Topics in the TEACH Studio Collection

Relates a child's activities in the heat of a summer day punctuated by a thunderstorm.

One summer day on her great-grandparents' Kentucky farm, a squabble with her cousin Melvin spurs Brenda Gail to begin choosing the moments that will become her own special song made of memories.

Carl and Madeleine are supposed to be napping while Mom and Dad get the summer cabin ready for company but escape from the hammock to do some exploring on the lake.

While spending the summer at the beach with his parents, Louie has a wonderful time playing with his toy goose and even rescues her from a big wave.

It's a sunny summer day. Come join the crowd headed for the parade!

After having a fight, two friends spend the day ignoring each other, until the lure of a game of jump rope helps them to forget about being mad.

Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.

While picking blueberries on a warm summer afternoon, Cammy and her brother see signs of unseen animals and their activities including footprints, a dam, and a floating feather.

Presents a celebration of summer from a child's perspective.

"Bees buzz, birds sing, and children roll in the grass and feel the heat of the summer sun."

Young Bo spends the summer with his grandfather in the country and has a wonderful time.

A young girl eagerly awaits a coming rainstorm to bring relief from the oppressive summer heat.

When their home is swept away, the possum family must rely on their forest friends for help. Although at first it seems that no other animal's home is quite suited for a possum, when the animals work together, they come up with something spectacular!

The annual summer visit to the country home of the Old Ones, the uncles and aunts who raised Daddy, brings joy and good times.

Mimi and her little brother Joe escape from home and the city's summer heat to read and dream about princesses and dinosaurs in the cool, quiet library.

Reluctuant Nicky spends a wonderful summer with Grandma who introduces him to the joy of rafting down the river near her home and watching the animals along the banks.

One very hot summer, Eric Dooley watches his younger sister go from her first swimming lesson all the way to the diving board, while his fear of the water keeps him from joining her and the rest of the people of Clermont County in the pool.

Several artists who paint different things, with different kinds of paint, and at different times of the day, all paint the same island that they visit each summer.

When Nick decides to teach his cats to read, Verne is very much interested, especially in books about mice and fish, but Stevenson wants nothing to do with the project--or does he?

As spring slowly turns to summer, a little boy builds a fort and plants a garden in impatient anticipation.

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

A canoe ride on a northern lake during a summer day reveals the quiet beauty and wonder of nature in and around the peaceful water.

A pig experiences adversity but in the end enjoys a perfect summer day.

One hot summer day, a man who makes sculpture out of junk helps a boy create what he sees in his mind's eye.

To relieve the boredom of a long, hot summer day, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby join their fun-loving neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, and her mischievous dog Zeke on an adventurous sightseeing boat cruise.

While spending the summer with her father, Rainie wishes her parents would stay together, just like the family of loons she sees on the lake.

A gentle tale told entirely through sticky notes between a mother and daughter as the girl's departure for her first summer camp draws near demonstrates how love can be found even in scribbled messages and other unlikely places.

Two children catch fireflies on a summer night, putting them one by one into a jar until all ten are caught, and then they let them out to watch all ten fly away.

Never be late for a parade. Never forget the password. Never ruin a perfect plan. It's all about the rules. But what if the rules feel completely arbitrary? What if your older brother is the only one who gets to make them up all summer long? And what if he's the only one who can save you when the darkness of winter comes rushing in?

Four children play in the moonlight before bedtime on a soft summer night.

On a hot summer day, a little girl finds ways to entertain herself and stay cool.

A collection of poems celebrating summer sights and sounds.

Fun acrostic poems celebrate summer.