Summer picture books: Parent-picked, kid-approved
When the long, lazy days of summer beckon, head to your local library for a pile of stories to plunge into with your little ones. These five will inspire, enlighten, entrance, and delight children and their grown-ups, preferably with a popsicle in hand and soft green grass underfoot.
Conquering fears
Deeply poetic and lyrical, “When You Can Swim” by Jack Wong is a meditative book that transports readers to a series of underwater worlds, a raft of adventures awaiting – when you can swim.
The prose is pure poetry, as are Wong’s soft, painterly illustrations of swirling eddies,
