Be Creative Summer Reading Lists for Kids

Preschool-2nd Grade    K-6th Grade    Find Non Fiction "Creative" Books

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Preschool - 2nd Grade BOOKS!

MUSIC

101 rhythm instrument activities for young children, Abigail Connors

The bear with sticky paws goes to school, Clara Vulliamy

Before John was a Jazz Giant, Carole Weatherford

Forever young, Bob Dylan

Jazz, Walter Dean Myers

Jazz cats, David Davis

Jazz on a Saturday night, Leo Dillon

Sunshine on my shoulders, illustrated by Christopher Canyon

Zin! Zin! Zin! A violin, Lloyd Moss

 RHYME

I ain’t gonna paint no more!, Karen Beaumont

You read to me, I will read to you, Mary Ann Hoberman

COLOR, DRAWING, & PAINTING

The art lesson, Tomie Depaola

Big green drawing book, Ed Emberley

Big red drawing Book, Ed Emberley

Brush Mona Lisa’s hair, Julie Appel

A color of his own, Leo Lionni

The dot, Peter Reynolds

Drawing book: make a world, Ed Emberley

Feed Matisse’s fish, Julie Appel

Harold and the purple crayon, Crockett Johnson

Make Van Gogh’s Bed, Julie  Appel

Pop Warhol’s top, Julie Appel

 FUN & IMAGINATION

Jay & the bounty of books, Randall Ivey

My big sister, Valorie Fisher

 

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K-6th Grade BOOKS!

POETRY & POETS

I did it because…: How a poem happens, Loris Lesynski

The jump at the sun treasury: an African American picture book collection, Hyperion Books for Children

Poetry speaks to children (book & CD), Elise Paschen

Zigzag: Zoems for Zindergarten, Loris Lesynski

MUSIC & MUSICIANS

The composer is dead, Lemony Snicket

Duke Ellington: His life in Jazz with 21 activities, Stephanie Stein Crease

Duke Ellington: The piano prince and his orchestra, Andrea Pinkney

Mozart: The wonder child, Diane Stanley

Peter and the Wolf, Christopher Raschka

The voice that challenged a nation, Russell Freedman

WRITING & WRITERS

Anne Elizabeth’s diary, a young artist’s true story, Anne Elizabeth Rector

The boyhood diary of Theodore Roosevelt: early travels of the 26th U.S. President, edited by Shelley Swanson Sateren

Diary of a fly, Doreen Cronin

Diary of a wimpy kid, Jeff Kinney

Diary of a wimpy kid: Rodrick rules, Jeff Kinney

Diary of a wimpy kid: do-it-yourself book, Jeff Kinney

Diary of a wimpy kid: the last straw, Jeff Kinney

Flip’s fantastic journal, Angelo DeCesare

IMAGINATION

Once upon a Saturday, Leslie Lammle

Beverly Billingsly takes the cake, Alexander Stadler

Delilah Darling is in the library, Jeanne Willis

Just what Mama needs, Sharlee Glenn

Peg Leg Peke, Brie Spangler

Someday, Eileen Spinelli

Someday when my cat can talk, Caroline Evensen Lazo

DANCE

Alicia Alonso, the story of a ballerina, Beatrice Siegel

Barn dance!, Bill Martin

Because…, Mikhail Baryshnikov

Dancing wheels, Patricia McMahon

Drumheller dinosaur dance, Robert Heidbreder

The flower fairies, Emily Rodda

Footwork: the story of Fred & Adele Astaire, Roxane Orgill

I’m dancing!, Michael Spector

The laughing river, Elizabeth Haze Vega

Mama does the mambo, Katherine Leiner

ART

Amelia Bedelia’s masterpiece, Herman Parish

Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett

Fancy Nancy at the museum, Jane O’Conner

Look! Look! Look!, Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

DRAWING

Drawing & learning about monster trucks: using shapes & lines, Amy Bailey Muehlenhardt

Drawing Manga animals, Masaki Nishida

How to draw magical kings & queens, Steve Beaumont

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FIND NON FICTION CREATIVE BOOKS!

The Dewey Decimal Classification 700-799 contains 'The Arts'; those that create art of all kinds, how to create it, what it looks like, where you find it, and even whether it is inside or outside. It's fun just to look through the books on these shelves to see what can be called ART! You'll find music, dance, painting, photography, games, even football! Below is a list of just a few things you will find in the 700's.

Other Dewey Decimal Classification numbers to look at to "BE CREATIVE" are the 600's, where you'll find inventing, gardening, cooking, sewing, knitting, crocheting, building, and much more!

Writings and how to write can be found in the 800's, whether it's school papers, stories, speeches, poems, or even jokes!

Ask Library staff to help you find CREATIVE books that interest you.

700-799 The Arts & Recreation (Arte, Música, y Deportes)

700-The Arts; Fine & Decorative Arts

710-Civic & Landscape Art

720-Architecture  (Arquitectura)

730-Plastic Arts; Sculpture (Escultura)

731-Processes, forms & subjects of sculpture

736-Carving & carvings

740-Drawing & Decorative Arts (Dibujo, Decoración)

741-Drawing & drawings

741.5-Cartoon drawing

743-Drawing & drawings by subject

745-Decorative arts

750-Painting & Paintings (Pintura)

760-Graphic Arts; Printmaking & Prints

770-Photography, Photographs & Computer Art (Fotografía)

775-Digital photography

776-Computer art (Digital art)

779-Photographs

780-Music (Música)

790-Recreation & Performing Arts

792-Stage presentations

792.8-Dance

793-Indoor games & amusements

794-Indoor games of skill

795-Games of chance

795.4-Card games

796-Athletic & outdoor sports & games (Deportes)

796.323-Basketball

796.33-Football

796.334-Soccer

796.357-Baseball

796.72-Car Racing

797-Aquatic & air sports

798-Equestrian sports & animal racing

799-Fishing, hunting & shooting

 

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