Summer Meals and Stories

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