Summer's Song, A Day in the Life of a Child, by Charlotte Rouse (Fancy Feather Press, ages 5-8, 2024, $24.99HB, 52pp) Reviewed by Skye Anderson
Oh, to relive a summer's day from your childhood days gone by! Author Charlotte Rouse shares one such summer day with us "old folks" and gives the youngsters ideas of what to do with their siblings on a long hot summer day in the country.
Perhaps you liked to ride bikes, play in the sandbox, slurp some watermelon, lie on your back in the grass and make up stories about the cloud shapes in the sky. Eat an indoor picnic lunch, pick blackberries that stain your shirt, catch tadpoles, make a dandelion necklace, trap fireflies - and let them go again - all before a bedtime story.
Rouse has created a big book, a bit long so we suggest you read half of it before afternoon naptime and the rest, right before bedtime. Written from the point of view of the older daughter (in the pink dress), Summer's Song is a book about a time gone by - and, of course, the family has both a dog and a cat!
Savor the sounds, the incomplete sentences that are just perfect. the memories dug up playing with the neighbor kids. . . .
Bonus: a free comprehensive reading guide is available on the author's webpage - https://www.charlottetinsleyrouse.com/books
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