Summertime Fun

<p>Summers on the island of Barbuda in the eastern Caribbean can seem like paradise: Children play all day long until the sun sets.<br />Darlene Beazer-Parker celebrates the island home where she grew up in this children's book filled with beautiful photographs.<br />The story starts with a bright blazing sun and children running down to swim in the Codrington lagoon to cool off. There they are free to play all day.<br />Some children learn how to swim while others watch quietly in the shade. Jumping from a wharf or the side of a boat the children become fast friends. Swimming styles may differ but they all celebrate being together in such a beautiful place.<br />At the end of the day the children plant mangrove seedlings to preserve their lagoon for future children. They go home wishing summer will never end.<br />Join the author as she looks back on an idyllic summer in Barbuda where anything seems possible.</p>