Beach Party! - Hardcover

Harriet Ziefert has written more than two hundred books for children, including the award-winning A New Coat for Anna . She and Simms Taback have been collaborating together for more than 20 years.

Simms Taback won a Caldecott Honor Award for There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly and the Caldecott Medal for Joseph Had a Little Overcoat , of which Horn Book wrote, "The art sings with color and movement." He lives and works in the Catskill Mountai

PreS–Readers are asked, What kind of walking can you do today? Thus starts a promenade of sea creatures that scoot, slither, dash, or slide across the pages. A lobster dances, a penguin flaps, and an octopus twists. Once all 11 animals are introduced, readers are invited to join them as they head for a swim. The words that describe the varied movements are then repeated as a horizontal list of action verbs. The rhyming text ends abruptly with a splash. This board book could entertain energetic toddlers or emerging readers. The cartoon illustrations are bright and simple. Two flat colors, mustard sand and sky blue, with an unsteady black horizon between them, form the backdrop for the parade. The smiling animals are broadly drawn with a thick black line, and their friendly demeanor will attract children.–Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI
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