Join naturalist Craig Newberger on a series of multisensory summer field excursions. Learn about firefly communication, flowers that bloom in the night, plants that grow without chlorophyll, mammals with venomous saliva, birds that sound like flutes, and frogs that sing in trees. Each of the book's twenty chapters is focused on a plant or animal illustrative of the summer season. Watercolor illustrations by Sherrie York. Color photographs by Steve Morello. Appendix introducing a summer community science project by Ron Smith.