Stories in the Park Dinosaur Day Written by Diana Murray Illustrated by Luke Flowers Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2025. Picture Book. On Dinosaur Day, dinosaurs love to stomp and chomp. But they like silly singing, rowdy swimming, and yummy desserts too. All this fun makes the baby dinos want to join, but something unexpected pops up. Will the dinos accept this new addition to keep Dino Day going? --Publisher Stories in the Park Red, White, and Boom! Written by Lee Wardlaw Illustrated by Huy Voun Lee New York: Henry Holt, 2012. Picture Book. Parades, beach picnics, and fireworks in the park are some of the ways Americans celebrate the Fourth of July. --Editor Canopy Capers and Summer Story Time That's What Dinosaurs Do Written by Jory John Illustrations by Pete Oswald New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019. Picture Book. This is William. William is a dinosaur who loves to roar. Because, well, he's a dinosaur. But when William gets a sore thro...
Houdini's Library: How Books Created the World's Greatest Magician Written by Barb Rosenstock Illustrated by Mar Delmar New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026. Biography. In this illustrated biography, rather than focusing on Houdini's life, the story is told through his love of books. Houdini's love of books began as a child reading from his father's collection—which was eventually sold to pay for rent after the family immigrated to America. His love of magic was also tied to his love of reading—he learned magic from a book that he later considered burning to keep the secrets of his magic tricks safe. Throughout his life, Houdini grew his collection and even travelled with a special folding bookcase the magically housed hundreds of volumes. By the time of his death, his brownstone in New York held 15,000 volumes that were later donated. In addition to the interesting narrative focus on his life, readers will be intrigued by the beautiful gauche and cut paper illustrat...