Summer’s Vacation by Lynne Plourde

Summer’s Vacation (Mother Earth’s Children)
Written by Lynn Plourde Illustrated by Greg Couch
Published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

Not so originally, I decided that a showcase with a summer reading theme would be a good feature for the blogs over the next few months. I was excited when a newsletter from Simon and Schuster offered a list of new kids books that it turns out my local library had on order. Summer’s Vacation was at the top of it. A simple hold and a few days later I was reading it, only to discover it was part of a series. Gathering the rest of the series took a bit more time as it is extremely popular with the 8 and under crowd, probably more popular with their parents I would be willing to bet.

Like most children during this time of year Summer wants to play…