What's on the Beach?

Jo Lodge. Little Simon, $6.99 (12pp) ISBN 978-0-689-86834-4

Beachy titles join in the summer fun. The cover of the diminutive board book What's on the Beach? by Jo Lodge takes the shape of half a beach bucket, with a transparent window showing cheery cartoon creatures within. Crab borrows a bucket, shells, pebbles and more from his shoreline sidekicks. A sandcastle pops up as the grand finale.

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