Looking for ways to combine your little one's love for storytelling with fresh air and local exploration? From interactive trail walks and library reading challenges to independent bookstore field trips, here are 5 fantastic, family-friendly summer literary activities in King County designed to keep your 4- to 8-year-old reader engaged all season long.

Tearing kids away from screens can feel like an impossible task. Enter Tyson’s Cookie Caper Printable Adventure Kit—a free, interactive companion to the charming children’s book by Erica Lynn. Discover how this 10-minute-setup printable turns your living room into a real-life mystery, gamifying early reading comprehension and logic skills for ages 4 and up.

Every great children’s book series requires a spark of imagination, but transforming a writer's words into a visual world kids want to step inside? That takes a special kind of wizardry.

For the Tyson in Whiskerville series, that wizard is our incredibly talented illustrator, Tom Burchell.