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The Seashore Book | 
| Author: Charlotte Zolotow
Creator: Wendell Minor
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 103128
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.2
ISBN: 0064433641
EAN: 9780064433648
ASIN: 0064433641
Publication Date: June 30, 1994
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"A young boy, who has never seen the sea, asks his mother to describe it. From there, Zolotow carefully chooses her words to create a poem full of the colors, sounds, and sights of a day at the beach. Minor's softly detailed renderings reinforce the gentle mood." 'SLJ. "[Zolotow's] words have a special lilt that lingers long after the book is closed." 'NYT. P Notable 1992 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)brOutstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1992 (NSTA/CBC)brA Reading Rainbow Selection
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It puts my son to sleep January 17, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love this book for many reasons, but the main reason is that the cadence of the story puts my son to sleep. We have been using this book as the third of three bedtime stories for about 1 1/2 years now and it still works.
like magic November 17, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Charlotte Zolotow is such a talented writer! This has to be one of the best books about the ocean I have ever seen. It is a true out of body experience. I'm sitting a few hundred yards away from the Chespeake Bay and, reading this book, it was like I was lifted out of my chair and transported straight down to the beach. And the concept of being able to explain something so truly and completely that someone who has never experienced it in real life can still catch a glimmer of the feeling is an intriguing one. I can see this book being used in classrooms to introduce descriptive writing and urban children being asked to describe the sights and sounds of the city in such a way that a child from the country can imagine it. Teachers and homeschooling families could find a penpal for each child in a different part of the country to exchange these letters with. Even for an adult, this would be an amazing experience -- to find someone and try to share a little bit of your world with her, and to imagine hers in turn. br /br /And the illustrations match the text perfectly. This book is a real gem.
A Lovely, Lyrical Book! May 27, 2004
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my children shortly after we spent the summer in a beach house on Hatteras Island, NC. This book completely captures the essence of a day there . . . or on any seashore for that matter. It immediately became one of my children's favorite books as the prose is so evocative and the illustrations so lovely. Seven years later, it is still one of their all-time favorites. Mine, too! Over the years, I have given many copies of "The Seashore Book" as gifts and have received nothing but rave reviews from parents and children. I've just ordered another copy from Amazon to give as a new baby gift. You see, this book is truly timeless.
 Great text for visualization May 24, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a teacher, I feel this book lends itself beautifully to visualization and text to self connections. My students loved the illustrations and were eager to identify the author's use of sounds, colors, similes, and metaphors. This book provided background knowledge that we used to create our own sensory paragraphs about the seashore. ... I think it is one of Charlotte Zolotow's best!
A book with imagination February 16, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I liked The Seashore Book because the mother and her son used their imagination almost always. The boy had never seen the ocean so he imagined the sea. His mother tells the boy about the sea. Charlotte Zolotow creates very good mind pictures. It almost feels like you're there.
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