Books with author Priscilla Cummings

Chesapeake Rainbow will help youngsters learn their colors the Chesapeake way. The book is a bright and wonderful companion to the popular Chesapeake ABC and Chesapeake 1-2-3. How many colors has the Chesapeake Bay? More than a rainbow you could say. Blue is the color of the water in the Bay, And blue is the color of a perfect day. The heron that we call Great Blue is blue. The stripe down a crab's leg? It's blue, too. Blue is a color of the Chesapeake Bay. Let's think of another that we see everyday. Picture book-ages 0-6.

Priscilla Cummings's Chadwick the Crab series has been a staple of Chesapeake juvenile literature for more than a decade. Now Ms. Cummings turns her hand to another classic genre -- the ABC book -- this one with a Chesapeake regional flavor. From "A is for anchor" to "Z is for a zephyr, " the sights, sounds, and feel of the Bay area come through to the youngest of readers, the picture book set. This is a perfect way to introduce toddlers and preschoolers to the wonders of the alphabet and at the same time instill in them a love of the Chesapeake. Whimsical drawings by David Aiken illustrate the verses about Chesapeake animals and things: C is for a crab, For its claw, and for a creek.You'll find them in the BayWe call the Chesapeake.

On the first day of Christmas my parents gave to me . . . a holiday book about my very own state!Come celebrate Christmas by the bay with Annie! When she visits her cousin Tyler in Maryland, she gets to rides a ferry, see colonial St. Mary’s City, taste delicious Smith Island cakes, and, of course, check out some Chesapeake Bay blue crabs. And every day, Tyler gives her a special Maryland gift, from 12 flags a-flying and 8 wild ponies to an oriole in a white oak tree. Written and illustrated by two Maryland residents, this holiday book perfectly captures the spirit of the state.