The Read, Discuss, Do Summer Challenge: Art Camp!

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  Our annual summer reading challenge begins soon, and this year our theme is Art Camp! As always, the Summer Challenge is a way to pair books with summer fun, and this year will be all about have some summer camp style fun and sharing ideas for creative art play inspired by some of our favorite picture book illustrations. We hope you'll come along! Don't miss out. Sign up for our newsletter for all the campy, creative fun to come right to your inbox!
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Picture Book Pair for Sweater Weather

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Happy Autumn! It’s the season of pumpkin picking, applesauce making, leaves crunching, and…sweater wearing. That’s right. It’s sweater weather! The temperatures are dropping, and we are getting close to snow falling. Maybe you already have snow! Whatever your weather, it’s certainly time to slip on a sweater.

Wearing sweaters to keep warm has been happening for centuries. According to britanica.com, sweaters were invented in the 15th century on the English Channel Islands. Fishermen in Ireland and Scotland followed suite. Early sweaters were made from thick, heavy wool. They often featured intricate patterns and were treated with oil to help make them water resistant on the high seas. In the 1890s sweaters were adopted by athletes in the United States, which is where they were first called sweaters.

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