Beach baby

Title:

Beach baby

Author:

Elmquist, Laurie author.

ISBN:

9781459809543

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.

Reading Level:

420 Lexile.

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Summary:

A gentle, poetic lullaby for baby, filled with memories from a perfect day playing on the beach. Castles, sand dollars, seals peering out of the waves and the beat of the ocean become sweet reminders of all the magical things that await baby tomorrow. A lyrical celebration of natural beauty and a soft, reassuring reminder for little ones being tucked into bed that fun and adventure will return with a new day. Elly MacKay's paper-theater worlds are a delight to behold and infuse the story with a sense of magic and wonder. Beautiful verse from Laurie Elmquist sets a calm and serene tone. A breathtaking board book that will be treasured and make a wonderful gift.

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A gentle, poetic lullaby for baby, filled with memories from a perfect day playing on the beach.

Castles, sand dollars, seals peering out of the waves and the beat of the ocean become sweet reminders of all the magical things that await baby tomorrow. A lyrical celebration of natural beauty and a soft, reassuring reminder for little ones being tucked into bed that fun and adventure will return with a new day.

Elly MacKay's paper-theater worlds are a delight to behold and infuse the story with a sense of magic and wonder. Beautiful verse from Laurie Elmquist sets a calm and serene tone. A breathtaking board book that will be treasured and make a wonderful gift.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Toddler-PreS-This simple beach story opens with a sleepy-eyed toddler in his mother's arms and her reassurances that "everything will be here when you wake." The litany that follows-a purple starfish, a waddling goose, sand dollars, a seal, a sandpiper, etc.-introduces the familiar sights and sounds at the beach and lulls the baby to sleep. As one might expect, the illustrator employs a lot of earth tones and the artwork is minimalist, using one or two images per page. The cover is engaging-it features a healthy and alert baby enjoying all of the things he thinks that he will miss when he is asleep (pelicans, a sand castle, a moon snail). The soft focus of the internal mixed-media artwork has a dreamlike feel. VERDICT This lovely introduction to a beach environment is a good read for naptime and evening sharing.-Gwen Collier, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Dreamy artwork and verse reassure readers who are headed to bed that "Everything will be here when you wake." Debut author Elmquist's writing seems to drift along the seashore as she lists small natural wonders: "Purple starfish/ The goose waddling up from the bay." MacKay (Butterfly Park), once again working in dramatically lit dioramas, creates a string of gauzy, delicate scenes-the lower half of a seal's body is obscured by a translucent rolling wave in one image, while a pale, pink moon snail, "a mystery," almost seems to glow. Enchanting, engaging, and restful. Up to age 3. Illustrator's agency: Bright Agency. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Everything will be here when you wake...
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