I'm back again with another library haul! About every month, I request about 30-40 picture books from our library to read with my kids. I read some at the start of the day with my 5 year old (and a mix of books we own as well). We often will read a couple over snack in the afternoons. And sometimes we read before bed.
This month, I gravitated toward true stories, books about animals, and books about clay (since I'm teaching clay for our handicraft at our local co-op this year).
Here are all the books we checked out! I'm sharing them as Amazon affiliate links for ease of finding them, but I recommend you install this Amazon Library Extension to your browser so you can see right on the Amazon page if the book is in stock in your library or surrounding libraries. Our library is connected to a system of dozens of libraries in our region, and they share books with one another. This helps us have access to so many more books than we could find in our library closest to us.
BOOKS ABOUT CLAY
- When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor
- The Pot that Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel
- Shaped by Her Hands by Anna Harber Freeman
- Many Shapes of Clay by Kenesha Sneed
TRUE STORIES (General)
- It Began With a Page by Kyo Maclear
- The Friendship Train by Debbie Levy
- Ella Fitzgerald by Andrea Pinkney
- Magic Ramen by Andrea Wang
- Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile by Gloria Houston
- The Hole Story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller
- Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Biggs Davis
- Mr. Rogers' Gift of Music by Donna Cangelosi
TRUE STORIES (About Animals)
- The Watcher by Jeanette Winter
- Cubs in the Tub by Candace Fleming
- Gertie by Shari Swanson
- Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne Cox
- Nora's Ark by Nataline Kinsey-warnock
- When Beavers Flew by Kristen Tracy
- Make Way by Angela Burke Kunkel
- Calico Dorsey by Susan Lendroth
- My Blue-Ribbon Horse by Elizabeth Letts
- Junia by Kim Michele Richardson
OTHERS
- Mama Loved to Worry by Maryann Weidt
- Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson
- Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme by Betsy Bird
- Sparky! by Jenny Offill
- Cat Nap by Brian Lies
- Wordy Birdy Meets Mr. Cougarpants by Tammi Sauer
- Hat Cat by Troy Wilson
- To See an Owl by Matthew Cordell
- Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern
- The Littlest Drop by Sascha Alper
If you are enjoying this library haul series and are wanting to find quality resources for finding good picture books, check out this post I posted on Instagram a couple months ago with my ten favorite accounts and websites for finding good book ideas.