Collection
Status
Available
Genres
Publication
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2010, c1990.
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the real and imagined activities young beachgoers enjoy.
Awards
CBCA Book of the Year (Notable Book — Picture Book — 1991)
Language
Original publication date
1990
Physical description
29 cm
ISBN
9781742373126
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LibraryThing member tparr
magic beach is a delightful rhyming text about children on various beaches playing at different times of the year on Australian beaches. The illustrations show the actual fun they are having on one page and the following illustration shows what their imaginations are creating with that fun. A
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brilliant discovery for children every time they read. Show Less
LibraryThing member brittneydufrene
This book talks about the 'perfect" beach and vaction spot. Where you can swim, surf, splash through the waves, make sandcastles,and not have any worries.
LibraryThing member JTNguyen
This is a book about imaginations. Kids are playing at what they call their magic beach and letting their imaginations take place.
LibraryThing member Swelker
In Magic Beach, it tells different stories about what happens on this beach. Childrens fantasies come alive on every page. Each page has a picture that goes along with the "magic" of this beach. In the classroom, this book would be helpful in sparking the students imagination. This book will have
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students thinking of different fantasies they might have. Show Less
LibraryThing member humouress
This is another picture book my toddler picked up, about a day that a family of children spend at the beach with their parents and baby brother.
I like the way every other page describes an aspect of the beach, starting with
"At our beach,
At our magic beach,"
like splashing in the waves on the shore,
Every page is accompanied by richly detailed illustrations. We quite enjoyed following the hats through the successive illustrations, and identifying the characters and what they were doing, until they fell asleep safely in bed at the end of the day.
I like the way every other page describes an aspect of the beach, starting with
"At our beach,
At our magic beach,"
like splashing in the waves on the shore,
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or building sand castles; and then the next page expands it with imagination and adventure, into riding white horses onto the beach, or saving their brother from dragons attacking castles.Every page is accompanied by richly detailed illustrations. We quite enjoyed following the hats through the successive illustrations, and identifying the characters and what they were doing, until they fell asleep safely in bed at the end of the day.
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LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin
Some unnamed children play at the shore and amidst jumping in the waves, building sandcastles, etc., they imagine themselves on even bigger adventures, such as catching a shark or rescuing a prince.
This book sounds really cute in theory, but in actuality it was a bit dull. The poetic language,
Overall, the text just didn't grab me (and I love beaches! and imagination!) and the two children I read it aloud to (ages 5 and 8) weren't exactly enthralled either.
The illustrations are okay for 1990 when the book was published, but the style seems rather old-fashioned now.
This book sounds really cute in theory, but in actuality it was a bit dull. The poetic language,
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especially the repetition of the phrase "at our beach, at our magic beach," sounds lovely but sometimes the meaning is lost a bit in the lyricism. Overall, the text just didn't grab me (and I love beaches! and imagination!) and the two children I read it aloud to (ages 5 and 8) weren't exactly enthralled either.
The illustrations are okay for 1990 when the book was published, but the style seems rather old-fashioned now.
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