June Story Time Themes

My favorite story time themes for June are all about welcoming warm weather, being outside, and of course, summer reading.

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The Beach

Suggested Books:

• All You Need for a Beach by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Barbara Lavallee
• To the Beach by Thomas Docherty
• Senses at the Seashore by Shelley Rotner 
• At the Beach by Anne Rockwell 

Extension Activities:

• We're Going to the Beach
• Five Pretty Sandcastles
• What Can We See At the Beach?
• Five Little Shells

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Sunshine

Suggested Books:

• What the Sun Sees / What the Moon Sees by Nancy Tafuri
• One Light, One Sun by Raffi
• The Sun is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch
• This is the Sunflower by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Donald Crews

Extension Activities:

• Mr. Sun
• You Are My Sunshine
• Sunny Day
• The Big Round Sun in the Summer Sky 
• Just Like the Sun 

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Playing Outside

Suggested Books:

• All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee
• Into the Outdoors by Susan Gal
• Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets
• Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle by Chris Raschka

Extension Activities:

• Climb a Tree
• Go In and Out the Window 
• What Shall We Do When We All Go Out?
• Bicycle 
• Under the Big Chestnut Tree
• Summer Dance

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Zoo

Suggested Books:

• 1, 2, 3, to the Zoo by Eric Carle
• Bruno Munari's Zoo by Bruno Munari
• The Opposite Zoo by Il Sung Na
• Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell 
• My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall

Extension Activities:

• Going to the Zoo
• The Keeper at the Zoo
• Lots of Lions
• I Went to Visit the Zoo One Day

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(Summer) Reading

Suggested Books:

• We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems
• Book! by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Maggie Smith 
• The Wonderful Book by Leonid Gore
• I Like Books by Anthony Browne 
• Lola Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw

Extension Activities: 

• These Are My Glasses
• I'm Going Down to the Library
• The More We Read Together