July Picture Books
July sparkles with wonder and imagination! This month’s picture books weave together stories of summertime adventures, classic folk tales, and timeless treasures that span from lighthouses and little islands to prairie days and city streets.
Time of Wonder and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge are two classics that are my favorites from this month, and The Empty Pot is a sweet story with a surprise ending that teaches a powerful lesson about honesty.
Time of Wonder
(Robert McCloskey)
Hello Lighthouse
(Sophie Blackall)
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
(Hildegarde Swift)
The Little Island
(Margaret Wise Brown)
A Fine Dessert
(Emily Jenkins)
The Little House
(Virginia Burton)
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
(Mem Fox)
Last Stop on Market Street
(Matt de la Peña)
Summertime in the Big Woods
(Laura Ingles Wilder)
A Little Prairie House
(Laura Ingles Wilder)
The Listening Walk
(Paul Showers)
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
(Margarita Engle)
Mirette on the High Wire
(Emily Arnold McCully)
Town Mouse, Country Mouse
(Jan Brett)
Mossy
(Jan Brett)
The Empty Pot
(Demi)
The Giving Tree
(Shel Silverstein)
Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre and His World of Insects
(Matthew Clark Smith)
The Clown of God
(Tomie dePaola)
Caps for Sale
(Esphyr Slobodkina)
Amos and Boris
(William Steig)
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
(William Steig)
The Story of Ferdinand
(Munro Leaf)
The Knight and the Dragon
(Tomie dePaola)
The Owl and the Pussy-cat
(Edward Lear)
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
(Verna Aardema)
Johnny Kaw: A Tall Tale
(Devin Scillian)
Strictly No Elephants
(Lisa Mantchev)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
(William Kamkwamba)
The Quiltmaker’s Gift
(Jeff Brumbeau)
The Quiltmaker’s Journey
(Jeff Brumbeau)
Little Owl Lost
(Chris Haughton)