Lemonade Books and Activities Collection

We love lemonade in the summer!  Do you?  If so, check out our list of lemonade books and activities to go along with each.  We have read them all and have completed a related activity for every book at Adventures in Reading with Kids, so you are sure to have fun!

If your kids want to have a lemonade stand,

read Lemonade Stand by Marcia Vaughn

and

have a pretend lemonade stand minus the sugar and disappointing sales!

If your kids are learning about money,

read A Dollar for Penny by Dr. Julie Glass

and

practice counting the money while you read.

If it is a hot day and you need a cool drink,

read Maisy Makes Lemonade by Lucy Cousins

and

make some lemonade and a cookbook to go with it!

If your kids like dragons or doing things backwards,

read The End by David LaRochelle

and

make a bowl full of lemonade cake,

or practice sequencing with the events in the story.

If your kids love play dough,

read Lemonade Sun and Other Summer Poems by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

and

make lemonade play dough for stamping lemonade adjectives!





If your kids are learning word patterns, 

read Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka
and
try making words out of the word lemonade.

If your kids like to predict what a story is going to be about,

read The Lemonade Babysitter by Karen Waggoner
and
make a Book Bag before you read.





If your kids love to be dramatic,

read Starring Francine and Dave by Ruth Arnold

and

put on a play about lemonade.