Oxford Seaside PoeMS

Let's do the flip-flop frolic and splash into the sea! Playing on the sand, looking at starfish, going to the funfair, imagining mermaids, or listening to the wind and waves-this book is full of poems about what children love to do at the seaside. Illustrated charmingly by Nick Sharratt, the collection includes poems by Judith Nicholls, Margaret Mahy, and Richard Edwards. Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 3-Twelve poems by authors such as Margaret Mahy, Valerie Worth, and Ashley Bryan, all of which read aloud well. They deftly depict childlike experiences at the beach-picnicking, swimming, looking for shells, building sand castles, imagining mermaids, and, at the end, thinking of a humpback whale singing in the darkness when everyone has gone home. Created in bright, cheerful turquoises, yellows, and oranges, the cartoonlike illustrations adeptly capture the atmosphere of the beach, as multicultural children and adults cavort in their bathing suits on the hot sand. Not an essential offering, but a useful collection to own. Judith Constantinides, East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review `Twelve seasonal poems in a themed collection-very useful for this recurring topic in schools, libraries, pre-school groups and nurseries . . . The illustrations are delightful, bright and bold.' The School Librarian