Color Our World: Read to me

Our 2025 Bookworm Summer Reading Theme is Color Your World. We invite you to explore the world around you through art and books. Here are some to get you started!

Updated January 3, 2025
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The very hungry caterpillar
Carle, Eric.
Paper Book
THE ICONIC #1 BESTSELLER * The all-time classic starring the world's favorite caterpillar! This beautiful, sturdy board book is a perfect gift for new babies, baby showers, birthdays, and other new beginnings! "Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative."--The New York Times...
Farm babies
Paper Book
Young children will love exploring the innovative novelty elements as they learn about animals on the farm with See, Touch, Feel: Farm Babies.Filled with classic See, Touch, Feel style artwork, this chunky board book is packed full of adorable farm animals for young children to meet. This engaging...
Izzy paints
Miller, Tim
Paper Book
"Izzy's happiness at creating something of their own and the simple but lively text make for a delightful and engaging read-aloud. A charming stroll through the imagination and a testament to the joys of creativity." --Kirkus Inspired by a museum visit, a young koala...
Mix it up!
Tullet, Hervé
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling book, a brilliant companion to the mega-selling classic Press Here, is now gently compressed into a toddler-friendly board book. With the graphic intensity of Eric Carle, the interactive fun of Poke-a-Dot books, and the...
Tap! Tap! Tap! : Dance! Dance! Dance!
Tullet, Herve
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...
Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?
Martin, Bill.
Paper Book
With more than two million copies sold, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? has opened up a world of learning to a generation of children. For this edition, created for the twenty-fifth anniversay in 1992, Bill Martin, Jr., restored his text to its original wording. And Eric Carle...
The day the crayons quit
Daywalt, Drew
Paper Book
The Number One New York Times Bestseller! Included in BookTrust's 100 Best Books for Children Debut author Drew Daywalt and international bestseller Oliver Jeffers team up to create a colourful solution to a crayon-based crisis in this playful, imaginative story that will have...
Pete the Cat : I love my white shoes
Litwin, Eric
Paper Book
Don't miss the first and bestselling book in the beloved Pete the Cat series! Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other...
Monsters love colors
Austin, Mike
Paper Book
Did you know that monsters love to scribble, scribble, mix, dance, and wiggle! Why Because monsters love to make new colors! Celebrate along with the hilarious monsters in this wild and energetic picture book from author...
Planting a rainbow
Ehlert, Lois.
Paper Book
In this perennial classic by Caldecott Honor-winning author Lois Ehlert, little ones learn the colors of the rainbow as they watch a plants grow in a beautifully vibrant garden. Through brilliant, textured cut paper collages, the story follows the progress of a mother and daughter in their...
Dog's colorful day : a messy story about colors and counting
Dodd, Emma
Paper Book
Dog starts off the day with one black spot on his ear. But it seems that wherever he goes, he runs, rolls, and trots right into colors. As he wanders around town, Dog collects spots made of red jam, blue paint, pink ice cream, and more. When he finally arrives back home, Dog has ten different...
Blue
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro
Paper Book
How many shades of blue are there? There's the soft blue of a baby's cherished blanket, the ocean blue of a romp in the waves, the chilly blue of a cold winter's walk in the snow, and the true blue of the bond that exists between children and animals. In this simple,...
Have you seen my dragon?
Light, Steve
Paper Book
Enter a fascinating, ornately drawn cityscape and help a boy find his dragon while counting objects from hot dogs to traffic lights. In the heart of the city, among the taxis and towers, a small boy travels uptown and down, searching for his friend. Readers will certainly spot...
Mouse paint
Walsh, Ellen Stoll
Paper Book
Perfect for fans of Lois Ehlert and Press Here, this charming board book gently explores the world of color and celebrates the joy of creativity. One day three white mice discover three jars of paint--red, blue, and yellow. But what happens when they splash in the colors,...
Dump Truck's colors
Rinker, Sherri Duskey
Ebook
From Sherri Duskey Rinker, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Steam Train, Dream Train, Mighty, Mighty Construction Site, and Construction Site on Christmas Night. Join Dump Truck on his...
Roo knows blue
Treml, Ren©?e
Paper Book
**SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020 SHORTLISTED** For the Little Explorers- Learn with Roo! Roo knows, Roo knows, Roo knows blue. But does Roo know about other colours too? Learn colours with Roo and Possum and...

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