Not Your Kind of Day at the Beach? Seaside Stroll by Charles Trevino

SCRUFFY SHOES, SOCKS, SWEATER... SCRATCHY, SILLY SCARF.

STEP, STEP, SIDESTEP... SNOW.

What is mom thinking? A walk on the beach with snow mixing with the sand?

But the gulls are the same, wheeling in circles, and the sand is still cradling shells and smooth stones, and green seawead that was left there by breaking waves. There are the little red crabs creeping out of their holes. And there are sandpipers to chase down the beach

But careful! With a stumble the girl in the silly scarf drops her doll into a tidal pool! As she reaches for it, a wave pays a surprising, unexpected visit.

SOPPING SHOES, SOCKS, SWEATER, SALTY, SILLY SCARF!

SNIFFLE, SNEEZE!

It's time for a scamper for home and a hot shower, a steaming supper, and a bedtime story, about red crabs!.

It's just another lazy day at the beach--sort of--in Charles Trevino's latest, Seaside Stroll (Charlesbridge, 2021). It's not the usual steamy and sunny beach expedition, but one that celebrates the wintry beach, still alive and with wonders, in the textured illustrations of Maribel Luchug, who captures the surprises of the chilly surf.

Says Booklist, "... just the thing for a wonderful, wintery read-aloud."