Whether you’re hitting beach, going camping, or just taking advantage of the long summer days, pour some lemonade and settle in… these are our favorite summer picture books!

Some will take you to the ocean, others out on the lake in a boat, a few will take you camping and one will even take you on a BEAR hunt!

Isn’t it nice to think that you can have so many big adventures, right in your own home? Of course, you can also pack up these books to read wherever summer takes you.

We’ll have more summertime favorites to share with you for August.

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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Mr. Gumpy’s Outing
One-Dog Canoe
At Night
One Morning in Maine
Time of Wonder (Picture Puffins)
A House for Hermit Crab (The World of Eric Carle)
Better Not Get Wet, Jesse Bear
Island Boy (Picture Puffins)
Strega Nona Takes a Vacation
The Snail and the Whale
Giant Squid (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards))
Swimmy
Kitten’s First Full Moon Board Book
Just Me and My Dad
Thunder Cake
Baby Beluga
By Author Down by the Bay
A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee
Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee
Hattie and Hudson
Summertime in the Big Woods (Little House Picture Book)
Flotsam
Bedtime in the Forest
Pie Is for Sharing
Possum and the Summer Storm
Summer Days and Nights
Bringing the Outside In
Moon: A Peek-Through Picture Book
There Might Be Lobsters
A Perfect Day
Everything You Need for a Treehouse
Night of the Moonjellies
Magic Beach: A Special 20th Anniversary Edition
Hello Lighthouse
Sea Glass Summer
Beach House
The Maggie B
Ocean Meets Sky
Hum and Swish
Perfect
All The World

 
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