the rest of the people of Clermont County in the pool.

E MCCLURE

As spring slowly turns to summer, a little boy builds a fort and plants a garden in impatient anticipation.

E NUMEROFF

When four friends with different talents and abilities go to summer camp together, they use their strengths to make camp fun for all.

E RACZKA

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the sights and sounds of summer, from days of diving and swimming to nights of stargazing and fireflies.

E SPINELLI

A young mouse is encouraged by his mother to enjoy summer while waiting for autumn to come.

E THOMPSON

A mouse and his mother experience the delights of a picnic on a hot summer day.

E WALLACE

One summer day, Buddy and his mother take a walk around a pond and observe the animals and insects that live there.

E YEE

A little girl enjoys the activities of a warm summer day and night.

E YOUNG

When a young dog’s snow-cone machine fills the backyard with snow, his imagination runs wild and turns a hot summer day into a cold wintry one.