summer

A collection of forty humorous poems about summer vacation, covering adventures from the last day of school to the new school year.

One hot summer day, four bored children start a watermelon seed-spitting battle that soon spreads throughout their town.

For Henry and his big dog Mudge, summer means going on a picnic in the park, taking a bath under the garden hose, and going to the top of the big green hill.

Colorful illustrations and rhyming text present a celebration of summer from a child's perspective.

Simple text and photographs describe the things animals and people do in the summer, how the summer helps plants to grow, and what makes the summer warm.

Moving from Santa Cruz, California, to Sacramento, Steven, a ten-year-old baseball player, spends the summer trying to make friends with ballet-loving Lucinda.

A little girl and her grandmother escape the city on a hot summer day by going to the beach.

Annie and Henry join the summer reading club at the library, and vow to be "Book Bugs" for life.

Kayla faces a dilemma over what to believe after she hears rumors about some of her new friends at summer camp.

Jordan decides she is going to confront her fears while away at summer camp, taking on jumping horses, asking a boy out, and performing onstage.