Summer Reads for Little Kids

Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

"For one young girl, summer is the season of no school, of days spent at the pool, and of picking golden limes off the trees. But summer doesn't start until her lola--her grandmother from the Philippines--comes for her annual visit. When Lola visits, the whole family gathers to cook and eat and share in their happiness of another season spent together"--

Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.

"Everyone knows fairies are hard workers who look after the flowers and other growing things. But if can't be all work and no play. Do they every geta vacation? How do they enjoy their favorite season, summer?" --

One summer day, Buddy and his mother take a walk around a pond and observe the animals and insects that live there.

Billy learns about gardening from his grandfather. Includes gardening tips.

A young boy creates a summer playhouse by planting sunflowers and saves the seeds to make another house the next year.

"When Vincent is sent to his aunt Mimi's city apartment for the summer, he's surrounded by more concrete than nature. Things are looking gray. But before long, Vincent meets Toma, and the boys bond while throwing some strange dirt balls into an empty lot. All summer long, they toss and launch, throw and catch. Little do they know, though, just as their friendship is growing, something is also blooming in the empty lot ÌÆA celebration of the joy...

On a night when the moon can grow no fatter, bats pack their moon-tan lotion and baskets of treats and fly off for some fun on the beach.

One hot summer day, a man who makes sculpture out of junk helps a boy create what he sees in his mind's eye.