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From Story Time: Summer Week 3

 
Stories in the Park 
By Monica Wellington
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2013. Pcture Book. 

A young girl learns how a rainbow of colors can be made from just three primary colors. --Editor

Stories in the Park
By Ellen Stoll Walsh
San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1989. Picture Book.

Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color. --Editor

Canopy Capers and Summer Story Time
Written by Scott Menchin
Illustrated by Harry Bliss
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015. Picture Book.

After his teacher says that anything can be in an art exhibition, and his fellow students give myriad reasons why something might belong in a museum, a child offers his special grandmother as an exhibit but when the curator cites a rule against accepting grandmas, the child has a better idea. --Editor

Canopy Capers and Summer Story Time
By Adam McHeffey 
New York: Two Lions, 2014. Picture Book. 

Rudy is a curious mouse who wonders, "What is art?" Claude, his feathered friend, tries to teach him. Rudy works on a self-portrait, a still life, a landscape, found art, a sculpture-- all with disastrous results! Then he tries to create an artistic masterpiece, but... SPLAT! Has Rudy finally become an artist? --Editor

Book Babies
Written by Deborah Underwood
Illustrated by T.L. McBeth
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2023. Board Book.

Duck's feathered family has gone missing. Can you help find them? --Publisher

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