Summer Books

Summer Book Ideas (Summer, Camping, Beach, Swimming)

Summer

• Summer is Here! - Heidi Pross Gray
• Fireflies! - Julie Brinckloe
• Mama, Is It Summer Yet? - Nikki McClure
• The Relatives Came - Cynthia Rylant
• Summer Days and Nights - Wong Herbert Yee
• Marshmallow Kisses - Linda Crotta Brennan
• I See Summer - Charles Ghigna
• Let it Shine - Maryann Cocca-Leffler
• Wet Dog - Elise Broach
• What Can You See in Summer? - Sian Smith
• Summer - Gerda Muller
• The Summer Solstice - Ellen Jackson
• Summertime in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Mouse's First Summer - Lauren Thompson
• Taffy Saltwater's Yummy Summer - Michael Paraskevas
• Summer - Alice Low
• Olivia Opens a Lemonade Stand - Kama Einhorn
• The Very Lonely Firefly - Eric Carle
• The Little House - Virginia Lee Burton
• Rules of Summer - Shaun Tan
• Canoe Days - Gary Paulsen
• The Longest Day - Wendy Pfeffer
• Cheers for a Dozen Ears - Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
• Zoomer's Summer Snowstorm - Ned Young
• Summer Sun Risen' - W. Nikola-Lisa
• Lemonade Stand - Mike Berenstain
• Caterina and the Lemonade Stand - Erin Eitter Kono
• Freedom Summer - Deborah Wiles
• Ella's Summer Fun - Giselle Shardlow
• Blueberries' for Sal - Robert McCloskey
• Jamberry - Bruce Degen
• Carl's Summer Vacation - Alexandra Day
• The Bear Ate Your Sandwich - Julia Sarcone-Roach
• It's Summer! - Linda Glaser
• The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear - Don & Audrey Wood
• The Watermelon Seed - Greg Pizzoli
• The Best Book of Bugs - Claire Llewellyn
• Toy Boat - Randall de Sève
• Ice Cream: The Full Scoop - Gail Gibbons
• Thunder Cake - Patricia Polacco
• Clifford Keeps Cool - Norman Bridwell
• We're Going on a Picnic! - Pat Hutchins
• The Night Before Summer Vacation - Natasha Wing
• How I Spent My Summer Vacation - Mark Teague
• Arthur's Family Vacation - Marc Brown
• Are We There Yet, Daddy? - Virginia Walters
• The Summer Visitors - Karel Hayes

Camping 

• A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee - Chris Van Dusen
• Fred and Ted Go Camping - Peter Eastman
• The Night Before Summer Camp - Natasha Wing
• Maisy Goes Camping - Lucy Cousins
• Goodnight, Campsite - Loretta Sponsler
• Just Me and My Dad (Little Critter) - Mercer Mayer
• Curious George Goes Camping - Margret & H. A. Rey
• Bears in the Night - Stan & Jan Berenstain
• Oliver & Hope's Adventure Under the Stars - Meg Cadts
• Stella and Roy Go Camping - Ashley Wolff
• S is for S'mores - Helen Foster James
• Just Camping Out - Mercer Mayer
• Boris Goes Camping - Carrie Weston
• Froggy Goes to Camp - Jonathan London
• Tacky Goes to Camp - Helen Lester
• Flashlight - Lizi Boyd
• 1 2 3 Make S'mores with Me - Lizi Boyd
• The Big Blue Thing on the Hill - Yuval Zommer
• When We Go Camping - Margriet Ruurs
• Duck Tents - Lynne Berry
• Summer According to Humphrey - Betty G. Birney
• Wishing on a Star - Fran Lee
• The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Vacation - Stan & Jan Berenstain

Beach

• Harry By The Sea - Gene Zion
• Beach Day - Karen Roosa
• Good Night Beach - Adam Gamble
• Beach Day! - Hunter Reid
• Biscuit's First Beach Day - Alyssa Satin Capucilli
• A Day at the Seashore - Kathryn Jackson
• Duck and Goose Go to the Beach - Tad Hills
• Just Grandma and Me (Little Critter) - Mercer Mayer
• Curious George Goes to the Beach - Margret & H. A. Rey
• Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach - Mélanie Watt 
• Time of Wonder - Robert McCloskey
• Kermit the Hermit - Bill Peet
• When a Dragon Moves In - Jodi Moore
• Out of the Blue - Alison Jay
• Beach - Elisha Cooper
• Flotsam - David Wiesner
• Wave - Suzy Lee
• These Seas Count! - Alison Formento
• Sun, Sun - Brad Gray
• Mister Seahorse - Eric Carle
• Ocean - Dan Kainen
• Bats at the Beach - Brian Lies
• Beach Bugs - David A. Carter
• Ladybug Girl at the Beach - David Soman & Jacky Davis
• The Snail and the Whale - Julia Donaldson
• Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach - James Dean
• The Pout-Pout Fish -Deborah Diesen
• The Rainbow Fish - Marcus Pfister
• One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish - Dr. Seuss
• Luke's Beach Day - Giselle Shardlow
• What Lives in a Shell? - Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
• Fish is Fish - Leo Lionni
• Big Al - Andrew Clements
• Penguin on Vacation - Salina Yoon
• The Berenstain Bears Go on Vacation - Stan & Jan Berenstain with Mike Berenstain 

Swimming 

• Maisy Learns to Swim - Lucy Cousins
• Swim Little Wombat Swim - Charles Fuge
• Splish Splash Splat - Rob Scotton
• Froggy Learns to Swim - Jonathan London
• Ruby Learns to Swim - Phillip Gwynne
• The Whale in My Swimming Pool - Joyce Wan
• First Time at the Pool - Mrs RyAnn Adams Hall
• Just a Day at the Pond - Mercer Mayer
• Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim - Leonard/Shapiro
• McElliot's Pool - Dr. Seuss