Talk about missing the summer... This book makes me feel like I am at the beach already. I really like this book. It is unique because it doesn't use any complex sentences. The text is mainly lists of words. But I think that by not having complete sentences it matches the speech ability of children that would love this book. The words are so descriptive of what would happen at a beach. The movement of the words across the page add so much to the story as well. The story is about this adorable little girl at the beach with her cute little dog. I at first didn't the whole story until I read it for the second time. The second time I really looked at the illustrations and it made so much more sense. The little girl finds a bottle with a letter in it. And the text says nothing about it in particular. On the drive home you can see the bottle sitting next to her. And on the back cover there is this letter that says "Dear friend, this is a picture of me. (with a picture) Please write back. Your pen pal- Hideko"
I thought it was so clever to have this little hidden story within a great book with excellent illustrations. Two thumbs WAY up! Bring back summer :)
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