Oddly, one of the best summers I ever spent was the summer my little sister broke her arm. She broke it toward the end of the school year and spent the warm summer months unable to swim. My sister applied the cast. It looked like an arts and crafts project, more summer camp than medicine. While he set this summer.” She wept even harder after admitting this. In the doctor’s directions for care . She had been told that her favorite activity of her favorite season was canceled. The summer went

are tilted towards the sun in the summer and away from the sun in the winter. Read on for a more and on the right it is summer (in the northern hemisphere). Notice that the same spot (red circle ) in the winter receives much less light than in the summer. As a result, it is colder in the winter than in the summer. (Note: in this diagram, the earth's axis is 33 degrees, instead of 23.5, so

much of the summer in the air-conditioned, one-room restaurant, picking at stale grilled cheese sandwiches. Two important things had happened before summer began. (They were monumentally important, her . The cheese had hardened between the two slabs of hard toast. She sighed. This was not the summer she planned. The summer she planned involved trips to the lake with Sarah’s family, a visit to the city onto her t-shirt. “Thanks, Sarah. It’s been a really hard summer. I was just afraid to talk about

,” said Angelica. The two girls were sitting on Sally’s front porch, the hot summer sun making them of one of summer’s splendors. “What were you two doing out there?” asked Sally’s mother. “Your knees

Summer is just around the corner. It is a time when many kids swim and play outdoors. Follow these simple steps to stay safe and have fun this summer. Pools, lakes, and oceans are great places to beat the summer heat. While you swim and play, make sure to follow water-safety rules. Always swim air is fun during the summer. Although the sun feels nice, it can be harmful. Sun can burn your

more breaks. Summer gets boring, and I miss my friends. I can't go to summer camp. I like to play outside and swim in the warm weather. It's too hot to be in school in the summer.

Labor Day is often thought of as the last day of summer. But for most parts of America, the weather is still warm, like it is still summer. Fall’s chilly weather is usually another month away. So why do people think of Labor Day as the last day of summer? Because most people have been relaxing and having fun all summer long. Now it is time to get back to work. Summer is filled with lots their favorite football team play. Football players who have been practicing all summer can’t wait

One day during Jose’s summer vacation, he woke up and wanted to go to the pool. He made his bed

We’re not going to summer camp. My best friend Jack and I had been listening to Connor and Jai talking about their summer camp plans on the bus ride home for weeks now. Of course, they would to have a great summer, filled with epic battles in the woods behind my house. But when I got off mom,” she said. “I’ve signed you up for summer camp, and Jack’s mom did, too, so he’ll be going for the same two weeks. Isn’t that great?" “WHAT? BUT I DON’T WANT TO GO TO SUMMER CAMP!” I screeched

. Memorial Day is usually the first day people get to do things that they enjoy doing in the summer. How will you spend the first day of summer?

Summer starts on the longest day of the year. We call that day the summer solstice. Summer days are warm and long. There is more sunlight. People spend more time outdoors. Why do we have summer summer. Summer starts in the northern half of Earth around June 21. At that time, it is winter

, helping to smooth out the fish’s curved tail. She could wait for summer. She was warm enough.

won the College World Series. One of the team’s pitchers, Rob Summers, 20, was retrieving his gym there with no help,” says Summers. The impact rendered Summers paraplegic—unable to move his lower body. His doctors no hope,” says Summers. “My comment was, ‘You don’t know me very well. I’m going to fight until I get well again.’” Five years later, Summers regained the ability to stand and could take steps journal The Lancet. “We are entering a new era.” The car that hit Summers seriously injured

. Summer days may be longer than winter days, but for most people, the sun seems to do the same thing of the spring and summer in Earth’s Northern Hemisphere, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun so to where there is more sunlight. In the arctic summer, there are pools of still water from melted ice of food in the arctic summer. For animals like caribou that mainly eat plants, they can easily find food during the long days of summer. Most animals, including humans, are used to a period of sunlight

for the summer. But I’ll be traveling for work and you can’t stay home alone, you’re only ten years old in Nashville. He had been excited about spending the summer swimming at the pool and playing basketball to be his summer. “Don’t cry in front of them,” he ordered himself. “I think I need to be excused,” he said here this summer. Just give him time.” That night Matt lay awake. He tried to sleep but just heard you might want to practice over the summer.” He looked at Matt nervously, waiting for a response

Many students say that June is the best time of year. In most places, school lets out as summer begins. Some students don't spend summers at home or at camp, though. They are in school instead of one long summer vacation. The mini-breaks are a few weeks long. For example, students at some season. Year-round schools allow families to plan vacations in times other than summer. Students going over things that students have forgotten over the summer. All schools should be year-round

the Arctic summer, the sun does not appear to set. It does, however, dip close to the horizon, where . They gathered plants during the short summer. Since there are no trees in the Arctic, the Inuit used , they could travel on the sea by kayak. Then, during the summer, tents made of animal hides replaced traveled far from the coast in summer, hunting herds of caribou. In the fall, the Inuit returned

in summer. Except at the highest peaks, snow has melted and run down the mountainside by the summer . That’s why most people climb mountains in summer. You don’t need to worry about avalanches if you’re visiting the mountains this summer. But even in summer, weather can change quickly as altitude is always good to do in the summer—even if you’re far from the mountains!

, or -20˚ Celsius. Arctic summers are often cool and cloudy. Temperatures in the summer average at around 50˚ Fahrenheit, or 10˚ Celsius. During the summer in the Arctic, the sun is always above is experienced in extremes at the poles. The Arctic faces toward the sun in the summer, but it faces away

Dear Diary, Today is the summer solstice. Papa says this means that the sun will reach its highest and accordions. Summer is my favorite time of the year. We don't have to go to school and study. We into a cow's eyes and know what she is thinking. Summer is also good for making butter, and Mama it is summer, and because today is the longest and sunniest day of the year, it doesn't take long celebrate summer solstice by eating freshly made butter with bread that Papa has brought back from

are. Summer is the season when apples grow bigger. In the summer, the weather is warmest. The new apples are light green. They are not ready to be picked yet. It takes all summer for an apple to fully grow

the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?" "I didn't have it the summer was gone." The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust. "Making music, were you

Grab your beach towel, sunglasses, and sunscreen! Summer is just around the corner. It starts injuries occur during the summer months. Follow these tips to make sure you stay safe while enjoying the season. Many kids will spend hours playing outside in the summer sun. Be careful, though. The sun’s

, they shook his hand like he was a grown man and not somebody’s kid brother. Last summer, Philip broke ?” Philip hadn’t wanted to play baseball at all that summer. He had wanted to join the swim team summer. Joseph had taken him out for ice cream. “You know, there’s a lot more to life than baseball

. heat waves. Every summer they came to stay with their grandmother for the month of July. Every summer the heat was miserable. This summer was no exception. Jamal lay on the screened-in porch, his body