Beach

Orchard Books (June 01, 2006)
Reading age : 3 - 5 years

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Beach

I did most of the drawings for this book on Lake Michigan. Our home in Chicago was near the lake, and I’d go there with my daughters to play and swim. And sketch. Since there are salty aspects to beaches, I flew back East and drew seaweed and crabs. I remembered beaches I loved when I was young, from Fire Island to Cape Hatteras. Then I put all these drawings together into one summer day at the beach. So the beach in this book looks like the Hamptons, but has Midwestern roots (the lighthouse here is at the headwaters of the Chicago River). Even a city beach has details that make a beach a beach: sand, seagulls, and bathers in funny swimsuits.

SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS GOLD MEDAL WINNER

“Elisha Cooper's lovely, sophisticated watercolors create a day at the beach.” 
— USA Today

“It’s hard to imagine a book more evocative of summer than this one…” 
— The New York Times

★  “Another charmer from Cooper.” 
— Kirkus, starred review