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• Summer Is Here

  Watson, Renée,

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  For Pre-Readers. Follows a young girl enjoying fun and exciting activities on a perfect summer day.

• Swim, Jim!

  Windness, Kaz, 1974-

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  For Pre-Readers. With the help of his sisters and some borrowed floaties, a fearful crocodile learns to swim. Includes information about crocodiles.

• Bubbles...up!

  Davies, Jacqueline, 1962-

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  For Pre-Readers. A day at the community pool is full of unwater magic--dunking and diving with friends; somersaulting, walking on your hands, and bursting up through the surface like a tortoise. But when a thunderstorm comes and a little brother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Boy Named Isamu

  a Story of Isamu Noguchi

  Yang, James, 1960-

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  For Pre-Readers. Imagines a day in the boyhood of Japanese American artist, Isamu Noguchi, while wandering through an outdoor market, through the forest, and then by the ocean, seeing things Isamu sees through the eyes of a young artist.

• Swim Swim Sink

  Harney, Jenn,

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  For Pre-Readers. When one little duck keeps sinking, it relies on duckling ingenuity to stay afloat.

• Summer Song

  Henkes, Kevin,

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  For Pre-Readers. Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce the colors, songs, and activities of summer.

• Mabel

  a Mermaid Fable

  Watkins, Rowboat, 1967-

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  For Pre-Readers. A picture book about a mermaid named Mabel, who unlike the rest of her family does not have a moustache, and the seven-armed octopus who becomes her friend and helps her see that she is just right the way she is.

• All the World

  Scanlon, Elizabeth Garton

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  For Pre-Readers. Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family.

• Summer

  a Solstice Story

  Gross, Kelsey Ebben, 1982-

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  For Pre-Readers and Readers. Owl and friends gathering up gifts of love from the woodlands to honor the shining spirits of new life on the longest day of the year.

• City Summer, Country Summer

  Laymon, Kiese,

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  For Readers. Three African American boys, including one visiting from New York, form a meaningful connection during a summer trip to rural Mississippi.

• Seashell Key

  Heuer, Lourdes,

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  For Readers. Follows residents of Seashell Key as they welcome summer visitors to their coastal town.

• Beach Bummer

  Higgins, Ryan T.,

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  For Readers. It's beach day in Soggy Hollow! Everyone is enjoying fun in the sun - everyone, that is, except for Bruce. It's too hot, too sandy, and too windy! Bruce's favorite thing about summer? Doing nothing. In the shade. Where it's cool.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Do Not Like Water

  Lindström, Eva, 1952-

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  For Readers. Alf is scared of water--but he's not about to let that keep him from enjoying summer with his water-loving friends. In this slyly humorous story, Alf creatively confronts his fears and comes up with a surprising solution.

• Second Chance Summer

  Kapit, Sarah,

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  For Readers. When twelve-year-old former best friends Maddie and Chloe arrive at camp and discover they are cabin mates, they must decide if they want to continue staying mad at each other or give their friendship another go.

• Carousel Summer

  Gros, Kathleen,

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  For Readers and Pre-Teens. With her best friend away at camp, tons of chores to do, and her dad always on her case for being such a tomboy, Lucy is dreading summer. That is, until Milforth's plan to revive an old carousel for the town's 150th…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Day at the Beach

  Schmidt, Gary D.,

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  For Readers and Pre-Teens. This novel told from multiple points of view follows a diverse cast of young people whose lives intersect...over the course of a summer day at the beach.

• Sam(ira)'s Worst (best) Summer

  Hamza, Nina,

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  For Readers and Pre-Teens. Samira knows this is going to be the worst summer ever. Her best friend, Kiera, ditched her for the cool girls. Her parents and older sister are taking a trip to India, so Sammy is staring down endless weeks spent with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Slugfest

  Korman, Gordon,

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  For Readers and Pre-Teens. Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest" in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gossamer Summer

  Bouwman, H. M.,

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  For Pre-Teens. Four sisters find their summer vacation taking a magical turn when they stumble into the world of some rather unexpected fairies in this moving middle grade story that’s perfect for fans of The Penderwicks.

• The Water Bears

  Baker, Kim,

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  For Pre-Teens. A quirky, empowering story about a boy recovering from a bear attack with the help of his friends and maybe, some magic. Tackling themes of survival and self-acceptance, Newt's story illuminates the magic in our world, where reality…Read moreRead more of this annotation