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Summer beat

Two friends celebrate the sounds and sights of summer. Clackity-clack, clackity-clack. A skateboard flies over sidewalk squares. Whoosh pumf, whoosh pumf. Water balloons tossed through the air. Bizzle-bzzz, bizzle-bzzz. A bumblebee comes zipping by. Tzooooooooooo bang. Tzooooooooooo bang. Fireworks...

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Main Author: Franco, Betsy
Other Authors: Middleton, Charlotte (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Summer > Juvenile fiction.
Noise > Juvenile fiction.
Stories in rhyme.
Picture books for children.
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Summary:Two friends celebrate the sounds and sights of summer. Clackity-clack, clackity-clack. A skateboard flies over sidewalk squares. Whoosh pumf, whoosh pumf. Water balloons tossed through the air. Bizzle-bzzz, bizzle-bzzz. A bumblebee comes zipping by. Tzooooooooooo bang. Tzooooooooooo bang. Fireworks start for the Fourth of July! The sounds of summer sizzle and pop in this bouncing, swinging tribute to the best beats of every child's favorite season.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Audience:003-006.
ISBN:9781416912378 (hbk.)
1416912371 (hbk.)
9781428746640 (BWI bdg.)
1428746641 (BWI bdg.)
Author Notes:Betsy Franco is the author of numerous books for children, including Counting Our Way to the 100th Day! and Mathematickles! , both illustrated by Steven Salerno; and Birdsongs , illustrated by Steve Jenkins. She and her husband live in Palo Alto, California. They have three sons -- two actors and a sculptor. Visit Betsy's website at www.betsyfranco.com.

Charlotte Middleton studied at the Cambridge School of Art. She illustrated Monster Pet! by Angela McAllister. Charlotte lives with her partner and their cat in the Gloucestershire countryside in England.

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