Summer Reading Club 5: Works of Art

The BC Summer Reading Club week 5 theme is "Works of Art: arts & crafts." Check out these suggestions for readers ages 0-12!

Updated July 3, 2024
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The artivist
Smith, Nikkolas, 1985- author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
An inspiring picture book about how children can combine art and activism in their daily lives. "They say I'm an artist. They say I'm an activist." When a young boy realizes the scope of inequities in the wider world, he's seized with the urge to do more. He...

Picturebook

Amelia Bedelia chalks one up
Parish, Herman 
Paper Book
Learn to read with young Amelia Bedelia! Amelia Bedelia has been loved by readers for more than fifty years, and it turns out that her childhood is full of silly mix-ups, too! When Amelia Bedelia's mother is having a "gray day," Amelia Bedelia knows just what to do to make it...

Reader

Pete the Kitty's outdoor art project
Dean, Kim, 1969- author. 
Paper Book
Join Pete the Kitty as he gets creative in this I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling team Kimberly and James Dean. Pete the Kitty loves art class. But when the project is to go outside and make art from nature, Pete isn't sure what to create. Then inspiration...

Reader

Perfect paper cranes
Iwai, Melissa, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
"A cheery, gentle lesson on the importance of "practice makes ­perfect." --School Library Journal (starred review) A Geisel Honor-winning series! Gigi loves the Japan Day Festival! When Ojiji volunteers at the origami booth, Gigi can't wait to make a paper crane like...

Reader

The un-friendship bracelet
Maker, Martha 
Paper Book
In the first book of the Craftily Ever After chapter book series, a new student gets between best friends Emily and Maddie--and changes the meaning of their friendship bracelets! Emily Adams, Maddie Wilson, Bella Diaz, and Sam Sharma are eight-year-olds with one special thing in...

Primary fiction

Violets are blue
Dee, Barbara 
Paper Book
From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a moving and relatable middle grade novel about secrets, family, and the power of forgiveness. Twelve-year-old Wren loves makeup--special effect makeup, to be...

Intermediate fiction

Arts and thefts
Hymas, Allison K. 
Paper Book
Middle school retrieval specialist Jeremy Wilderson must team up with preteen private detective Becca Mills once again to solve his most mind-boggling case yet in this action-packed MAX novel. Ahh, summer vacation! Jeremy Wilderson, Scottsville Middle School's first (and only)...

Intermediate fiction

Me and Banksy /
Kyi, Tanya Lloyd,
Paper Book
Dominica's private school is covered in cameras, and someone is hacking into them and posting embarrassing moments for the whole school to see. Like Ana picking her nose. When Dominica quickly changes her shirt from inside out in what she thinks is the privacy of a quiet corner in the library, she's...

Intermediate fiction

Many points of me
Gertler, Caroline 
Paper Book
"Sensitive and thoughtful--a story about loss, friendship, and the beauty of self-discovery."--Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father--a famed artist--left behind, the discovery leads her down a path...

Intermediate fiction

The big book of nature art
Zommer, Yuval, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
Featuring twenty-two easy craft projects using natural and recycled materials, The Big Book of Nature Art is a fun and eco way for young children to connect creatively with nature. From bestselling author Yuval Zommer, The Big Book of Nature Art is packed with...

Non-fiction

Art play!
Donnelly, Meredith Magee 
Paper Book
Get ready for an art adventure! Using paint, colored paper, clay, and other basic art supplies, preschoolers learn to tap into their natural artistic abilities with fun-filled projects shown through easy-to-follow, colorful photos. From making bubble prints and color collages to turning a T-shirt...

Non-fiction


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