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Tales & Tales Suggested Reading Lists

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Enjoy this curated list of books for all ages that tie in with our Tales and Tails theme for Summer Reading 2021! Click on the title to view in our catalog and place on hold.

 

Picture Books

  • Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb, by James Herriot
  • How the Leopard Got His Spots, by Rudyard Kipling
  • Babies in the Bayou, by Jim Arnosky
  • Rum Pum Pum, by Jane Yolen
  • Starry Safari, by Linda Ashman
  • Wild About Books, by Judy Sierra

 

Chapter Books and Children’s Nonfiction

  • The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate
  • Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling
  • Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting
  • I Am Jane Goodall, by Brad Meltzer
  • Climate Change and Life on Earth, by Chinwe Onuoha

 

Young Adult

  • Scat, by Carl Hiaasen
  • Skink, No Surrender, by Carl Hiaasen
  • Menace from the Deep, by Michael P. Spradlin
  • The Beekeepers: How Humans Changed the World of Bumble Bees, by Dana L. Church
  • Planet Under Siege: Climate Change, by Don Nardo

 

Adult

  • All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot
  • The Portable Kipling, by Rudyard Kipling
  • Zoo, by James Patterson
  • The Soul of an Octopus, by Sy Montgomery
  • Planet Earth, by David Attenborough, et. al
  • Nature’s Best Hope, by Douglas W. Tallamy
  • Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide, by Peter Allison

 

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The Library will be closed Saturday, December 24, through Monday, December 26. We will reopen on Tuesday at 10 am. We wish you all a safe and happy holiday weekend.

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