A Beach Tail by Karen Lynn Williams

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Karen Lynn Williams is the author of this book and Floyd Cooper take a role as a illustrator. This 32 pages long book achieved some awards, Charlotte Zolotow Award Nominee for Highly Commended Title (2011), CLEL Silver Bell Award Nominee for Write (2013). Karen was born in Connecticut, and received her Master’s degree in deaf education. She has lived in Africa and in Haiti. When she was a child she had dream to be one of the youngest published authors, starting a writing club at ten. [1]   

Summary

How will Gregory find his way back to Dad? Swish-swoosh. He draws a lion in the sand. “Don’t go in the water, and don’t leave Sandy,” warns Dad. But the sandy lion grows a tail that gets longer and longer and soon he is lost on the beach. This wonderful read aloud book brings to life a summer experience that is all too familiar for young children. Karen Williams’s rhythmic text has been paired with Floyd Cooper’s brilliant illustrations, revealing the trip down the beach entirely from a child’s point of view. A gentle father-son bond is shown in both text and art, reassuring young readers even as they share in Greg’s moment of worry at finding himself lost and alone. [2]

Pros

One reader named Gwen rated this book four stars, she had reason why this book deserve to get four stars, it because she tought this is an interesting early childhood book about an African American father and son who had an opportunity to bond while on the beach. Beautiful sepia illustrations using a sandy beach as their canvas. Very few words while using vivid rhythmic and repetitive sound effects. Young children should be encouraged to use their imagination and express their thoughts throughout the pages. [3]

Publishers Weekly had review this book and wrote such a beautiful comment. On their site they wrote this book was the representation of an African-American father and child in a non urban setting is welcome, while Williams’s (Four Feet, Two Sandals ) even pacing and soothing text reassure children without losing momentum. Most valuable, though, is Williams’s belief in Greg and his resourcefulness; quiet satisfaction pervades his story. [4] 

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