Summer Reading - Color Our World
This summer embrace the beauty of art in all its forms, creating a colorful tapestry of experiences for everyone to share. Looking for more? Search our catalog!
Adult Reads
- Adulthood Is a Gift by Sarah Andersen
- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
- The Big Book of Happy Crafts by Lucia Mallea
- Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren
- Crafting a Better World by Diana Weymar
- The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
- The Creative Vegetable Gardener by Kelly Smith Trimble
- Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior
- The Freaks Came Out to Write by Tricia Romano
- Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
- Good Girl by Aria Aber
- A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
- Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander
- Murder Takes the Stage by Colleen Cambridge
- Music and Mind edited by Renée Fleming
- Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
- Turning to Birds by Lili Taylor
- You Are an Artist by Sarah Urist Green
Teen Reads
- The Art of Exile by Andrea Max
- The Art Thieves by Andrea Rogers
- Artifacts of an Ex by Jennifer Chen
- Blank Canvas by Akiko Higashimura
- Bunt! by Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert
- Crafting Change by Jessica Vitkus
- A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson
- The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel
- Heist Society by Ally Carter
- I Am Me edited by Tom Worthen
- Icarus by K. Ancrum
- Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West
- Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed
- Maya in Multicolor by Swati Teerdhala
- Maybe an Artist by Liz Montague
- My Last Summer with Cass by Mark Crilley
- Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam
- What I Want You to See By Catherine Linka
Kid Reads
- 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Various
- 5000 Years of Awesome Objects by Susie Brooks
- Art's Art by Alliah L. Agostini
- The Big Book of Nature Art by Yuval Zommer
- Botticelli's Apprentice by Ursula Murray Husted
- Candle Island by Lauren Wolk
- The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier
- Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum by Hannah Tunnicliffe
- Drawing Chibi Pets by Oriel Voegele
- Drawing Is... by Elizabeth Haidle
- Horse & Buggy Paint It Out by Ethan Long
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day
- The Picture Visitors by Christina Wolff
- Pig Makes Art by Laura Gehl
- A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga
- This Book Will Make You an Artist by Ruth Millington
- What Is Color? by Steven Weinberg
- What's the Point of Art? by Ann Kay
Picture Books
- Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty
- ARTificial Intelligence by David Biedrzycki
- The Artist by Ed Vere
- The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
- Blue by Nana Brew-Hammond
- The Boy Who Found His Voice by Tyler Gordon
- Dot! Scribble! Go! by Hervé Tullet
- Else B. in the Sea by Jeanne Walker Harvey
- Frida Kahlo's Flower Crown by Nydia Armendia-Sánchez
- Glitter Everywhere! by Chris Barton
- Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony by Lisa Jean Rogers
- Maybe Something Beautiful by F. Isabel Campoy
- Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
- Mural Island by Katie Yamasaki
- Nola's Scribbles Save the Day by Cristina Lalli
- Off the Wall by Theodore Taylor III
- Oh, Olive! by Lian Cho
- The Painter and the President by Sarah Albee
- Still Life by Alex London
Film and Television
- Banksy Most Wanted
- Chasing Portraits
- Cosplay Universe
- The Hudson River School
- Inside the Met
- Iris
- Kawaii Amigurumi Crochet
- Love, Cecil
- Miss Hill Making Dance Matter
- Pet Portraits in Watercolor
- Rick Steves' Art of Europe
- Rothko
- Secrets of Origami
- Shelter Island
- Sketching Landscapes in Pen, Ink & Watercolor
- State of the Art
- Van Gogh's Ear