Relates a child's activities in the heat of a summer day punctuated by a thunderstorm.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce the colors, songs, and activities of summer.

'Vacationland' is a delicious summer read set in midcoast Maine, tackling family secrets, marriage, motherhood, and privilege.

"In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile, the world's in meltdown--and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time. This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So: Where does family begin? And...

"On a bright sunny day Mouse and Minka celebrate summer with a picnic in the park"--

A young bear wakes from hibernation craving honey, but soon recalls the many things he can enjoy while waiting for his favorite food to be ready.

"A charged, hypnotic debut novel about a boy's life-changing summer in rural Pakistan: a story of fathers, sons, and the consequences of desire"--

When her longtime best friend becomes distant and begins acting differently, Ella proposes a bucket list of goals to complete together over the summer before high school in an effort to repair their bond.

Candy has forgotten to buy the paprika, Turner needs to get his zinnias in, Della told her mother she was going to the Galaxy Swirl, but that's not where she's really headed. A retired sheriff climbs a corn bin and muses on lost love, a French teacher throws firecrackers out a barn window, and a teenager borrows a motorcycle to ride the back roads. Gossip is paramount, lives are entwined. This is the story of a single day, where the residents of...