Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Dreamy artwork and verse reassure readers who are headed to bed that "Everything will be here when you wake." Debut author Elmquist's writing seems to drift along the seashore as she lists small natural wonders: "Purple starfish/ The goose waddling up from the bay." MacKay (Butterfly Park), once again working in dramatically lit dioramas, creates a string of gauzy, delicate scenes-the lower half of a seal's body is obscured by a translucent rolling wave in one image, while a pale, pink moon snail, "a mystery," almost seems to glow. Enchanting, engaging, and restful. Up to age 3. Illustrator's agency: Bright Agency. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by School Library Journal Review
Toddler-PreS-This simple beach story opens with a sleepy-eyed toddler in his mother's arms and her reassurances that "everything will be here when you wake." The litany that follows-a purple starfish, a waddling goose, sand dollars, a seal, a sandpiper, etc.-introduces the familiar sights and sounds at the beach and lulls the baby to sleep. As one might expect, the illustrator employs a lot of earth tones and the artwork is minimalist, using one or two images per page. The cover is engaging-it features a healthy and alert baby enjoying all of the things he thinks that he will miss when he is asleep (pelicans, a sand castle, a moon snail). The soft focus of the internal mixed-media artwork has a dreamlike feel. VERDICT This lovely introduction to a beach environment is a good read for naptime and evening sharing.-Gwen Collier, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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