Summer Reading with the Science Center – Kids

Carnegie Science Center Staff knows about SCIENCE, but they also know about books. Their staff shared some of their favorite books for kids with us, so we just HAD to share them with you! 


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I'm Going to Give You a Bear Hug!

A playful and comforting bedtime book that imagines all the wonderful ways a child might give and receive a hug. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla. 


The Mitten

Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki’s lost mitten until the bear sneezes. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby. 


Armadillo Rodeo

Bo, an adventurous, near-sighted armadillo, leaves his mother and brothers to follow a girl heading to a rodeo wearing new red boots which Bo mistakes for another armadillo. 


Dinosaurs Before Dark

Where did the tree house come from? Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. The first in the Magic Tree House series.  This title is also available for checkout as an eBook and eAudio on Libby. 


Anne of Green Gables

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, eBook on Hoopla, eAudio on Libby, and eAudio on Hoopla.  


Because of Winn Dixie

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, eBook on Hoopla, and eAudio on Libby


The Second Life of Trees

Trees can live a very long time, but what happens when they die? This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla. 




If I Built a House

Imaginative Jack describes the kind of house he would build–one with a racetrack, a flying room, and a gigantic slide. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.  


If I Built a School

Imaginative Jack describes the kind of school he would build–one full of animals, with tubes to transport students directly to their classrooms, and library books that come alive. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby. 


Iggy Peck, Architect

Ever since he was a baby, Iggy Peck has built towers, bridges, and buildings, which comes in handy when his second grade class is stranded on an island during a picnic. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, eBook on Hoopla, and eAudio on Hoopla.


New Kid

Instead of sending Jordan to the arts school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics. Jordan turns out to be one of the few kids of color in his entire grade and struggles to find balance between his home life in Washington Heights and his new upscale academy. You can also check out this title as eBook on Hoopla, as eAudio on Hoopla, as eBook on Libby or as eAudio on Libby.


Howl's Moving Castle

Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, eBook on Hoopla, eAudio on Libby, and eAudio on Hoopla.