Our cross-country summer book Bunchbrary
“No more pencils, no more books! No more teacher’s dirty looks!” The end of school might give kids a two-month reprieve from pencils (if they’re not typing already) and angry teachers, but who says they need to stop reading? Books should be part of summer, since summer’s part of so many books. We’ve asked some of our favourite bookstores across the country to recommend summery books, and they’ve each suggested a picture book and a book for middle-grade readers.
Wendy at Winnipeg’s Grant Park branch of McNally Robinson loves Marie-Louise Gay; here’s her summeriest offering:
1. Stella, Star of the Sea by Marie-Louise Gay (1999)
Stella and her little brother Sam are spending the day at the beach, and she must answer all his questions about the sea and its creatures before he’ll venture into the waves. This first book in the Stella and Sam series, with its beautiful watercolour illustrations, is a great read-aloud book for preschoolers.
