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Summer Reading
Featured Collection June & July, 2012
Dream Big! (Kids)
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Reading can take you anywhere, even beyond your wildest imagination! Follow your dreams this summer with books of all kinds from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Follow Your Dreams to Adventure
From a magical garden to the wild blue yonder, dreams and imagination can take us many places -- and so can books. Check out the titles below to fuel your dreams or ask your local librarian for suggestions on your favorite topics.
From a magical garden to the wild blue yonder, dreams and imagination can take us many places -- and so can books. Check out the titles below to fuel your dreams or ask your local librarian for suggestions on your favorite topics.
Infants and Toddlers
For the littlest listeners, sleep is a very familiar topic. Whether it's a favorite or not varies, of course, but these charming bedtime books should soothe even the crankiest listeners and encourage them to rest and dream.
For the littlest listeners, sleep is a very familiar topic. Whether it's a favorite or not varies, of course, but these charming bedtime books should soothe even the crankiest listeners and encourage them to rest and dream.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
Preschoolers aren't too small to have big dreams. So whether you want to explore future endeavors or focus on the here-and-now, check out the stories below to spark some conversations about night skies, overnight adventures or imaginative ambitions. And don't forget to visit your local library to celebrate summer reading and feed your dreams.
Preschoolers aren't too small to have big dreams. So whether you want to explore future endeavors or focus on the here-and-now, check out the stories below to spark some conversations about night skies, overnight adventures or imaginative ambitions. And don't forget to visit your local library to celebrate summer reading and feed your dreams.
First and Second Grade
It's summer time and the reading is easy. Pick a book that offers a glimpse of the future or one that illuminates the past. Share a story about the stars or laugh together at a crazy dream. Think about your future career or just giggle at a silly Piggie. Whatever you do, don't forget to visit the library sometime this summer.
It's summer time and the reading is easy. Pick a book that offers a glimpse of the future or one that illuminates the past. Share a story about the stars or laugh together at a crazy dream. Think about your future career or just giggle at a silly Piggie. Whatever you do, don't forget to visit the library sometime this summer.
Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade
For some, the perfect summer is spent doing: planting a garden, learning what dreams mean, watching how stars move across the sky or practicing performance skills. For others, the best way to spend time is reading, whether that means enjoying stories about fantastic adventures or savoring poems that illuminate the night-time world. Whatever your taste, you'll find something to suit your summer in the list below or at your local library.
For some, the perfect summer is spent doing: planting a garden, learning what dreams mean, watching how stars move across the sky or practicing performance skills. For others, the best way to spend time is reading, whether that means enjoying stories about fantastic adventures or savoring poems that illuminate the night-time world. Whatever your taste, you'll find something to suit your summer in the list below or at your local library.
Return to the topOwn the Night (Teens)
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Own the Night
Whether you're up all night dreaming of the future, stargazing with friends, or trying to calm heart palpitations from a nightmare, be sure to have one of these books or films checked out from your library and truly make the night your own!
Whether you're up all night dreaming of the future, stargazing with friends, or trying to calm heart palpitations from a nightmare, be sure to have one of these books or films checked out from your library and truly make the night your own!
Between the Covers (Adults)
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Find adventure, relaxation and a world to dream about between the covers of a great book. Check out the print, audio and e-book collection at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for your perfect summer read.
Get Cooking Between the Covers
Spice up your kitchen with these selections from the extensive cookbook collection on the First Floor of CLP - Main (Oakland).
Spice up your kitchen with these selections from the extensive cookbook collection on the First Floor of CLP - Main (Oakland).
Get Cozy Between the Covers
Softer vehicles of murder and mystery featuring parasols and tea for the kinder, gentler souls among us.
Softer vehicles of murder and mystery featuring parasols and tea for the kinder, gentler souls among us.
Get Dirty Between the Covers
What's more satisfying - eating fresh food, saving dough or being outdoors in the summertime? Luckily you don't have to choose. Enjoy all three when you start your own garden.
What's more satisfying - eating fresh food, saving dough or being outdoors in the summertime? Luckily you don't have to choose. Enjoy all three when you start your own garden.
Get Worldly Between the Covers
We have a great selection of translated contemporary and classic works by international authors for you to get cozy with. These are just a few . . .
We have a great selection of translated contemporary and classic works by international authors for you to get cozy with. These are just a few . . .
Hide Between the Covers
These recent titles from our horror collection are sure to satisfy your appetite for fear.
These recent titles from our horror collection are sure to satisfy your appetite for fear.
