Monday, June 10, 2013

iRead : Destination Books for Children

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.
― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
Sometimes it’s not the destination, but the journey.  The Children’s Department has as its summer reading theme: Have Book, Will Travel.   So let’s go on a fun trip. We've put together a list of picture books and chapter books which feature an unusual journey, often in a fantastic vehicle.  For a more extensive list of chapter books and picture books with traveling as a theme, see our Staff Picks


Picture Books -



by gondola with Olivia
by mail
by rocket

by car (maybe!)
by paper boat
Chapter Books -  
by tree house with Annie and Jack


see true stories at call number j 362.734
by Orphan Train
by dogsled


Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
by magic carpet

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