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 all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in your life? Carle's classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and...
In our world a book of shapes
Bello, Jean
Paper Book
This bright, engaging board book introduces children to shapes with simple text and many familiar objects. Part of the new Clever First Concepts series,In Our Worldfeatures a variety of items for children to locate and identify on...
Woodland Dance!
Boynton, Sandra/ Rafer, Suzanne (EDT)
Paper Book
The moose plays the cello. The deer, violin. And it's ONE-two-three, ONE-two-three, time to begin! Destined to be a read-aloud favorite, Woodland Dance is a mystical, waltzing story from beloved author and illustrator Sandra Boynton, and a magical book to share with a...
See, touch, feel : a first sensory book to share with your baby
Boultwood, Ellie
Paper Book
There's lots for baby to explore in See, Touch, Feel: A First Sensory Book. This sturdy board book, with bright photographs of happy babies, is specially designed to stimulate curiosity through sensory play. Each page has a colorful picture activity that invites baby to touch...
The book that almost rhymed
Abed, Omar
Paper Book
Every great adventure needs a hero-or two! This playful take on storytelling and equity proves that two tellers can make a rhyming tale twice as nice. What do you do with an interrupting sibling? Especially when she's stepping all over your story with wild ideas that don't...
Freight train
Crews, Donald.
Paper Book
In simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. This Caldecott Honor Book features bright colors and bold shapes. Even a child not lucky enough to have counted freight cars will feel he or she has watched a...
The rainbow park
Green, Harold, III
Paper Book
This board book explores all of the colors of the rainbow through the adventures of a modern, Black, intergenerational family in (and with) their community.   On an outing to the local community park, a family explores all the colors of the rainbow--from a...
You're going to love this book!
John, Jory
Paper Book
Sure to bring a smile to the faces of even the grumpiest readers, this laugh-out-loud picture book from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Jory John and internationally acclaimed illustrator Olivier Tallec is hilarious enough to come back to again and again. ...
Sparkles, no sparkles
McNeill, Shannon
Paper Book
Adorable animals go for a glittering night at the theater in this hilarious picture book, a perfect read-aloud tale for very young readers. A frog has no sparkle. A poodle has no sparkle. A pigeon has no sparkle. Not to worry! A cape has...
Patchwork prince
Paul, Baptiste
Paper Book
A joyful, empowering story of a boy made royal by his mother's hand-stitched clothes, inspired by the author's childhood in St. Lucia, and with art by a #1 NYT bestselling artist with St. Lucian roots. What makes a patchwork prince? A prince must be ready for adventure...
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...
Build!
Red Nose Studio (COR)
Paper Book
For all young truck lovers and fans of books like Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site! Watch a series of amazing construction vehicles-a dump truck, a bulldozer, and many others-build a building unlike any other. Then delight in the surprise ending, where young readers and listeners...
Colors
Rotner, Shelley
Paper Book
The world is full of colors--explore it with this beautiful board book from an award-winning photographer! A red fire truck races, orange pumpkins glow, and purple flowers bloom. Vivid pictures of familiar scenes, animals, and objects introduce future readers to...
Foodie faces
Wurtzel, Bill
Paper Book
Food, funny faces, and feelings combine in this cute and clever board book about emotions and healthy eating.   No matter how you're feeling--silly, grumpy, happy, or shy--now you can see your face mirrored back on your dinner plate! Find twenty-two different...
Show the world!
Dalton, Angela
Paper Book
A celebration of self-expression and the power of using your voice, centering Black children, and exploring the many things they can do, create, and say to make their mark. Look around! Can you see? The many spaces, places, and ways to show the world...
Dress-up day
Gm?ez, Blanca
Paper Book
When a little girl is home sick for dress-up day at school, she decides there's no need to miss out entirely: She'll just wear her rabbit costume the next day! But when the next day arrives and she's the only one in costume, it doesn't feel like such a great idea, after all. Can a...
Piano wants to play
Kong-Savage, Colleen
Paper Book
Piano and Amy share a special bond. Piano loves to play music with Amy. And Amy loves Piano, too. "Play me, Amy! Play me!" Piano calls. And they do. Every day they play and practice, testing notes and strengthening fingers. From notes to scales to warm, rippling melodies, together they make a joyful...
What Do You See? : A Conversation in Pictures
Saltzberg, Barney.
Paper Book
How creatively do you see things? She took photographs of things she loved and sent them to him. He drew pictures on her photographs of things he saw and sent them back to her. Real-life friends Barney Saltzberg and Jamie Lee Curtis (Just One More Sleep, 2024) share their fun, funny...
A color of his own
Lionni, Leo
Paper Book
The classic story about searching for somewhere to belong, from four-time Caldecott honor winner Leo Lionni. Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped...
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...

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