Lionel in the Summer (Puffin Easy-to-Read, Level 3)
Grade 1-3-This worthy addition to a quality series features four short, seasonal stories. In the first, Lionel has made many plans for the longest day of the year. When a friend explains that the longest day doesn't have any more hours in it than a regular day, Lionel decides to go straight to the most important thing-doing nothing. In another chapter, Lionel wants to stay up for the fireworks at the Fourth of July carnival so he goes into the Haunted House and scares himself wide awake. In the next episode, when the boy sets up a lemonade stand, his know-it-all sister tells him that he's doing everything wrong. He then tricks Louise into buying his business and gets the better of her-at least this time. In the last selection, the siblings drop not very subtle hints that they really need to stop for ice cream during a long car trip. The enjoyable, colored-pencil and watercolor-wash illustrations are a fine match for the tales. Children will identify with and laugh with the characters.Anne Parker, Milton Public Library, MACopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.