Loon Summer

by Barbara Santucci

Book Overview

My first morning on the lake I hear the loons. -Oh-OOOO-oooo.- Their sad songs remind me that Mom isn't coming to the cottage this summer. Rainie knows that this summer will be different. As she and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802851827
• ISBN13: 9780802851826
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

The hopeful story of a child adjusting

An ideal picturebook story for ages 5 and older, Barbara Santucci's Loon Summer is the story of Rainier and her dad as the spend time together on a lakeside cottage. Rainie misses her mom (who no longer lives with her dad), and throughout the summer she watches a pair of loons lay their eggs, hatch babies, and form a loon family. Beautifully illustrated by Andrea Shine, Loon Summer is very highly recommended for family, school, community library collections, as the hopeful story of a child adjusting to the difficult realities of separated parents but who is able to grow in her trust and understanding of the unconditional love her parents will always have for her as their daughter.