Animal Love Summer

As Marion Peck's magical and bucolic landscapes unfold, an uneasy melancholy fills the air - the birds are chirping but the sounds are not quite right. The viewer pauses and questions the reality Peck has created, as well as reality itself. Themes of hope, despair, mystery, nostalgia, love and death recur throughout Peck's work alongside motifs of dreams, big-eyed animals, natural landscapes, doe-eyed children, royalty and peasantry.

This is a story about a boy who was told if he kept digging he would end up in China. Because of his sister's fearlessness and some fantastic friends, he finds himself in Beijing. In this comical retelling, the group meets in Beijing to support the boy's sister, who is running The Great Wall Marathon. The run is a great excuse to extend the trip into an experience of a lifetime: enjoying local cuisine, checking out shopping hot spots, dispelling myths and pre-conceived notions, and putting the T back into tea--all the while laughing at themselves along the way.

Follows the happenings at the Liberty Meadows Animal Sanctuary, the home of several crazy animals, a shy veterinarian, and a beautiful animal psychiatrist.

This Level 1 guided reader examines seasonal animal behaviors in summer. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about how animals respond to summer changes, including finding ways to keep cool or becoming more active.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: This Level 1 guided reader examines seasonal animal behaviors in summer. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about how animals respond to summer changes, including finding ways to keep cool or becoming more active.

Observes the behavior of several animals during the summer months.