Brisson, P. (2004). Beach is to fun: a book of relationships. New York, NY: Henry Holt & Company.
Interest Level: Ages 5 & under
Genre: Picture Book, Fiction
Subjects/Themes: Relationships, Same, Opposites, Beach, Stories in Rhyme
Plot: The reader follow a pair of children through their day as they get ready to visit the beach. Rhyming analogies take the children from school, home, to the park, to the beach, and back home again.
Personal Thoughts: The bright acrylic and pastel illustrations, done by Sachiko Yoshikawa, are full of happy children on their way to the beach. Each page is surprisingly full of little details that encourage the reader to linger. Each page of text follows the same type of rhyming analogy such as “Claws are to crab as hands are to me.” Unfortunately, a few of the analogies made are no always so clear. For example “toss is to catch as fast is to slow” had me wondering what sort of connection the author was trying to make between the two. But generally they work, if they are sometimes stretched to fit the rhyming scheme. The text does read wonderfully aloud with flowing rhymes that create a natural song-like rhythm. The title is a great summer themed storytime addition and can be used to start a discussion on analogies.
Author Website: Contains study/reading guides to use with his books - http://www.enter.net/~brisson/books.htm
Other Books by the Author: Hobbledy-clop (2003); Tap Dance Fever (2004); Wanda’s Roses (1994)
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