Seaside Poems

Book Overview

Nothing's better than a sunny day at the beach, and this anthology of ## poems about playing in the sand and crashing through the waves captures everything that's fun about going to the beach. From sandy picnics ("ham with sand, bread with sand, and cake with sand") to starfish "limbed with flames," the poems in this colorful collection are perfect for young readers. Rocks

Big rocks into pebbles,
pebbles into sand.
I really hold a million million rocks here in my hand.
--Florence Parry Heide

Rain Coming

When a mermaid winks
Look for a shower
Children at the seashore
Splashing by the hour
See rain coming
Soaked as they can get
Cry, "Quick
Duck under
So you don't get wet "
--Ashley Bryan

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192761730
• ISBN13: 9780192761736
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 0.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Review of Seaside Poems

Being someone who loves the ocean I loved reading poems about them. Even though they are directed towards children I still enjoyed reading them. The pictures were bright and colorful. They made you want to get up and do to the beach! My favorite poem was "Goodness gracious" because it reminded me of my grandmother. When we would visit her in Florida she would always swim laps in ocean and all we could see was her bright swimming cap. All of the poems in this book are fun to read. They poems range from getting sand in you lunch, to sea shells and rocks, and to the boats in the harbor. These would be great to read to a young class if your teaching them about the ocean.