Gwinnett Library Suggests Fun Summer Reads

School's out for summer. Are your kids are glued to the TV or their computer? If so, the Gwinnett County Public Library shared with Snellville Patch their recommendations for young readers that will take them on a learning adventure. The books fall into the theme of their summer reading program, "Dig Into Reading," which kicks-off this week with fun events at libraries county-wide.

Here is GCPL's list:

Gardening and Growing:

• Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres
• Little Green by Keith Baker
• Potato Joe by Keith Baker
• Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
• Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
• Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
• Mystery Vine by Cathryn Falwell
• Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell
• My Garden by Kevin Henkes
• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
• Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin, Jr.
• The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• Carrot Soup by John Segal
• Grandpa Green by Lane Smith

For Nonfiction titles, browse in the #570’s, #580’s, and #635’s.

• A Seed is Sleepy by Diana Hutts Aston #581.467
• Can You Find These Flowers? by Carmen Bredeson #582.13
• From Seed to Dandelion by Ellen Weiss #583.99
• Carrots Grow Underground by Mari Schuh #635.13
• Flower Fairies of the Summer by Cicely Mary Barker #821.912

Burrowing Animals:

• Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
• Mole’s Hill: A Woodland Tale by Lois Ehlert
• Underground by Denise Fleming
• Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
• Where To, Little Wombat? by Charles Fuge
• What a Treasure! by Jane and Will Hillenbrand
• Good News! Bad News! By Jeff Mack
• Holey Moley by Marcus Pfister
• Wee Little Bunny by Lauren Thompson
• One Dark Night by Lisa Wheeler
• Naked Mole-Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
  
  For Nonfiction titles, browse in #591’s and up to #599’s:

• Chipmunk’s Hole by Dee Phillips #599.364
• It’s Moving Day! by Pamela Hickman #591.5648
• Home Sweet Burrow by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann #591.5648
• Home Sweet Den by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann  #591.564

Construction Machines:

• Get to Work, Trucks! by Don Carter
• Job Site by Nathan Clement
• The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler
• What Can a Crane Pick Up? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
• Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
• I Am a Backhoe by Anna Grossnickle Hines
• A Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa by Jonathan London
• Monsters on Machines by Deb Lund
• The Construction Crew by Lynne Meltzer
• Building With Dad by Carol Nevius
• Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by  Sherri Duskey Rinker
• Good Morning, Digger by Anne Rockwell
• Road Work Ahead by Anastasia Suen
  
  For Nonfiction titles, browse in #621.86 - #625.85 and #690:
• Building a Road by JoAnn Early Macken #625.7
• Bulldozers by M.T. Martin #629.225
• Earthmovers and Diggers by Mary Kate Doman #621.865

--Do you have any other suggestions for summer reading? Tell us in the comment section below.