Books like Summer
By Alice Low
For the kid who's already counting down to beach days and firefly hunts, this book turns that anticipation into a read-along celebration. Sunny, easy, warm-breeze nostalgic.
A rhyming celebration of toddler hands moving through a day — holding, molding, catching, throwing, waving hello and goodbye, clapping, and even tying a shoe.
A toddler named Izzy rides through the big city in her stroller with her dad, taking in tall buildings, bright lights, and crowds of people with pure wide-eyed wonder.
A crew of astronauts blasts into orbit aboard a space shuttle, eating ready-to-eat food, floating in zero gravity, taking space walks, and fixing a satellite before returning to Earth.
A collection of poems that offer instructions for everyday wonders and wild imaginings alike — how to toast a marshmallow, meet a hedgehog, or even become a snowflake.
A time-traveling guide skydives into Sequoia National Park, leading young explorers through groves of giant trees to uncover the park's history, wildlife, and a hidden danger threatening its ancient giants.
Four tiny eggs hatch into hungry caterpillars, who eat, grow, and eventually transform inside their chrysalises into full-grown butterflies ready to fly free.
A curious kid heads outside to explore wind firsthand — feeling it push and pull, chasing hats, and figuring out why something you can't see is so easy to feel.
A wood-frame house rises from the ground up, following surveyors, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and landscapers as each crew adds their part until a family finally moves in.
Monarch butterflies leave Canada each fall and fly all the way to Mexico, crossing snow-capped mountains and deserts to reach the forests their ancestors once called home.
A wacky crew of hippos, cats, pigs, and cows count from a quiet One all the way up to a LOUD LOUD LOUD Ten — then back down to quiet One again.
A gentle collection of wishes for a child — for more curiosity than confusion, more good luck than bad — paired with playful illustrations that turn each abstract wish into something you can actually picture.
A globe-trotting author digs into the history of pizza, uncovering wild facts along the way — like Sweden's banana-and-peanut pizza and America's 350-slices-a-second habit.
