Sandcastles Are Forever
by Ellie Peterson (Author) Ellie Peterson (Illustrator)
From author-illustrator Ellie Peterson comes a sweet and heartfelt picture book about summertime, sandcastles, and the key to a long-lasting friendship.
For Cora and her best friend, Shelly, every day is a beach day.
When they get home from school, the girls shimmy into their swimsuits, grab their beach bags and buckets, and race to the water. Then their sandcastle-building ritual begins!
But one day Shelly announces she’ll soon be moving to the city, and suddenly Cora doesn’t feel like building sandcastles anymore. What’s the point when they’ll just wash away?
With gentle, heartfelt prose, author-illustrator Ellie Peterson explores the difficult feelings of loss and sadness that come when a friend moves away. Young readers will see that with the right tools―and a willingness to build again tomorrow―who’s to say the things you love can’t last forever?
For Cora and her best friend, Shelly, every day is a beach day.
When they get home from school, the girls shimmy into their swimsuits, grab their beach bags and buckets, and race to the water. Then their sandcastle-building ritual begins!
But one day Shelly announces she’ll soon be moving to the city, and suddenly Cora doesn’t feel like building sandcastles anymore. What’s the point when they’ll just wash away?
With gentle, heartfelt prose, author-illustrator Ellie Peterson explores the difficult feelings of loss and sadness that come when a friend moves away. Young readers will see that with the right tools―and a willingness to build again tomorrow―who’s to say the things you love can’t last forever?
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Kirkus Reviews
Building friendships takes time and effort, but it’s fun and worth it. So is this book.
Ellie Peterson
Ellie Peterson grew up on army bases, where families move often and friends can be hard to keep. She now lives in Kirkland, Washington, and creates books like How to Hug a Pufferfish and School Is Wherever I Am. Ellie loves going to the beach; she once took third place in a sandcastle contest by building a giant sand hippo.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781250845689
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication date
May 20, 2024
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Picture books
Beaches
Moving, Household
Sandcastles
Picture books
Beaches
Moving, Household
Sandcastles
