This summer, explore your story and expand your world with library books and resources.
Elementary
Read About It | Get your students excited with these titles.
One World follows two children as they witness our extraordinary biodiversity, weaving together science, art, and a call for climate awareness.
The Atlas of Languages takes the reader on a word journey across the globe to explore the complexity, beauty, and variety of our languages.
Awesome Earth uses concrete poetry and vibrant artwork to celebrate the many forms of planet Earth.
In The World Book, learn about every country that exists today with a map, flag, key facts, and a little bit of history.
The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide to Inventing the World will bring readers to fascinating locations all around the world and move them through the progressions and scientific ideas that forge innovation.
Learn More | Use online resources to explore different cultures, learn a language, and tell your story.
- Try CultureGrams to learn more about countries in the World Cup and their customs, history, economy, and more.
- Practice your language skills with Mango Languages which uses real-life situations to teach 70+ languages.
- On World Book Timelines, you can view timelines of important events throughout history or tell your own story by creating a personal custom timeline.
Jump In!
- Make a map of your school or neighborhood. What are the places that tell your story?
- Research one of the countries playing in the World Cup in Seattle. What similarities and differences do you notice?
- Write a story about something that happened in your family. Interview your grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins.
Secondary
Read About It | Introduce students to ideas for telling their own stories with these titles.
Create your Own Webcomics With Webtoon guides teens through using their creativity to create and design digital comics with tutorials, tips, and tricks from professionals.
Write! Shoot! Edit! is an easy-to-follow intro to the basics of filmmaking.
The Greatest Stories Ever Played follows the evolution of video games as vessels for storytelling, narrated by self-proclaimed “lifelong gamer” Dustin Hansen.
Rip the Page! presents exercises and wordplay experiments to teach amateur writers how to enjoy writing creatively.
Make your Own Board Game teaches teens the fundamentals of game design- from rule-setting and physical construction to writing narratives.
Learn More | Use online resources to learn skills that can help you tell your story.
- LinkedIn Learning offers free courses on Video Editing, Animation, Music and Sound Design, and more.
- Kanopy has thousands of films from independent filmmakers and popular producers to inspire you.
- Oxford English Dictionary is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words from the past and present English Language.
Jump In!
- Grab some friends and make a short film about your community.
- Take a walk around your neighborhood and write notes about what you see. Use them to create a story.
- Create a board game for your family or friends to play together, then host a game night with snacks and pajamas.
