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Dig Into Reading- Booklist: PreK-2
Books related to the 2013 Summer Reading Theme.
Research Information
Explore Searchasaurus to learn about different animals, and their habitats. Includes full text copies of Zoo Books!
CultureGrams provides information about State birds, animals, and plants. Choose a state and then select Fun Facts to learn more!
The library provides access to two different online encyclopedias for kids. Check them out to search for your favorite animal, archaeologist, or dinosaur.
Grolier Online allows children to access not only the Encylopedia but also th New Book of Knowledge, Amazing Animals of the World, and Lands and Peoples.
Dig Into Earth
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Rocks! Rocks! Rocks! by Call Number: J 552 WALBuddy likes looking at and collecting rocks. Mama suggests they visit the local nature center. They hike the Blue Diamond Trail to five rock stops. -
Fossil Fish Found Alive by Call Number: J 567.3 WALTracing the the scientific detective work that led to identification of this species, long thought to be extinct, Walker explores the habitat and physiology of the Coelachath. -
The Fossil Girl by Call Number: JB ANNINGIt is 1810, & 11-year-old Mary Anning & her brother Joe are scrambling over the cliffs of Lyme Regis looking for "curiosities" to sell in their family shop. Suddenly the children see a large bony head sticking out of the cliff-face... -
Barnum's Bones by Call Number: J 560.92 FERThe exciting and unusual story of how Barnum Brown uncovered the bones of the Tyrannosaurus rex. As a paleontologist for the American Museum of Natural History, he discovered the first documented skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, as well as most of the other dinosaurs on display there today.
Dig Into Gardening
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My Garden by Call Number: JP HenThe girl in this book grows chocolate rabbits, tomatoes as big as beach balls, flowers that change color, and seashells in her garden. How does your garden grow? -
Flower Garden by Call Number: JP BunAn urban girl and her father buy plants, potting soil, and a window box at the supermarket, ride the bus to their apartment, and put together a colorful gift for the child's mother. -
The Curious Garden by Call Number: JP BroWhile out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world. -
Growing Vegetable Soup by Call Number: JP EhlA fresh presentation of the gardening cycle with a joyful conclusion, and the added attraction of an easy and tasty recipe for vegetable soup on the flyleaf.
Dig Into Imagination
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The Imaginary Garden by Call Number: JP LarTheodora loved her grandfather's old garden. His new apartment's balcony is too windy and small for a garden. Theo and her Poppa decide to paint a new garden. -
Flotsam by Call Number: JP WieA bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share . . . and to keep. -
And Then There Were Gnomes by Call Number: JGN VenSasspants, the reluctant gunea pig private investigator, is drawn into another mystery by Hamischer the hamster who believes there is a ghost in the pet shop. -
The Secret Box by Call Number: JP LehBarbara Lehman takes readers on a timeless trip to a world of secret messages left in secret boxes hidden in secret places.You'll never know what you'll find when you look inside!
Dig Into Animals
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Diary of a Worm by Call Number: JP CroOne small worm, one big world! This is the diary of a worm who lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school. -
The Prairie Dog's Town by Call Number: J 599.323 AROExplore a prairie dog's town, built entirely underground! Prairie dogs create elaborate burrows with a system of connected chambers, tunnels, and entrances. -
Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth! by Call Number: JP GayRoslyn Rutabaga is an exuberant, feisty young rabbit with a vivid imagination. One day Roslyn wakes up with a plan. She will dig the biggest hole on earth. -
Super Amoeba by Call Number: JGN HolIntroducing SQUISH a new graphic novel series about a comic book-loving, twinkie-eating grade school AMOEBA trying to find his place in the world (or at least trying to make it through a school day).
