This summer, the Clarion Free Library is focusing on the beauty of nature and adventure.
To help inspire everyone to read and enjoy the outdoors at the same time, check out the list below.
Picture Books and Books for Everyone
The Hike by Allison Farrell
Because of an Acorn by Lola M. Schaefer
Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall
Aloha Everything by Kaylin Melia George
Don’t Blow Your Top by Ame Dyckman
Listen to the Birds by Donald Kroodsma NONFICTION
Look What I Found at the Beach by Moira Butterfield NONFICTION
Look What I Found in the Woods by Moira Butterfield NONFICTION
The Nature Journal by Savannah Allen
Ocean!: Waves for All by Stacy McAnulty NONFICTION
Partly Cloudy by Deborah Freedman
Charles Darwin’s Around-the-World Adventure by Jennifer Thermes NONFICTION
Animals Charles Darwin Saw by Sandra Markle NONFICTION
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen
Why Would Anyone Cut a Tree Down by Roberta Burzunski
National Geographic Kids: Wildfires by Kathy Furgang NONFICTION
All About Nature by Huda Harjli NONFICTION
The Door That Had Never Been Opened by Mrs. & Mr. MacLeod
Field Trip to Volcano Island by John Hare WORDLESS PICTURE BOOK
Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin
Quiet as Mud by Jane Yolen
T is for Trails by Judy Young
Volcanoes by Gail Gibbons NONFICTION
The Wilderness by Steve McCarthy
Be a Nature Explorer! by Peter Woheben NONFICTION
The World and Everything in It by Kevin Henkes
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
Pretend by Jennifer Plecas
When the Library Lights Go Out by Megan McDonald
I want to be a Scientist by Laura Driscoll LEVELED READER
Chapter Books
The Magic School Bus: Voyage to the Volcano by Judith Stamper
Clouds Over California by Karyn Parsons
Wombats! Go Camping by Maddie Frost GRAPHIC NOVEL
Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz
Uprising by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
Who’s Who is the Deep Blue by Johnna Rizzo NONFICTION
Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies by Stacey Lee
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Hello Universe by Erin Kelly
Dino-Mike and the T-Rex Attack by Franco
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt by Lucy Hawking
15 Secrets to Survivals by Natalie D. Richards
50 Adventures in the 50 States by Kate Siber NONFICTION
I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake by Lauren Tarshis
Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen GRAPHIC NOVEL
Science Comics: The Periodic Table by Jon Chad NONFICTION
Magic Tree House: Expedition Down Under by Rebecca Carmi
Once Upon a Tim by Stuart Gibbs
Bravelands: The Shattered Horn by Erin Hunter
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
The Map to Everywhere by Carrie Ryan
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maunakea
Young Adult Books
The Getaway List by Emma Lord
The Girl Who Sang by Estelle Nadel NONFICTION
A Drop of Poison by Sajni Patel
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
The Blood Years by Elana Arnold
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini
Fable by Adrienne Young
Treasure Island by Tim Hamilton GRAPHIC NOVEL
The Atlas of Us by Kristin Dwyer
The Maze Cutter by James Dashner
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jenny Ferguson
Forever is Now by Mariama Lockington
Straight On Until Morning by Liz Braswell
Adult Books
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
True North by Andrew Graff
Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Sewura
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner NONFICTION
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawking
The Reunion by Meghan Quinn
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
See You in the Piazza by Frances Mayes NONFICTION
Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach NONFICTION
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