Summer Tasty Treats
Create your own storytime at home or in the classroom using this thematic starter. You'll find links to selected books in our catalog on this page and a downloadable PDF that includes additional elements like songs/rhymes and suggested materials.
Ice cream, popsicles, watermelon? Yum! A storytime full of refreshing favorites.
Books for babies
- Splash! Leslie Patricelli - BOARD Patricelli
- Go vote baby! Nancy Lamber - BOARD Lambert
- Summertime, Jane Foster - BOARD Foster
- Find the Triangle - BOARD Teckentrup
Books for toddlers
- Ice Cream Face, Heidi Woodward Sheffield - STORIES Sheffield
- Maisy Makes Lemonade, Lucy Cousins - CHARACTERS Cousins
- Yum! Yuck! Linda Sue Park - CONCEPTS Park
- The Watermelon Seed, Greg Pizzoli - FAVORITES Pizzoli
- Should I share my ice cream? Mo Willems - READERS Willems
- Debo compartir mi helado? Mo Willems - WRLDLNG Willems
- Wemberly’s ice cream star, Kevin Henkes - BOARD Henkes
Books for preschoolers
- Paletero Man, Lucky Diaz - RHYMES Diaz
- Que Paletero Tan Cool! - BILNG Diaz
- What can you do with a paleta?, Carmen Tafolla - STORIES Tafolla
- Que puedes hacer con una paleta?, Carmen Tofolla - BILNG Tofolla
- Groovy Joe Ice Cream & Dinosaurs, Eric Litwin - CHARACTERS Litwin
- Jose el Chevere Helado y dinosaurios, Eric Litwin - WRLDLNG Litwin
- It Began with Lemonade - FAVORITES Sterer
Books for school-age
- Un Pregon de Frutas, Margarita Engle - WRLDLNG Engle
- When Grandma gives you a lemon tree - STORIES Deenihan
- Moon Pops, Hŭi-na Paek - FOLK Paek
A “taste” for Reading! For older babies, books become toys to grasp, open, close, and even chew on! Learning to love books starts with actively exploring them.
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