The Night Before Summer Vacation

I just love Natasha Wing.  She covers every major holiday using the rhyme scheme of "The Night Before Christmas".  Ivy has been obsessively readying "The Night Before Summer Vacation" this week.  She is so excited by s'mores (we made them outside tonight for the first time!), sandbox toys, suntan lotion, and picnics -  all of which are covered in this book.  A family gets ready to leave for their summer vacation, packing everything known to man.

Twas the night before leaving

on summer vacation. 

My family was bursting with anticipation.  

Dad made a checklist 

which he checked as he went -

the bug spray, the backpacks

the umbrella, the tent. 

One of Ivy's favorite Valentine's stories is Natasha Wing's The Night Before Valentine's Day, a clever spin-off of The Night Before Christmas.  The children make Valentines and go to sleep with visions of candy hearts dancing in their heads on the night before Valentine's Day.  The next day they attend parties at school, exchange Valentines, and receive a surprise visitor at school.  Who could it be, and what is he bringing?  Read to find out...