Sophie's Bucket

by Catherine Stock

Book Overview

On her first trip to the seashore, Sophie finds many things to put in her new bucket. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688042244
• ISBN13: 9780688042240
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
• Length: 33 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 5 years and up
• Grade Range: Kindergarten and higher

Customer Reviews

A Book to Read Over and Over

This beautifully illustrated book was a favorite when my son was younger. Now we regularly check it out of the library for our three-year-old daughter. I will keep looking for a new edition because as a gentle story of a girl exploring a beach for the first time, I too am willing to read it again and again! It begins with the gift of a new bucket and swimsuit and progresses through driving to the shore in anticipation, and all the fun to be found on the beach itself. Because of it's quiet joyful mood, ending with a moonlit beach, it's ideal for bedtime. I hope to take it on my daughter's first trip to the ocean this summer.

I love C. Stock's work and this one is great!

As usual, Catherine Stock's lovely illustrations are matched only by her text. The story of a young girl's first trip to the seashore with her parents, Ms. Stock captures the fascination, discovery, joy, and beauty of the experience. An excellent bedtime or quiet time book, I would recommend it for children as young as 3 and as old as 93.