HAR--Kids Summer Reading 2023 All Together Now

Presents inspiring promises to oneself and to one's community that will ensure success in the future, including promising to go to school, to be open and try new things, and to stand up for what's right.

A spacious umbrella welcomes anyone and everyone who needs shelter from the rain.

When a stream of rainwater carries Levi's boat to where Polly is playing, she starts a puddle fight but as the water begins to disappear, they must work together to prolong their fun.

Stranded on the moon after his extraordinary airplane takes him into outer space, a boy meets a marooned young Martian with a broken spacecraft, and the two new friends work together to return to their respective homes.

When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.

A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.

"Musa and his sister travel to a Zanzibar beach in a shared minibus which, despite Musa's protests, gets loaded with everything from a man and his bicycle to ten swimmers"--OCLC.

A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends.

Sisters Faizah and Asiya learn how to spread kindness on school picture day. "What Kind Of World Do You Want? Faizah knows just how to answer her teacher's question: She wants a kind world, as special as her sister's hijab, a world of friends helping one another. Faizah spends school-picture day finding fun ways to help her classmates. but when picture day takes an unexpected turn, Faizah learns that acts of kindness can come back to you in beautiful...

"Marjorie wants a friend who loves the same things she does: baking shows, knitting, and gardening. Someone like Granny. So with a sprinkle of flour in her hair and a spritz of lavender perfume, Marjorie goes undercover to the local Senior Citizens Group"--