Review by SANDI LANCASTER At first glance, I thought that Harry By The Sea would become a favorite in our house, but after reading it once with our daughter, I quietly stuck it in our basement storage, hoping that it would soon be forgotten. The story starts with Harry the dog going to the beach with his family. There’s […]
Entries Tagged as 'Beach'
Harry by the Sea
November 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Beach·Books to Avoid·Companion Animals·Depictions of Meat in Books·Dogs·Gene Zion·Sandi Lancaster
Wave
September 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I love wordless or nearly wordless books. I’m simply captivated by Eric Rohmann’s The Cinder-Eyed Cats and David Wiesner’s Tuesday. For me, it doesn’t get much better than when illustrations carry the story, and the “reader” is left to choose exactly how to tell it. Wave epitomizes the best of this […]
Tags: Beach·Birds·Early Elementary·Illustration·Nature·New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008·Ocean·Preschoolers·Suzy Lee·Wordless Books
Beachcombing
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Nothing says summer like spending time at the beach. Lucky Jim Arnosky and his wife, Deanna, had the difficult task of visiting 26 different beaches along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts – for “research” purposes, of course- in order to write this wonderful morsel on a very vegan-friendly seaside activity: […]
Tags: Beach·Carolyn M. Mullin·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Jim Arnosky·Marine Animals·Ocean·Preschoolers