EMILY AND HER MUM ARE GOING TO THE BEACH! Until, that is, Emily's mum gets a phone call and has to go to the office unexpectedly...and Emily has to visit her grandmother instead. Emily is not happy. But Grandma is not put off by her sulky grand-daughter and decides to cheer her up by creating a very special beach in her back garden. With bright bold illustrations, this is a warm and loving picture book celebrating the power of play and imagination.
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Reviewed with Rosalind Beardshaw's Grandpa's Surprise.
PreS. These oversize companion books capture the special relationships that exist between a grandparent and child. In Grandma's Beach, Emily's mom can't take her on a planned trip to the beach; instead, Emily will stay with Grandma. Emily is dejected, but Grandma uses her ingenuity to bring the beach to the backyard, complete with water from the sprinkler and enough dirt to build a sand castle. In the other volume, Jack won't let Stanley ride his new bicycle, but Grandpa uses a wooden cart and the wheels from a stroller to make a vehicle that's just as good. Simple, warm texts are part of the attraction here, but mostly it's Beardshaw's art, which fills up each page, that will capture the audience. Using thick strokes and a melange of summer fruit-colored paints, Beardshaw zooms in on her characters, using lots of close-ups to make them more endearing, and children will easily follow evolving facial expressions to see how situations can change from bad to better. Ilene Cooper
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Rosalind Beardshaw has illustrated two other picture books for Bloomsbury, 'Fran's Flower' and 'Who is It?', and this is the first time she has created the story as well as the pictures. 'Fran's Flower', her first picture book for Bloomsbury, has been short-listed for The Sheffield Children's Book Award 2000. Rosalind lives in York.
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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