Summer Reading 2025 Picture Book Suggestions

Updated May 7, 2025
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Glitter everywhere! : where it came from, where it's found & where it's going
Barton, Chris
Paper Book
Fans of How It's Made will love this fresh, irreverent look at the science and story behind glitter. If you love glitter, this book is for you. If you hate glitter, this book is also for you. Everyone seems to have an opinion about glitter. But how much...
This is tap : Savion Glover finds his funk
Castrovilla, Selene
Paper Book
A bouncing picture book biography of the tap dancer behind the Happy Feet penguin, illustrated by the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Winner of Hidden Figures. This is a story about tap dancing, a distinctly American art form that blended English-Scottish-Irish...
The boy who drew birds : a story of John James Audubon
Davies, Jacqueline
Paper Book
This fascinating picture book biography from beloved author of the Lemonade War series Jacqueline Davies and Caldecott honor-winning illustrator Melissa Sweet chronicles the life of scientist John James Audubon, who pioneered a technique essential to our understanding of birds thanks to his...
Some of these are snails
Higgins, Carter
Paper Book
Press Here meets Eric Carle in a concept book that makes familiar ideas exciting and surprising.   From the creative mind behind Circle Under Berry comes this deceptively simple concept book that explores sorting,...
Rainbow weaver = Tejedora del arcoíris
Marshall, Linda Elovitz
Paper Book
Bilingual English/Spanish. A young Mayan girl isn't allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, so with a little ingenuity she discovers how to repurpose plastic bags to create colorful weavings. Based on an actual recycling movement in Guatemala. Ixchel wants to follow in the long...
Monet's cat
Murray, Lily
Paper Book
Join artist Claude Monet as he chases his cat through his greatest works! Claude Monet's iconic house was also home to a small white pottery cat. When this cat awakes from its nap and comes to life, it jumps into one of Monet's famous paintings! The cat can't be caught as it...
The dot
Reynolds, Peter
Paper Book
With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark -- and follow where it takes us. Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you." Art class is over, but...
Tap! tap! tap! : dance! dance! dance!
Tullet, Hervé
Paper Book
Read, play, and DANCE on the pages of this interactive and definitely out-of-the box picture book from the creator of Press Here! New from the New York Times bestselling creator Hervé Tullet! Harnessing his love of dance, the passion of his...
Cut! : how Lotte Reiniger and a pair of scissors revolutionized animation
Winters, C. E.
Paper Book
Long before Walt Disney, a young woman revolutionized the landscape of animation using light, a pair of scissors, and her imagination. From acclaimed author C. E. Winters and debut illustrator Matt Schu, STEM meets the arts in this engaging nonfiction picture book biography about Lotte Reiniger....

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