There sure is a lot of packing to do before vacation! While a little girl's family remembers the fun they've had on past summer trips, will they forget to bring something very important on this one? Yes! But you'll never guess what!

In rhyming text based on "The Night Before Christmas," a family, decked in red, white, and blue, heads to the Fourth of July parade, hosts a backyard BBQ with neighbors, dodges an afternoon thundershower, and watches the fireworks show.

On the night before the adoption of a puppy the whole family helps prepare by buying treats, setting up a crate, and discussing what they should name the new pet.

"In this rhyming story told in the style of Clement C. Moore's holiday poem, the anticipation is building. Will the groundhog see his shadow? Will there be six more weeks of winter?"--

Inspired by Clement Moore's Christmas poem, this verse tells the story of a young boy who visits the dentist to have his teeth checked and cleaned.