Sand Castle

By Brenda S. Yee

Jen was building a sand castle. "Can I help?" asked a boy with a bucket. And that was just the beginning. Each new helper knew exactly what the castle needed: a moat, a wall, a path, a road. The castle grew higher and more magnificent. The five new friends were filled with admiration. And then it was time to go home. But how could they leave it? It was Jen, the first builder, who knew just knew just what to do...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688161944
• ISBN13: 9780688161941
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Sharing and helping

This story was good for a sand-themed playgroup, but it would be good to teach sharing and helping in any setting. A cute book with sfot pictures and a multicultural spin, too.

Very good book on building friendships.

A girl was building a sand castle on the beach. Another child with a bucket comes along and wants to play and help with the castle. Together they figure out how he can help. A third child comes along with a different tool, and also wants to play, and help. The children play together to build the castle learning to get along with each other. This is an excellent adventure book, with great pictures, for students K-1, teachers and parents.

an engaging and rhythmic story of cooperative effort.

Through succinct and rhythmic language, Brenda Shannon Lee uses the construction of a sand castle to build an engaging story of the rewards of cooperative effort.