My favorite story time themes for June are all about welcoming warm weather, being outside, and of course, summer reading.
The Beach
- 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:
Sunshine
- 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:
Playing Outside
- 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
Zoo
- 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:
(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:
