Summer's Vacation - Hardcover

Plourde, Lynn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689842236 ISBN 13: 9780689842238

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Summer cartwheels and shouts,

"Hip-hip-hooray!

Vacation is here.

Let's play, play, play."

Vibrant, sunny Summer is too busy having fun shaping sand castles, jumping in the waves, gobbling berries, and camping under a blanket of stars to do her chores. But it's not until she hikes to the top of a mountain and sees the dull, parched land below, that she realizes what she has done. Summer grabs her sprinkling can. Is she too late to make amends?

Lynn Plourde's and Greg Couch's seasonal saga of Wild Child, Winter Waits, and Spring's Sprung comes full circle with this summertime celebration. Plourde's playful words capture the frolic and fun of vacations, while Couch's glowing, golden illustrations radiate off the pages to warm the hearts of children of all ages.

Summer cartwheels and shouts,

"Hip-hip-hooray!

Vacation is here.

Let's play, play, play."

Vibrant, sunny Summer is too busy having fun shaping sand castles, jumping in the waves, gobbling berries, and camping under a blanket of stars to do her chores. But it's not until she hikes to the top of a mountain and sees the dull, parched land below, that she realizes what she has done. Summer grabs her sprinkling can. Is she too late to make amends?

Lynn Plourde's and Greg Couch's seasonal saga of Wild Child, Winter Waits, and Spring's Sprung comes full circle with this summertime celebration. Plourde's playful words capture the frolic and fun of vacations, while Couch's glowing, golden illustrations radiate off the pages to warm the hearts of children of all ages.

About this title

About the Author:

Lynn Plourde and Greg Couch are the author-illustrator team for the acclaimed season cycle Wild Child, Winter Waits, and Spring's Sprung. Lynn, author of the recent picture books Snow Day and School Picture Day, "summers" (and winters, springs, and falls) in Maine, also known as Vacationland. Greg lives and works busily in New York on books, including Sun Dance, Water Dance; The Cello of Mr.O; and Moon Ball, and movies, including Ice Age, but he does make time for occasional visits to his favorite vacation spot, Cape Cod.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-Plourde and Couch's quartet of picture books personifying the seasons comes full circle with this exuberant celebration of summer. Enthusiastic and full of energy, young Summer spends her time swimming, building sand castles, picking berries, and camping in the cool forest. Under the watchful eye of Mother Earth and Father Time, the youngster rushes from one activity to another. The two admonish her not to neglect her chores but she is having too much fun to stop her frolicking. It is not until she pauses on a mountaintop that she realizes what her negligence has done-the Earth is dry and brown. Promising to work around the clock, Summer sprinkles water until the rivers flow and the animals begin to stir. Rendered in acrylic paint and colored pencils on museum board, the illustrations glow with the shimmering heat of a sultry day and the coolness of a summer's evening. The yellows, greens, and blues match the energetic tone of the rhyming verses. This title continues the New Age approach evident in this team's other season books: Mother Earth is camouflaged as part of the topography and Summer's short golden hair looks like sun rays around her head. Children familiar with the earlier titles will welcome Summer and her infectious love of warm, carefree days.
Wendy Woodfill, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, MN
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0689842236
• ISBN 13: 9780689842238
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Couch Greg