Grades
K - 6
The books in this collection all have one thing in common—summer! With each turn of the page, your students will be transported to the warm temperatures, vacations, and delicious ice cream that mark their favorite season.
With a few scraps of wood, a mind full of ideas, and plenty of determination, Ruby is able to build one awesome fort and may even inspire young readers to do the same this summer!
New to America, Rashin recalls beach trips in Iran as she embarks on new seaside adventures—with a potential new friend.
It’s summer vacation, the weather's great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So, where’s Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn.
The penguins are going to the beach. What will they take?
Young readers will find this picture book from Hans Christian Anderson Award-winner and three-time Caldecott Honoree, Peter Sís, as breezy, sweet, and irresistible as ice cream in summer.
Filled with the flavor of the southwest and sprinkled with just a pinch of magic, young readers are sure to find this heartfelt story as rich and satisfying as Nana's homemade enchiladas.
Changes and difficult choices abound in this incisive portrait of a girl trying to make sense of the tumultuous era of the Civil Rights Movement. Young readers will love this memorable novel about family, friendship, and choices that aren’t always easy.
Nothing says summer like fireflies in the sky. In this delightful book, young readers meet a boy excited to find fireflies making patterns of light in the dark around his home. After catching many of them, however, the boy realizes that the fireflies' lights are dimming. What can he do to bring back the light?
In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. They plucked banjos and strummed guitars.
