Beach Song

 Beach Song

Reviewed By  Grasshopper2       February 3, 2024

 

Author  Ros Moriarty, illustrated by Samantha Campbell

Distributor:      A&U Children's
ISBN:                 9781761180248
Publisher:         A&U Children's
Release Date:   February 2024  

Website:    https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Ros-Moriarty,-illustrated-by-Samantha-Campbell-Beach-Song-9781761180248/ 

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Any reader who enjoys the sea and exploring underwater will enjoy this Children’s picture book, Beach Song. The illustrations and text combine to present a child’s love of the ocean and the many animals and plants to be seen there. As a child, the author spent time at the beach and wanted to share her feelings of peace and harmony that she found there.

As the double page spread shows pictures of a child relating to a dolphin, a seal, and a whale, the connection to life underwater is shown as a magic discovery time. The child mimics’ the actions of small fish as they glide by, and swims like a squid. In the rock pools there are periwinkles to be found, and shells which leave trails behind them. A full day passes with time spent observing and following interesting creatures.

While feeling the warmth of a summer’s day, the reader also learns many things. We find out that a turtle digs a hole in the sand to lay eggs, that bats hang upside down to sleep, and that lizards leave tracks in the sand.

Beach Song is a wonderful combination of story and pictures to remind us and to tempt us to rediscover that wonderful world waiting by the sea shore.

Childrens