August is National Inventor’s Month!

Get inspired with these great books about inventors and their brilliant ideas:
The Day-Glo Brothers
Bill the Boy Wonder
Snowmobile
The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane
Steam, Smoke, and Steel
What’s the Big Idea?

August is American Artists Appreciation Month

Learn more about American artists with these books:
Max and the Dumb Flower Picture
The Day-Glo Brothers
American Indian Art
Discovering African American Art
Art in Early America
Native American Rock Art
Metal Man
Vinnie and Abraham

August 5th is National Friendship Day

Read these books with a friend!
Freda Stops a Bully
Flying the Dragon
Pinch and Dash Make Soup
Emily and Carlo
Bambino and Mr. Twain
Polka-dot Fixes Kindergarten
Grin and Bear It
Camille’s Team
Raj the Bookstore Tiger
Emma’s Friendwich
Aggie and Ben
Good Dog, Aggie
Aggie the Brave
Aggie Gets Lost
Me and Rolly Maloo
Rufus and Friends: School Days
Rufus and Friends: Rhyme Time
A Kid’s Best Friend
Animal Friends
Elliott
The Importance of Wings
Picasso and Minou
Poodle and Hound
Wiggle and Waggle

August 26th is Women's Equality Day

On this day, we celebrate the Anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote.
Celebrate with these books:
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-six Women Who Changed the World
Discovering Women Artists
Extraordinary Girls
Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman for President
Vinnie and Abraham
Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World
Rickshaw Girl

Get ready to go back to school with these books!

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, School Day Math
Can I Bring Woolly to the Library, Ms. Reeder?
Polka-dot Fixes Kindergarten
Kindergarten Day USA and China
Me and Rolly Maloo
Rufus and Friends: School Days
First Day Jitters
First Year Letters
The Big Test
Can I Bring My Pterodactyl to School, Ms. Johnson?
Back to School
Children of the U.S.A.
Come Out and Play
Going to School in India
Peanut’s Emergency
Running Shoes
The Storm