Canoe Days by Gary Paulsen, illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen, Doubleday, New York, NY 1999The story of a summer canoe ride on a lake, with illustrations of the beauty of the peaceful, natural surroundings.
Canoe Days by Gary Paulsen, illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen, Doubleday, New York, NY 1999
The story of a summer canoe ride on a lake, with illustrations of the beauty of the peaceful, natural surroundings.
If you like canoeing on peaceful waters you might also like to take a canoe ride on the Concord, Assabet and Sudbury rivers near Lexington which pass through parts of the Great Meadows National Wildlife Sanctuary and under the Old Bridge at Concord where the Minutemen fought in the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
Summersaults by Douglas Florian, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2002
Poems and paintings by the author about summer.
Knoxville, Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Larry Johnson, Scholastic, Inc., New York, NY 1994
An illustrated poem about the joys of a girl spending the summer with her family in Knoxville, eating corn, attending the church picnic, and going barefoot.
Danitra Brown Leaves Town by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Floyd Cooper HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, 2002
This is the story, told in poetry, of a summer vacation that two friends share by writing letters to each other.
A Day at Damp Camp by George Ella Lyon, Illustrated by Peter Catalanotto, Orchard Books, New York, NY 1996
Every page of this book shows several different activities of a day at camp with two word rhyming captions to tell the story.
Lionel in the Summer by Stephen Krensky, pictures by Susanna Natti, Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin Putnam Inc., New York, NY, 1998
During his summer vacation Lionel enjoys the longest day of the year, opens a lemonade stand, watches the fireworks on the Fourth of July and takes a trip to the mountains.
The Raft by Jim LaMarche, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, 2000
While Nicky doesn't think summer with Grandma far from his friends will be much fun at first, it turns out to be wonderful when he uses an old raft to explore the river near her home and the wildlife along it.
A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck, Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin Putnam Inc., New York, NY, 1998
The story of a boy's seven summer trips to rural Illinois to visit his Grandmother with his sister. Set in the Great Depression era of 1929 to 1942 these stories are funny and recall a very different time than the present.
One Hot Summer Day by Nina Crews, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1995
The easy to read, photographed activities of a child on a hot day in the city, eating a popsicle, enjoying a cooling rain, and swinging.
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