![]() ![]() Shepard’s eloquent retelling of a beloved Russian folktale is accompanied by wondrous paintings dripping with details and atmosphere. The Sea King’s Daughter A Russian Legend (15th Anniversary Edition). If, however, you’re looking for a rowdy read-aloud seaside story, pick up Melinda Long’s How I Became a Pirate. As always, I have offered my honest views of the book.įor another gentle (but realistic) summer book, see A Beach Tail by Karen Lynn Williams. ![]() ![]() Note: The publisher provided me with a review copy, for which I am grateful. This imaginative story, complemented by cheerful watercolor paintings, makes for a pleasant beach read for a caring adult and a child ages 3 to 6. The lump in Tim’s hand is just enough to chill the cups of lemonade Grandpa has bought for the two of them. What fun it will be to surprise Grandpa! Of course, as he sails south, the air warms … and warms … and you know what happened to that iceberg. In time, he reaches “a great shimmering white cliff of ice! It towered over his little sailboat.” Tim ties one end of a rope to the boat and the other to the side of the iceberg. Next, we see his toy boat has magically grown, and Tim is sailing to the North Pole. While Tim makes sand castles, Grandpa regales him with a tall tale about having been to places “so cold that the words froze as I spoke, making icicles grow in my beard.” Inspired, Tim decides to go fetch an iceberg. Splashes of humor sparkle in this sweet, whimsical story about a boy and his grandfather at the beach. ![]()
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