The Blurb
A lyrical picture book celebrating the changing seasons and living at the seaside with a gentle environmental message by an award-winning author and an exciting new illustration talent.
From summer days spent playing on the beach, to flying kites in autumn, to buffeting winter storms and treasure hunts in spring, this is a magnificent celebration of the seaside throughout the changing year. This joyful story charts family life by the sea and celebrates many milestones such as birthdays and New Years. Esther’s lively poetic and lyrical text combines perfectly with Emma’s classic illustrations to captivate and enchant young readers.
My Review
This is such a lovely book which portrays the beauty of the beach in all seasons and weathers.
We follow a family and their dog as they visit the beach. They go there to play when it's warm. In autumn they go to fly their kite. In winter to skim stones on the water. At New Year they watch the swimmers taking a cold dive into the icy waters, and in the storms they see what treasures the sea has washed onto the beach.
The book has been beautifully illustrated by Emma Chinnery in water colour style paintings. These pictures accompany Esther Freud's text perfectly.
Their collaborative skills have made for a wonderful combination and have succeeded in producing this beautiful and charming book for young children. Both pre-schoolers and early independent readers will enjoy what this book has to offer.
Book Details
ISBN: 978 1529522822
Publisher: Walker Books
Formats: E-book and hardback
No. of Pages: 32 (hardback)
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About the Author
Esther Freud trained as an actress before writing her first novel, Hideous Kinky, which was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys prize and made into a film starring Kate Winslet. After publishing her second novel, Peerless Flats, she was chosen as one of Granta’s Best Young British novelists. Her other books include The Sea House, Lucky Break, and Mr Mac and Me, which won Best Novel in the East Anglian Book Awards.
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About the Illustrator
Emma is a British illustrator and writer living in Suffolk.
Her debut author-illustrated children’s picture book My Friend Andy was published in March 2024 with Little Tiger.
After working as a graphic artist in London for several years, she followed her passion for children’s books and studied on the MA Children’s Book Illustration course at the Cambridge School of Art, graduating with a Distinction in 2021.
She loves to work with children and run workshops and live drawing sessions in schools and libraries.
She enjoys sketching people out and about and looking for those little stories going on everywhere around us!
When she's not drawing or writing, you’ll find her on a bike, cycling the country lanes of Suffolk.
You can also find Emma at:
(author photo/bio courtesy of Good Reads)
(illustrator photo/bio courtesy of her website)
(all opinions are my own)
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