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Beach Boys—and Girls: A Shore Thing Dozens
When the weather gets hot and sticky, there's no better place to be than the water's edge. This month's dozens feature books about getting ready for, driving to, and being at the beach. So pack your picnic, suntan lotion, and towel, and head for the sandy strand. Surf's up! |
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Ashman, Linda. To the Beach!; illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Harcourt, 2005. 4-7 yrs
A family piles into their car and heads to the beach, but they keep having to return home to retrieve yet another forgotten item. (BCCB 6/05)
Brisson, Pat. Beach Is to Fun: A Book of Relationships; illus. by Sachiko Yoshikawa. Holt, 2004. 4-10 yrs
"I am to land/ as crab is to sea./ Claws are to crab/ as hands are to me!" A rhyming look at analogies for the younger set helps children find the fun in wordplay. (BCCB 7/04)
Clements, Andrew. Because Your Daddy Loves You; illus. by R.W. Alley. Clarion, 2005. 3-5 yrs
A father demonstrates his love in many ways, including a trip to the beach where he saves his daughter's beach ball, helps her build a sandcastle, and carries her when she's tired. (BCCB 6/05)
Cooper, Elisha. Beach. Orchard, 2006. 5-9 yrs
The beach is deserted in the morning, but soon it will fill with people, picnic baskets, and playing children. (BCCB 7/06)
Daly, Niki. The Boy on the Beach; written and illus. by Niki Daly. McElderry, 1999. 3-6 yrs
A young African-American boy loves running along the beach and splashing in small waves, but he needs help from a friendly lifeguard when he gets lost. (BCCB 7/99)
Holm, Jennifer L. Babymouse: Beach Babe; written and illus. by Jennifer L. and Matthew Holm. Random House, 2006. Gr. 2-5
Graphic-novel heroine Babymouse and her family vacation at the beach, where she learns to surf, gets sunburned, and discovers that little brothers are pretty good playmates after all. (BCCB 7/06)
Huneck, Stephen. Sally Goes to the Beach; written and illus. by Stephen Huneck. Abrams, 2000. 4-7 yrs
Sally, a black Labrador retriever, narrates her (human) family's trip to the beach, where she digs holes and catches a crab on the end of her curious black nose. (BCCB 11/00)
Lakin, Patricia. Beach Day!; illus. Scott Nash. Dial, 2004. 3-7 yrs
A hot day in the city inspires four reptilian friends to drive to the beach, but they have so much fun getting there that the day is nearly done by the time they arrive. (BCCB 6/04)
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Please Do Feed the Bears; illus. by Ana Lopez Escriva. Atheneum, 2002. 3-6 yrs
When Percy substitutes his favorite toys for lunch in the family picnic basket, he must come up with a plan to feed his hungry relatives. (BCCB 10/02)
O'Brien, John. The Beach Patrol; by John O'Brien and Max Bilkins; illus. by John O'Brien. Holt, 2004. 5-8 yrs
Keeping people safe at the beach is a full-time job for the beach patrol. (BCCB 6/04)
Rosen, Michael. Rover; illus. by Neal Layton. Doubleday, 1999. 5-8 yrs
One dog's adventures at the beach include keeping track of his human pets, especially the youngest one he calls "Rover." (BCCB 6/99)
Schertle, Alice. All You Need for a Beach; illus. by Barbara Lavallee. Silver Whistle/Harcourt, 2004. 3-6 yr
All you need for a beach is one small grain of sand—and then ten million more, and an umbrella and sun and bucket and shovel and fish and waves and YOU! (BCCB 6/04)
Sayre, April Pulley. One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book; by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre; illus. by Randy Cecil. Candlewick, 2003. 3-6 yrs
This unusual counting book organizes numbers by looking at feet; a snail has one foot, a human has two, and ten crabs would have 100 feet. (BCCB 6/03)
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