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Summer Reading Book Reviews by WPL Kids

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WPL Kids are the best reviewers! Check out this month's book reviews written by kids just like you! Primer written by Jennifer Muro, and Thomas Krajewski, and illustrated by Gretel Lusky When I first picked up the book Primer from the Great Brook Valley branch library, I wasn’t really thinking of anything other than it was just very colorful- but after I read the first chapter I was hooked and wanted to read more. The girl Ashley in the book was very different and unique in a great way though. This book is very adventurous, cool, and vibrant. But I kind of felt bad for her that her dad was in jail and at the end of the book I was very cautious because her dad said to the TV he would see her soon. Now I’m hoping that means there’s going to be a next book so I can read it because I love this book! It’s now my favorite book ever!🙂 -Princess Seraphin, age 10 Wings of Fire Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing dragonet k...

Backyard Bugs and Buzzy Bees

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The Backyard Bugs and Buzzy Bees program is coming to the Main Library on Saturday, June 18th at 11am! Register for it  here . In honor of the program we've selected our favorite bug books just for you! Begin with a Bee written by Liza Ketchum, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, and Phyllis Root, and illustrated by Claudia McGehee This lushly illustrated book looks at the life cycle of the rusty-patched bumble bee queen and her colony. The Butterfly House : Step Inside to Discover Over 100 Species of Nature's Most Beautiful Insects  written by Katy Flint and illustrated by Alice Pattullo The cover alone which looks like a stained glass window of butterflies and moths is enough reason to read this book. Inside the book there are descriptions of butterfly and moth species including: Swallowtail Butterflies, Yellow, Whites, and Sulphurs, Tiger Moths, and Saturnid Moths. Not a Bean written by Claudia Guadalupe MartĂ­nez and illustrated by Laura González Did you know that there is a bug in...