SRP 2025: Kid Artists [J Chapter Books]
Celebrate our art theme summer reading program by reading about kids who do a variety of art, just like you! Artists can be painters, sculpture, architects, actors, cartoonists, musicians, singers, filmmakers, and more! Learn more about the summer reading program at BoylePubLib.org/SummerReading
Me and Banksy
Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Operation Final Notice
Matthew Landis
Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City
Rob Biddulph
The Magic Paintbrush
Kat Zhang, Eric Darnell
Duet
Elise Broach
The Mystwick School of Musicraft
Jessica Khoury
The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann
The Truth about Triangles
Michael Leali
Unstuck
Barbara Dee
Eli Over Easy
Phil Stamper
Art Club (a Graphic Novel)
Rashad Doucet
The Van Gogh Deception
Deron R. Hicks
A Brush with Magic
Flora Ahn
Inkheart
Cornelia Caroline Funke
Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd
Lyla Lee
Stargazing
Jen Wang
Beneath the Swirling Sky
Carolyn Leiloglou
Between Flowers and Bones
Carolyn Leiloglou
The Real Riley Mayes
Rachel Elliott
Doodleville
Chad Sell
Me and Banksy
Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Operation Final Notice
Matthew Landis
Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City
Rob Biddulph
The Magic Paintbrush
Kat Zhang, Eric Darnell
Duet
Elise Broach
The Mystwick School of Musicraft
Jessica Khoury
The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann
The Truth about Triangles
Michael Leali
Unstuck
Barbara Dee
Eli Over Easy
Phil Stamper
Art Club (a Graphic Novel)
Rashad Doucet
The Van Gogh Deception
Deron R. Hicks
A Brush with Magic
Flora Ahn
Inkheart
Cornelia Caroline Funke
Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd
Lyla Lee
Stargazing
Jen Wang
Beneath the Swirling Sky
Carolyn Leiloglou
Between Flowers and Bones
Carolyn Leiloglou
The Real Riley Mayes
Rachel Elliott
Doodleville
Chad Sell
SRP 2025: Artists [J Biography]
Celebrate our art theme summer reading program by reading about an artist! These picture book biographies are perfect for learning more about an artist you love or finding someone new. Artists can be painters, sculpture, architects, actors, cartoonists, musicians, singers, filmmakers, and more! Learn more about the summer reading program at BoylePubLib.org/SummerReading
Just Jerry
Jerry Pinkney
It Jes' Happened
Don Tate
Polka Dot Parade
Deborah Blumenthal
Dressing Up the Stars
Jeanne Walker Harvey
Walt's Imagination (A Big Words Biography)
Doreen Rappaport
Nonsense!
Lori Mortensen
Vincent's Colors
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Shape of the World
K.L. Going
Pocket Full of Colors
Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville
Dave the Potter
Laban Carrick Hill
Dancing Through Fields of Color
Elizabeth Brown
Jackie Ormes Draws the Future
Liz Montague
Out of the Shadows
Fiona Robinson
American Gothic
Susan Wood
Art From Her Heart
Kathy Whitehead
Brush of the Gods
Lenore Look
A Boy Named Isamu
James Yang
Rock by Rock
Jennifer Bradbury
Jump at the Sun
Alicia D. Williams
Just Jerry
Jerry Pinkney
It Jes' Happened
Don Tate
Polka Dot Parade
Deborah Blumenthal
Dressing Up the Stars
Jeanne Walker Harvey
Walt's Imagination (A Big Words Biography)
Doreen Rappaport
Nonsense!
Lori Mortensen
Vincent's Colors
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Shape of the World
K.L. Going
Pocket Full of Colors
Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville
Dave the Potter
Laban Carrick Hill
Dancing Through Fields of Color
Elizabeth Brown
Jackie Ormes Draws the Future
Liz Montague
Out of the Shadows
Fiona Robinson
American Gothic
Susan Wood
Art From Her Heart
Kathy Whitehead
Brush of the Gods
Lenore Look
A Boy Named Isamu
James Yang
Rock by Rock
Jennifer Bradbury
Jump at the Sun
Alicia D. Williams
SRP 2025: Read about Art [JNF]
Celebrate our art theme summer reading program by reading about art! These juvenile nonfiction books will teach you about colors, art movements, museums, and more! Learn more about the summer reading program at BoylePubLib.org/SummerReading
A History of Pictures for Children
David Hockney, Martin Gayford
Children's Book of Art
DORLING KINDERSLEY.
The Met 5000 Years of Awesome Objects
Aaron Rosen, Susie Hodge, Susie Brooks, Mary Richards
Where's the Artist?
(none)
The Story of Paintings
Mick Manning, Brita Granström
How the Sphinx Got to the Museum
Jessie Hartland
Journeys Through Abu Dhabi Louvre
Beatrice Fontanel
What Can Colors Do?
Elizabeth Yohlin Baill
Before Colors
Annette Bay Pimentel
Meet the Typographer
Gaby Bazin
This Book Will Make You an Artist
Ruth Millington
13 Art Materials Children Should Know
Narcisa Marchioro
A History of Pictures for Children
David Hockney, Martin Gayford
Children's Book of Art
DORLING KINDERSLEY.
The Met 5000 Years of Awesome Objects
Aaron Rosen, Susie Hodge, Susie Brooks, Mary Richards
Where's the Artist?
(none)
The Story of Paintings
Mick Manning, Brita Granström
How the Sphinx Got to the Museum
Jessie Hartland
Journeys Through Abu Dhabi Louvre
Beatrice Fontanel
What Can Colors Do?
Elizabeth Yohlin Baill
Before Colors
Annette Bay Pimentel
Meet the Typographer
Gaby Bazin
This Book Will Make You an Artist
Ruth Millington
13 Art Materials Children Should Know
Narcisa Marchioro
If you like the Percy Jackson series, try these!
Did you love the adventure, mythology, and friendships of the Percy Jackson series? Try reading these next! Each of these books features mythology from around the world and across time in thrilling stories with characters you root for along the way.
Ikenga
Nnedi Okorafor
Abeni's Song
P. Djèlí Clark
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Kwame Mbalia
The Last Fallen Star
Graci Kim
Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor
Xiran Jay Zhao
Lia Park and the Missing Jewel
Jenna Yoon
Pahua and the Soul Stealer
Lori Lee
Lei and the Fire Goddess
Malia Maunakea
Rick Riordan Presents: The Spirit Glass
Roshani Chokshi
The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)
Christina Soontornvat
The Spindle of Fate
Aimee Lim
The Scroll of Chaos
Elsie Chapman
Maya and the Rising Dark
Rena Barron
Kwame Crashes the Underworld
Craig Kofi Farmer
Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask
Shiko Nguru
Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans
Isi Hendrix
The Serpent's Secret
Sayantani Dasgupta
Amira and Hamza: the War to Save the Worlds
Samira Ahmed
Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind
Misa Sugiura
Lulu Sinagtala and the City of Noble Warriors
Gail D. Villanueva
The Twelve
Cindy Lin
Aru Shah and the End of Time
Roshani Chokshi
Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom
Sangu Mandanna
City of the Plague God
Sarwat Chadda
Black Bird, Blue Road
Sofiya Pasternack
Sona and the Golden Beasts
Rajani Larocca
The Firebird Song
Arnée Flores
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
A.F. Steadman
Loki's Wolves
K. L. Armstrong, Melissa Marr
The Storm Runner (A Storm Runner Novel, Book 1)
J.C. Cervantes
Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows
Ryan Calejo
Ikenga
Nnedi Okorafor
Abeni's Song
P. Djèlí Clark
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Kwame Mbalia
The Last Fallen Star
Graci Kim
Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor
Xiran Jay Zhao
Lia Park and the Missing Jewel
Jenna Yoon
Pahua and the Soul Stealer
Lori Lee
Lei and the Fire Goddess
Malia Maunakea
Rick Riordan Presents: The Spirit Glass
Roshani Chokshi
The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)
Christina Soontornvat
The Spindle of Fate
Aimee Lim
The Scroll of Chaos
Elsie Chapman
Maya and the Rising Dark
Rena Barron
Kwame Crashes the Underworld
Craig Kofi Farmer
Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask
Shiko Nguru
Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans
Isi Hendrix
The Serpent's Secret
Sayantani Dasgupta
Amira and Hamza: the War to Save the Worlds
Samira Ahmed
Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind
Misa Sugiura
Lulu Sinagtala and the City of Noble Warriors
Gail D. Villanueva
The Twelve
Cindy Lin
Aru Shah and the End of Time
Roshani Chokshi
Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom
Sangu Mandanna
City of the Plague God
Sarwat Chadda
Black Bird, Blue Road
Sofiya Pasternack
Sona and the Golden Beasts
Rajani Larocca
The Firebird Song
Arnée Flores
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
A.F. Steadman
Loki's Wolves
K. L. Armstrong, Melissa Marr
The Storm Runner (A Storm Runner Novel, Book 1)
J.C. Cervantes
Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows
Ryan Calejo
Ikenga
Nnedi Okorafor
50 Books to Read Before Kindergarten
Here is our list of 50 Books to Read Before starting Kindergarten!! This list was lovingly made by our librarians to share books that are fun to read and developmentally appropriate for those about to start Kindergarten.
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Philemon Sturges
Love Waves
Rosemary Wells
The Mochi Makers
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Mommy's Hometown
Hope Lim
Monster Hands
Karen Kane, Jonaz McMillan
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Dr. Seuss
My Dog's a Chicken
Susan McElroy Montanari
Outside In
Deborah Underwood
Over and Under the Snow
Kate Messner
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen
Raindrops Roll
April Pulley Sayre
Round Is a Tortilla
Roseanne Thong
The Runaway Pea
Kjartan Poskitt
Spoon
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Thank You, Omu!
Oge Mora
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback
There's a Monster in Your Book
Tom Fletcher
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Whose Egg Is That?
Darrin Lunde
Wonder Walkers
Micha Archer
Beneath
Cori Doerrfeld
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Saki Tanaka
Boxitects
Kim Smith
The Boy Who Loved Maps
Kari Allen
Color Zoo
Lois Ehlert
Dad Bakes
Katie Yamasaki
Daniel's Good Day
Micha Archer
Dinothesaurus
Douglas Florian
The Dot
Peter Reynolds
Fern and Otto
Stephanie Graegin
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Michelle Schaub
Good Night, Baddies
Deborah Underwood
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Tim Kleyn
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Karen Beaumont
I Like This, You Like That
Linda Ashman
I Love You, Stinky Face
Lisa McCourt
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
If Frogs Made the Weather
Marion Dane Bauer
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
(none)
Just Because
Mac Barnett
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Keith Calabrese
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Scott Magoon
Little i
Michael Hall
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Mirka Hokkanen
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Philemon Sturges
Love Waves
Rosemary Wells
The Mochi Makers
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Mommy's Hometown
Hope Lim
Monster Hands
Karen Kane, Jonaz McMillan
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Dr. Seuss
My Dog's a Chicken
Susan McElroy Montanari
Outside In
Deborah Underwood
Over and Under the Snow
Kate Messner
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen
Raindrops Roll
April Pulley Sayre
Round Is a Tortilla
Roseanne Thong
The Runaway Pea
Kjartan Poskitt
Spoon
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Thank You, Omu!
Oge Mora
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback
There's a Monster in Your Book
Tom Fletcher
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Whose Egg Is That?
Darrin Lunde
Wonder Walkers
Micha Archer
Beneath
Cori Doerrfeld
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Saki Tanaka
Boxitects
Kim Smith
The Boy Who Loved Maps
Kari Allen
Color Zoo
Lois Ehlert
Dad Bakes
Katie Yamasaki
Daniel's Good Day
Micha Archer
Dinothesaurus
Douglas Florian
The Dot
Peter Reynolds
Fern and Otto
Stephanie Graegin
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Michelle Schaub
Good Night, Baddies
Deborah Underwood
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Tim Kleyn
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Karen Beaumont
I Like This, You Like That
Linda Ashman
I Love You, Stinky Face
Lisa McCourt
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
If Frogs Made the Weather
Marion Dane Bauer
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
(none)
Just Because
Mac Barnett
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Keith Calabrese
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Scott Magoon
Little i
Michael Hall
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Mirka Hokkanen
50 Books to Read Before First Grade
Here is our list of 50 Books to Read Before starting First Grade!! This list was lovingly made by our librarians to share books that are fun to read and developmentally appropriate for those about to start First Grade.
Kipper and Roly
(none)
Leave Me Alone!
Vera Brosgol
Malik's Number Thoughts
(none)
Marigold Bakes a Cake
(none)
My Friend Earth
Patricia MacLachlan
Rainbow Hands
Mamta Nainy
The Rainbow Mystery
Fran Manushkin
The Robot and the Bluebird
David Lucas
Saving the Sun
Emma Pearl
Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom
Cate Berry
Secret Pizza Party
Adam Rubin
Something Smells!
Blake Liliane Hellman
Song in the City
Daniel Bernstrom
Square
Mac Barnett
The Squish
Breanna Carzoo
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon
This Table
Alex Killian
Thunder Cake
Patricia Polacco
What Do You Do with an Idea?
Kobi Yamada
When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast
Andrea L. Rogers
Where the Sidewalk Ends
(none)
The World's Best Class Plant
Audrey Vernick, Liz Garton Scanlon
Yumbo Gumbo
Keila V. Dawson
The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish
All the Water in the World
George Ella Lyon
Awe-Samosas!
Marzieh Abbas
Badger's Perfect Garden
Marsha Diane Arnold
Bean Thirteen
(none)
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Todd Tarpley
The Big Bike
C. L. Reid
The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary
Chelsea Lin Wallace
The Book with No Pictures
B. J. Novak
Brilliant Bea
Shaina Rudolph, Mary Vukadinovich
Built to Last
Minh Lê
Can Bears Ski?
(none)
Chicken Talk
Patricia MacLachlan
The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt
Dessert Island
Ben Zhu
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Derick Wilder
Empanadas for Everyone
Jackie Azúa Kramer
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit
Catherine Rayner
Every Night Is Pizza Night
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Gianna Ruggiero
Days with Frog and Toad
Arnold Lobel
Gift & Box
Ellen Mayer
The Hidden Forest
Jeannie Baker
I Will Read to You
Gideon Sterer
Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
The Itchy Book! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
Mo Willems, LeUyen Pham
Kipper and Roly
(none)
Leave Me Alone!
Vera Brosgol
Malik's Number Thoughts
(none)
Marigold Bakes a Cake
(none)
My Friend Earth
Patricia MacLachlan
Rainbow Hands
Mamta Nainy
The Rainbow Mystery
Fran Manushkin
The Robot and the Bluebird
David Lucas
Saving the Sun
Emma Pearl
Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom
Cate Berry
Secret Pizza Party
Adam Rubin
Something Smells!
Blake Liliane Hellman
Song in the City
Daniel Bernstrom
Square
Mac Barnett
The Squish
Breanna Carzoo
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon
This Table
Alex Killian
Thunder Cake
Patricia Polacco
What Do You Do with an Idea?
Kobi Yamada
When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast
Andrea L. Rogers
Where the Sidewalk Ends
(none)
The World's Best Class Plant
Audrey Vernick, Liz Garton Scanlon
Yumbo Gumbo
Keila V. Dawson
The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish
All the Water in the World
George Ella Lyon
Awe-Samosas!
Marzieh Abbas
Badger's Perfect Garden
Marsha Diane Arnold
Bean Thirteen
(none)
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Todd Tarpley
The Big Bike
C. L. Reid
The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary
Chelsea Lin Wallace
The Book with No Pictures
B. J. Novak
Brilliant Bea
Shaina Rudolph, Mary Vukadinovich
Built to Last
Minh Lê
Can Bears Ski?
(none)
Chicken Talk
Patricia MacLachlan
The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt
Dessert Island
Ben Zhu
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Derick Wilder
Empanadas for Everyone
Jackie Azúa Kramer
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit
Catherine Rayner
Every Night Is Pizza Night
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Gianna Ruggiero
Days with Frog and Toad
Arnold Lobel
Gift & Box
Ellen Mayer
The Hidden Forest
Jeannie Baker
I Will Read to You
Gideon Sterer
Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
The Itchy Book! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
Mo Willems, LeUyen Pham
