Grandfather tells Douglas and Tom that the dandelions are ready, and the two boys joyfully begin to scoop them up. These flowers will be dandelion wine, magical words on the tongue. These beautiful summer days will be sealed away in bottles and...
The Question and Answer section for Dandelion Wine is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Grandfather tells Douglas and Tom that the dandelions are ready, and the two boys joyfully begin to scoop them up. These flowers will be dandelion wine, magical words on the tongue. These beautiful summer days will be sealed away in bottles and...
It is a quiet morning – the first morning of summer. Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding wakes up in his grandparents’ third-story bedroom tower (he’s allowed to spend one night a week there) and marvels at this day. He is ready for his ritual. He...
Dandelion wine becomes in the novel a symbol of summer, happiness, and memories that are of great importance: “Hold summer in your hand, pour summer in a glass, a tiny glass of course, the smallest tingling sip for children; change the season in...