Short listed to be the 2021 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Sing Me The Summer is a celebration of family life and the natural world. A beautiful combination of Jane Godwin writing with the watercolour artistry of Alison Lester. A clever look at the Australian seasons and the memories they invoke for adults and the future they offer young children. There are 6 activities for this book geared towards young children in pre-school or kindergarten. These include a rhyming word matching activity, learning the seasons, asking children to think of their favourite summer and winter activity, a night and day sorting activity, a handwriting practice activity and finding the odd one out picture task.