When Ms. Obi asks her students to draw a picture of the country they are originally from, the children are excited. All except for Lola, "What if you left before you could start remembering?" As Lola talks to some of her neighbors from the Island to draw from their memories, she learns of bats as big as blankets; a love of music and dancing; coconut water and sweet mangoes. And an island where "Even the people are like a rainbow—every shade ever...

Jackrabbit McCabe's unusually long legs have made him the fastest thing around, and he uses his speed for everything from racing against horses to fetching the doctor, but when the electric telegraph arrives in Windy Flats, Jackrabbit may have met his match.

"A group of kids celebrate the joy and freedom of summer on their Brooklyn block"--

Cuando hace tanto calor como para hacer estallar los hidrantes, eso solo significa una cosa: �por fin lle�g el verano! Liberados de la escuela y disfrutando de su libertad, los n�ios de una cuadra de Brooklyn hacen de las calles su patio de recreo. Desde la m�aana hasta la noche, crean su propia divers�in, dejan volar su imaginac�in y aprenden a trabajar y jugar juntos. Es un mundo donde todo es posible...al menos hasta que sus madres...