Judy's big plans for the summer seem ruined when two of her best friends go away, and then her parents leave her and Stink with Aunt Opal, but a new "thrill-a-delic" plan has her racing toward fun.

The children are spending the summer on their own private island but there is a mysterious stranger on the island.

For 12-year-old Julia Richards, life seems to be full of a lot of waiting: waiting for the cicadas to emerge, waiting with her best friend Taylor for the summer to get interesting, even waiting for her parents to let her move into the much cooler room down the hall. But perhaps the waiting might be over after new girl Alyssa and her plushy pink chair arrive across the street on Darcy Lane. However, when Alyssa challenges Julia for Taylor's friendship...

"In a simple, evocative conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn"--

When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected.

"Two children notice all the beautiful colors that surround them on a rainy summer day out in the country"--

Everyday adventures with a girl who can talk to animals! The weather is hot, hot, hot, and the farm animals are getting grumpy. The pigs are arguing with the chickens, and the ducks and newts are sad because their pond has dried up. Where will the water animals live? Luckily, they have the help of Daisy Dawson, but it may take the elegant and snooty cat Trixie to make the rain fall at last.

Stuck in summer school while his friends enjoy a "Passport to Hawaii," nearly-eleven-year-old Hank needs to earn an A on an oral report about Einstein in order to participate in Magik 3's talent show act at the luau extravaganza.

Publisher Annotation: Jeremy is not excited about the prospect of spending the summer with his dad and his uncle in a seaside cabin in Oregon. It's the first summer after his parents' divorce, and he hasn't exactly been seeking alone time with his dad. He doesn't have a choice, though, so he goes... and on his first day takes a walk on the beach and finds himself intrigued by a boy his age running by. Eventually, he and Runner Boy (Evan) meet -- and...

From flip-flops and hide and seek to fireworks and ice-cream trucks, there's something for everyone in this celebration of the summer season.