The Sierra Club Summer Book, by Linda Allison, Sierra Club Books/Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1977Fourteen Chapters filled with ways to spend a Summer... Games, Trips, Sleeping Out, Crafts, Insects, Keep Cool... lots of things to do!
The Sierra Club Summer Book, by Linda Allison, Sierra Club Books/Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1977
Fourteen Chapters filled with ways to spend a Summer... Games, Trips, Sleeping Out, Crafts, Insects, Keep Cool... lots of things to do!
Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea by Cynthia Rylant, pictures by Sucie Stevenson, Bradbury Press, New York, 1989
The further adventures of Henry, his father, and their big dog Mudge when they visit an ocean beach. The sixth adventure of a series about Henry and Mudge- the others are fun and easy to read too.
Summer Switch by Mary Rodgers, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1982
What happens when Ape Face Andrews switches bodies with his father, and goes off to meet the father's new boss, "Killer Cream-Puff" Marshak at work while the father, in Ape Face's body goes to Camp Soonawissakit which he had hated when he was a boy.
One Hot Summer Day by Nina Crews, Greenwillow Books, New York, 1995
An easy to read and nicely photographed book of things a young black girl does in the city in a summer day.
Summer Reading Is Killing Me! by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith, Viking - Penguin Putnam, Inc., New York, 1998
Joe, Sam and Fred find themselves trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between the good and bad characters from the well known children's books on that list.
Lilly's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff, Delacorte Press, New York, 1997
Lilly's summer at the beach and friendship with a Hungarian refugee boy during World War II changes her view of the war and the world. A Newberry Honor Book
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars, illustrated by Ted CoConis, The Viking Press, New York, 1970
Sara was 14 and had a retarded younger brother Charlie. One day Charlie disappears and she has to search for him through woods and fields for a long summer day. A John Newberry Medal winning book.
Clifford Takes a Trip by Norman Bridwell, Scholastic Inc., New York, 1966
Clifford, the big red dog, doesn't want to stay home with the lady next door when the family goes camping so he follows them to their campground.
Lucy's Summer by Donald Hall, illustrated by Michael McCurdy, Browndeer Press, Harcourt Brace & Co. New York, 1995
How Lucy Wells spent the summer living on a farm in New Hampshire in 1910, and took her first train trip to Boston.
Daddles, The Story of a Plain Hound-dog by Ruth Sawyer, illustrated by Robert Frankenberg, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1964
The story of summers in Maine when two children and Daddles, their beagle, made an inseparable trio.
A Summertime Song by Irene Haas, Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York, 1997
In this beautifully illustrated book, Lucy attends a magical birthday party and finds the doll her grandmother lost when she was a girl.
The Gator Girls by Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger, Morrow Junior Books, New York, 1995
The Gator Girls, Allie and Amy, plan activities and stick together all summer until Camp Wogga-Bog starts.
Pirate Rock by David Walker, illustrated by Victor Mays, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1969
A summer job taking care of a high power boat, leads into a mystery with a dramatic climax for two boys.
One Brave Summer by Ann Turner, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1995
Katy spends a summer in the mountains and learns a lot from a friend she meets there as they do many new things.
Insect Summer by James Kirkup, woodcuts by Naoko Matsubara, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1971
A summer, in a remote village on the Japanese island of Hajinoshima, is enlivened by three visitors, the goldfish man, the picture man and finally, the insect man, carrying his colony in bamboo cages on his shoulders.
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene, The Dial Press, New York, 1974
Sheltering an escaped prisoner of war is the beginning of some shattering experiences for a 12 year old girl in Arkansas.
Those Summers by Aliki, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1996
A nostalgic memory of a trip to the seaside for the summer in the days before TV.
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