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From Story Time: Summer Week 5

Stories in the Park
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
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
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 throat, the doctor tells him, No roaring for a week! No roaring at the mailman or the bus driver. No roaring in line or at the park. That means absolutely NO roaring at anyone or anything? This can't be happening! Will this overexcited dinosaur make it through the week without roaring at all?! --Editor
Canopy Capers and Summer Story Time
Written by Matthew Burgess
Illustrated by CƔtia Chen
New York: Clarion Books, 2025. Picture Book.

Part poem, part portable fireworks display with a vertical gatefold, this POB picture book from the award-winning team of Matthew Burgess and Catia Chien highlights the simple delights of a steamy July day in the city as two siblings eagerly await a spectacular fireworks display. POP! As a hot day sizzles into evening, everyone on stoops and sidewalks looks skyward on this special summer night--the Fourth of July! Words and art blossom into flowers of fire across the sky, making this a perfect read for firework enthusiasts in cities and suburbs everywhere. POP! POP! --Editor

Book Babies
By Stephanie Meyers
Oakville, ON: Flowerpot Press, 2025. Board Book.

A board book designed for infants, featuring high-contrast black-and-white photographs and simple rhyming text. The content is intended to support early visual development and introduce basic language patterns through repetitive, rhythmic phrasing. Part of a series created to engage young children through visual contrast and sound. --Editor

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