Pictures from Our Vacation

Snap!

With their new cameras

Snap!

a brother and sister

Snap!

take pictures of their vacation.

But when they look at their photographs they see:

1. The back of Dad's head
2. Feet
3. A container of noodles

That's it?

Does 1 + 2 + 3 = summer vacation?

What about how it felt to swim in the lake? What about the stories their cousins told and the taste of a just-invented strawberry and whipped cream dessert?

For those memories--the memories of summer and the memories of family that mean the most--they need to look someplace else. Someplace deep inside. Someplace permanent.

Author: Lynne Rae Perkins
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 04/24/2007
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780060850975
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 114837 / Pictures from Our Vacation


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2007 pg. 342
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2007 pg. 273
Booklist 05/01/2007 pg. 88
Publishers Weekly 06/11/2007 pg. 59
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2007 pg. 480 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 06/01/2007 pg. 119
New York Times Book Review 08/12/2007 pg. 17
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 1
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2007 pg. 1
Christian Century 12/11/2008 pg. 26
People Weekly 12/24/2007 pg. 59
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2007 pg. 37

About the Author
Perkins, Lynne Rae: -

Lynne Rae Perkins was awarded the Newbery Medal for Criss Cross. She is the author of five other novels--All Alone in the Universe, As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, Nuts to You, Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea, and Violet and Jobie in the Wild. Lynne Rae Perkins has also written and illustrated several acclaimed picture books, including Frank and Lucky Get Schooled, The Broken Cat, Snow Music, Pictures from Our Vacation, The Cardboard Piano, Wintercake, and The Museum of Everything. The author lives with her family in northern Michigan. Visit her online at lynnerae.com.