Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow; Illustrated by Wendell Minor
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0060202130 ISBN-13:   9780060202132 Publisher:   HarperCollins Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   April 1992 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   3 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
Awards
1986  Caldecott Medal  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Colorado Children's Book Award  Winner!  1988  Washington Children's Choice Picture Book  Winner!  1989  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Children's Book Award (Colorado) (USA)  Winner!
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
'What is the seashore like?' a little boy asks, so his mother brings to life for him the simple beauty of the beach: the whiteness of a gull's feather; the peppermint feel of cold water on his toes; the slow change of light over sand and sea as the sun sets, and the swishswashing of the waves lulling the little boy to sleep. Charlotte Zolotow's affectionate text and Wendell Minor's stunning paintings immerse the reader in a tender world of sensory pleasures and evoke the rhythm of a perfect day at the seashore. A little boy who has never been to the seashore asks his mother what it is like. And here, from the shifting colors of its early morning sky and the whiteness of a gull's feather to the peppermint-feel of cold water and the swish-swashing sound of the waves, is how she describes it. Full color. A mother's words help a little boy imagine the sights and sounds of the seashore, even though he's never seen the ocean.