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    The Seashore Book

    Author Charlotte Zolotow
    Illustrated by Wendell Minor
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    Charlesbridge
    On sale May 16, 2017 | 32 Pages | 9781632895998
    Up to Kindergarten
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    A summer classic by two masters, reissued and redesigned for contemporary audiences.

    Wendell Minor’s elegant artwork and Charlotte Zolotow’s simple, evocative prose brings a day at the beach vividly to life as a boy and his mother imagine what it would be like to spend a day at the seashore. Hunting for seashells and building sandcastles, this tribute to the power of imagination and the tenderness of a mother-child connection is also a sweet ode to summer's greatest pastimes. Perfect for storytime or bedtime.
    Charlotte Zolotow View titles by Charlotte Zolotow
    Wendell Minor has designed more than two thousand book covers and written and/or illustrated more than fifty children's books, including many in collaboration with Jean Craighead George. Recent titles include Trapped!, How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?, and If You Were a Panda Bear. Wendell has collaborated with Rob Burleigh on Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic , Abraham Lincoln Comes Home, If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond, and Into the Woods: John James Audubon Lives His Dream. View titles by Wendell Minor
    "What is the seashore like?" a little boy asked his mother. He lived in the mountains and had never seen the sea.
    His mother smiled. 
    "Let's pretend," she said. "It is early morning at the seashore, and it's hard to tell where the sea stops and the sky begins."
    Copyright © 2017 by Charlotte Zolotow (Author); Wendell Minor (Illustrator). All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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    A summer classic by two masters, reissued and redesigned for contemporary audiences.

    Wendell Minor’s elegant artwork and Charlotte Zolotow’s simple, evocative prose brings a day at the beach vividly to life as a boy and his mother imagine what it would be like to spend a day at the seashore. Hunting for seashells and building sandcastles, this tribute to the power of imagination and the tenderness of a mother-child connection is also a sweet ode to summer's greatest pastimes. Perfect for storytime or bedtime.

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    Charlotte Zolotow View titles by Charlotte Zolotow
    Wendell Minor has designed more than two thousand book covers and written and/or illustrated more than fifty children's books, including many in collaboration with Jean Craighead George. Recent titles include Trapped!, How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?, and If You Were a Panda Bear. Wendell has collaborated with Rob Burleigh on Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic , Abraham Lincoln Comes Home, If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond, and Into the Woods: John James Audubon Lives His Dream. View titles by Wendell Minor

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    "What is the seashore like?" a little boy asked his mother. He lived in the mountains and had never seen the sea.
    His mother smiled. 
    "Let's pretend," she said. "It is early morning at the seashore, and it's hard to tell where the sea stops and the sky begins."
    Copyright © 2017 by Charlotte Zolotow (Author); Wendell Minor (Illustrator). All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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