I went to three parks this summer to read aloud books while children ate a free lunch provided by the school district. At two of the events the YMCA Day camp was there, which made reading aloud more challenging because not all of those kids actually wanted to hear the books.
JUNE
Valley Mission Park
My Pet Wants a Pet
by Elise Broach; illustrated by Eric Barday
Troll and the Oliver
by Adam Stower
Giant Pants
by Mark Fearing
Falling for Rapunzel
by Leah Wilcox; illustrated by Lydia Monks
Alan's Big Scary Teeth
by Jarvis
Terrace View Park
Big Mean Mike
by Michelle Knudsen; illustrated by Scott Magoon
A Hungry Lion or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals
by Lucy Ruth Cummins
Creepy Pair of Underwear
by Aaron Reynolds; illustrated by Peter Brown
Wolf's Coming!
by Joe Kulka
JULY
Terrace View Park
I'm Bad!
by Kate and Jim McMullan
Carnivores
by Aaron Reynolds; illustrated by Dan Santat
Don't Play with Your Food
by Bob Shea
Max the Brave
by Ed Vere
The Lion Inside
by Rachel Bright; illustrated by Jim Field