To the Beach

This picture book will appeal to young children from 2-5 years old and especially to those who like to daydream. Author and illustrator, TD's own love of travel is reflected in this story of a kid who gazes out of the window .... Richly imagined and brought alive through the author's beautiful illustrations. * Sommerset Life *
"This adventure book shows exactly how powerful one's imagination can be. Not all this summer's vacations have to be real, you know!" * Winston-Salem Journal *
"A picture book that could be especially consoling to children this cloudy summer." * New York Times Book Review *
A picture book that could be especially con­soling to children this cloudy summer. A boy looks out a nondescript window into rain-but he's wearing a snorkel and cheerfully tells us he's taking his bucket, flippers and "big yellow inner tube"to the beach (the inner tube makes an inviting cutaway on the cover). The appear­ance of an airplane and a friendly camel as the story gets rolling situates us in his imagina­tion, where the dunes stretch on like a desert toward the sea. Docherty's watercolors give a nice comic touch, but they reserve the rpost beauty and simplicity for the scenes of home. * The New York Times Book Review *