Heatwave is a children’s picture book that describes a very hot day in a variety of very funny ways. Eileen Spinelli is the author of this book and she does a fine job of describing how each person in the community copes with the heatwave. Children will find the words and pictures help them to laugh at all of the funny little ways the grown ups try to cool off. 
The illustrator is Betsy Lewin and her characters give vision to the everyday people in the book.
The idea of eating in your under-clothes or sleeping outdoors will intrigue them and get them to come up with their own ideas of how to feel cooler when the weather heats up!
The publisher of the book is Harcourt, Inc.; http://www.HarcourtBooks.com It was copyrighted in 2007. The book is a Caldecott Honor Winner.
Emily K. Green has writen a simple book of facts on an insect that has kept children fascinated for generations. The firefly has always been somewhat of a mystery to kids and yet they are drawn to the green glowing critters. Summer isn’t summer without trying to capture a firefly or two in a jar. So why not harness the childen’s natural curiosity and let them learn at the same time as they entertain themselves by reading.
This book is from a series called World of Insects from Bellweather Media. It is a blastoff readers level two wich offers young readers a little more challenge in it’s sentence structure to encourage their reading skills. The other titles in the series are Ants, Bumblebees, Cockroaches,Crickets, Dragonflies, Grasshoppers, and Walkingsticks.
There is noone who writes of the dynamics of a family better than Ms. Luanne Rice. She is a consummate writer who is so gifted and talented in human interactions and the subleties of relationships; that there is no one else i would rather read when i want to feel so moved.
Crazy in Love, is a detailed study of such a family of intense and interpersonally connected individuals that you almost feel as if you are in the family because you know them and understand them so very well. The characters are well thought out and they are oozing genuiness through their pores. I loved this book. It’s subjects range from pride in your family, traditions, love, seperations, death, nursing home placement, guilt, birth, fear, trust and so very much more.
When i was finished….i wanted to pick up part two of the series….except…as far as i know…there is no such series. Come on Luanne…give us another installment in the lives of the Bennison women. It will be like one of my family reunions.
I have over the years been working on reading my way through the list of Luanne Rice books…i can honestly say that i have never been disappointed in one of them yet. When you have a desire to have an emotional connection…her books are sure to take you to places where you feel at home. See her website: http://www.luannerice.com