Summer in the City

Marie-Louise Gay, David Homel

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Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
12 July 2021

Picture storybooks; Family & home stories (Children's&YA); Humorous stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's&YA)

Series: Travels with My Family

Husband-and-wife team Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel create a sequel to the enormously popular Travels with My Family and On the Road Again! - but with a twist. This time Charlie and his family stay home, and find adventure in their own Montreal neighborhood.

Charlie can't wait for school to be over. But he's wondering what particular vacation ordeal his parents have lined up for the family this summer. Canoeing with alligators in Okefenokee? Getting caught in the middle of a revolutionary shootout in Mexico? Or perhaps another trip abroad?

Turns out, this summer the family is staying put, in their hometown. Montreal, Canada. A ""staycation,"" his parents call it. Charlie is doubtful at first but, ever resourceful, decides that there may be adventures and profit to be had in his own neighborhood.

And there are. A campout in the backyard brings him in contact with more than one kind of wildlife, a sudden summer storm floods the expressway, various pet-sitting gigs turn almost-disastrous, and a baseball game goes awry when various intruders storm the infield - from would-be medieval knights and an over-eager ice-cream vendor to a fly-ball-catching Doberman. Then of course there's looking after his little brother, Max, who is always a catastrophe-in-the-making.

Key Text Features illustrations key text features

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).

By: Marie-Louise Gay, David Homel
Imprint: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 141mm, Width: 217mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9781773065472
ISBN 10: 1773065475
Series: Travels with My Family
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 12 July 2021
Recommended Age: From 7 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MARIE-LOUISE GAY is an internationally acclaimed children's book creator whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages. She has won many awards including two Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award. She has also been nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She lives in Montreal, Quebec. DAVID HOMEL is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, journalist and translator. He has won the Governor General’s Award for translation, the Hugh MacLennan Prize and the Jewish Public Library Award for fiction.

Reviews for Summer in the City

An upbeat summer idyll likely to draw chuckles whether read alone or aloud. * Kirkus Reviews * This is a funny chapter book that celebrates the inquisitive spirit of its little hero and reveals how adventure is around every corner, if we only open our heart. * Vancouver Writers Fest *