May Picture Books

Happy May! This month, you'll find stories about planting flowers and trees, stories set in the sea, stories about famous impressionist artists and innovative discoverers. I hope you'll find time to grab a picnic blanket, a snack, and a stack of library books and enjoy these wonderful adventures!

Miss Rumphius

by Barbara Cooney

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Hello Lighthouse 

by Sophie Blackall

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Cactus Hotel 

by Brenda Z. Guiberson

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Chester, the Worldly Pig

by Bill Peet

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The Honeybee Man

by Lela Nargi

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The Magical Garden of Claude Monet

by Laurence Anholt

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Crictor

by Tomi Ungerer

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Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? 

by Robert E. Wells

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The Story of Home

by Caroline Saunders

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A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee

by Chris Van Dusen

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Otis and Will Discover the Deep

by Barb Rosenstock

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 Vincent Can't Sleep

by Barb Rosenstock

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Amos & Boris 

by William Steig

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Katie and the Sunflowers

by James Mayhew

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Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas

by Cheryl Bardoe

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Celia Planted a Garden

by Phyllis Root & Gary D. Schmidt 

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The Story of Ferdinand 

by Munro Leaf

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Pond Circle

by Betsy Franco

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The Monkey and the Crocodile

by Paul Cldone

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When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree 

by Jamie L. B. Deenihan

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Song and Dance Man 

by Karen Ackerman

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One Hen 

by Katie Smith Milway

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Pond

by Jim LaMarche

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Nell Plants a Tree 

by Anne Wynter

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The Golden Glow 

by Benjamin Flouw

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 Inky the Octopus 

by Erin Guendelsberger

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In a Small Kingdom

by Tomie dePaola

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A Story for Bear

by Dennis Haseley

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Tucky Jo and Little Heart

by Patricia Polacco

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Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile

by Gloria Houston

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The Relatives Came

by Cynthia Rylant

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