Summer Shorts : A Short Story Collection

by SMOOT MADELINE

• ISBN13: 9780976941750
• ISBN10: 0976941759
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Blooming Tree Pr

Summary

A collection of short stories, poems all taking place during the summer. Kids go to camp, on vacation, or just stay home. Some stories are set in the past, some in the future and some are set in other worlds entirely.

Author Biography

This collection of summer stories comes to you by way of over forty authors, poets and illustrators from all over the United States, Japan, Brazil, Austraila, Canada and Switzerland.

Table of Contents

Wave Goodbye to Winter	1	(1)
Kimberly Campbell
Mystery in the Mountains	2	(11)
Dorothy Imm
Do Monsters Go to the Bathroom?	13	(4)
Susan A. Meyers
Misha and the Swamp Monster	17	(6)
Caroline Young Ullmann
The Camp Out	23	(1)
Tricia Mathison
Why Do the Horses Stand in the Sea?	24	(16)
Tovah S. Yavin
Adam's Quilt	40	(13)
Valerie Hunter
The High Dive	53	(16)
Amy Fellner Dominy
High Dive	69	(1)
Alison Dellenbaugh
The Water Fight Professional	70	(4)
Angela Meuser
The Mermaid's Scepter	74	(3)
Sydney Salter Husseman
Moon Smile	77	(1)
Joanne Peterson
The Nickname	78	(15)
Bish Denham
Blame It on the Menehune	93	(6)
Susan Zeller Smith
Thunder Guardian	99	(12)
Sylvia M. DeSantis
Bummer, It's Summer	111	(3)
Gale Payne
Spaceball	114	(4)
Kay Pluta
The Seal of Marsh Cove	118	(9)
Edith Morris Hemingway
At the Beach	127	(1)
Junette Kirkham Woller
Owen Nolan's Square-Wheeled Bike	128	(8)
Alison Dellenbaugh
Lawnmowers	136	(2)
Kelly R. Fineman
Treasure at Cave Hollow Ranch	138	(6)
Lisa Tiffin
June Bugs	144	(1)
Tricia Mathison
Picnic Point	145	(5)
Lucy Ford
Ants	150	(1)
Kay Pluta
Margaret's Summer Treasure	151	(4)
Alyssa Martin
The Magic Shell	155	(5)
Marcia Strykowski
Slam Dunk Summer	160	(11)
Lydia X. Allen
Summertime Feet	171	(3)
Regina Kubelka
Taking the Plunge	174	(5)
Cassandra Reigel Whetstone
Summer in Pennsylvania	179	(12)
Joan Hobernicht
Lifeguard Lexie	191	(13)
Shelby May
Camp Charivari	204	(1)
Christine Gerber Rutt
Backyard UFO	205	(4)
Elizabeth Tevlin
Hurricanes	209	(8)
Mindy Hardwick
Gone Missing!	217	(4)
Susan Sundwall
Vacation Instructions	221	(1)
Cindy Breedlove
Ogopogo	222	(8)
Gloria Singendonk
Peanut and the Bone Chomper	230	(6)
Pamela Kessler
Porch Swing	236	(1)
Elsbet Vance
Grandma and the Water Park	237	(6)
Marilyn E. Freeman
Billy-Bunter	243	(12)
Goldie Alexander
Troll in my Treehouse	255	(8)
Kathryn Lay
Ice Cream	263	(1)
Sally Clark
The Diver	264	(10)
Suzanne Kamata
Lost in the Cow Pasture	274	(4)
Marion Tickner
Sea Rescue	278	(6)
Patti Zelch
Catch of the Day	284	(1)
Doris Fisher
Our Mom, the Crazy Genius	285	(4)
Tracey Miller
All the King's Horses	289	(13)
Bevin Rolfs Spencer
Fish Rescue!	302	(4)
Amy Oriani
Hummingbird Song	306	(1)
Kristy Dempsey
Low Tide	307	(4)
Katharine Folkes
Rocky Road	311	(15)
Darlina Chambers
I Wonder What the Clouds Taste Like	326	(5)
Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Bottle It Up	331	(16)
Heath Gibson
The Land of Summer	347
Madeline Smoot