Fill your summer with adventure! Charlotte Mecklenburg Library offers Summer Break, its annual summer learning program that encourages children to read, learn and explore. Visit cmlibrary.org to learn of the resources and virtual programs available. Happy reading!
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library provides four titles for different age groups in your home below.
Toddler/Preschool:
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On the Go Awesome by Lisl H. Detlefsen
It’s fun to watch trains, planes, excavators, and other things that go. It’s even more fun to climb aboard. But the most fun of all? Being the driver! Here's a zippy read-aloud that allows kids to imagine themselves as the driver of everyday vehicles like a train, to the most extraordinary of all, a rocket ship.
School Age:
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History Smashers: The Titanic by Kate Messner
On April 15, 1912, an "unsinkable" ship called the Titanic unexpectedly hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Right? Wrong! Nobody was really talking about the Titanic being unsinkable until after it sank. The truth is four different ships wired the Titanic to report icebergs and field ice in the area. But the Titanic never slowed down. A nonfiction book about the hidden truth behind the sinking of the Titanic with sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels
Teen:
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Love is a Revolution by Renée Watson
Harlem teenager Nala is looking forward to a summer of movies and ice cream until she falls in love with the very woke Tye and pretends to be a social activist.
Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday. Tye Brown, the MC is perfect, except-- he is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when Nala would rather watch movies and try out the new seasonal flavors at the local creamery. In order to impress Tye, Nala tells a few tiny lies to have enough in common with him. As they spend more time together, some of those lies get harder to keep up. As Nala falls deeper into keeping up her lies and into love, she'll learn all the ways love is hard, and how self-love is revolutionary.
Parenting:
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Wild and Free Nature: 25 Outdoor Adventures for Kids to Explore, Discover, and Awaken Their Curiosity by Janice Johnson Dias
A resource book for parents, educators, and caregivers to enjoy doing hands-on activities outside with kids. One of the core philosophies behind Wild + Free is the belief that nature is the best classroom we could ever hope for. It unlocks the imagination and inspires creativity in ways that a schoolroom never could.
