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
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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.
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