Spring book picks from Mockingbird Books
We asked Green Lake’s Mockingbird Books for some springtime-inspired books for all ages. Here’s what they recommend:
Board books
On My Leaf by Sara Gillingham and Lorena Siminovich
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Picture:
E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Matthew Myers
A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
Early Reader:
Curious George Plants a Seed by HMCo
Wiggle and Waggle by Caroline Arnold and illustrated by Mary Peterson
Middle Reader (5-8):
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny – Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath and illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Farm by Betty MacDonald and illustrated by Maurice Sendak
Middle Reader (9-12):
Eva of the Farm by Dia Calhoun
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and illustrated by Robert Ingpen
Young Adult:
Entwined by Heather Dixon
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
Fantasy/Sci-Fi:
Shades of Earth (book 3 in the Across the Universe trilogy) by Beth Revis
The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
Grown-Up:
The Weight of Small Things by Sherri Wood Emmons
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
Happy reading Greenlakers!