His sun-washed shades vary in intensity from the subtly blended blues and greens of the surf to a range of beach-ball tones: the orange of a seagull's feet, the pinks and purples of a bathing suit and the fire-engine red of a picnic cooler. Astrella's (The Desert Alphabet Book) acrylics on airbrushed paper take on an almost photographic quality. Ryan's (Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride Esperanza Rising) descriptions of the seaside are strongest when she sticks to concrete examples of the child's experience: the look of ""amber seaweed,/ speckled sand,/ bubbly waves that kiss the land"" and the feel of ""squishy,/ sandy,/ soggy ground,/ slippery seaweed that wraps around."" Her metaphors, on the other hand, sometimes become abstract (""I hear the ocean,/ a lion's roar,/ crashing rumors/ toward the shore""). It may take repeated readings for youngsters to understand that the ""five of me"" refers to the girl's five senses-despite the bold type for words like ""hear"" and ""sounds"" (though, curiously, in the first verse, ""I see the ocean,/ gray, green, blue."" the word ""see"" is not in bold). Also Spanish bilingual edition) The Crayon Counting Book (Charlesbridge Publishing) Our California (Charlesbridge Publishing. Also Spanish) Hello Ocean (Charlesbridge Publishing. ""Hello, ocean,/ my old best friend./ I'm here,/ with the five of me, again!"" read the opening lines, but only four figures appear on the page. One Hundred Is A Family (Hyperion Books for Children) The Flag We Love (Charlesbridge Publishing.
This rhyming picture book about the pleasures of a day at the beach gets off to a rocky start.
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