Grab Day At The Beach Conceived By Tom Booth Shown In Document

day at the beach becomes a lesson in sibling bonding for Gideon,

Every summer, Gideon and his younger sister Audrey build a sand castletogether, But this summer, everything changes, Gideon is going to build the most spectacular sandcastle anyone on the beach has ever seen, And hes going to do it on his ownwithout any help from his sister,

But much to his surprise, Gideon discovers that building together is more fun and that everyone has their own unique talent when it comes to creativity and imagination, even Audrey.
Tom Booth's Day at the Beach is for me a perfect example of not simply judging a picture book by its book cover image.
For aesthetically, the latter just does not all that much appeal to me and I therefore erroneously had also assumed that ALL of the illustrations for Day at the Beach would be similarly visually unappealing and which definitely and fortunately has not been the case, as I have found Tom Booth's presented pictures sweetly expressive and fun, and albeit not personal favourites by any stretch of the imagination, descriptively delightful, and very much a complimentary mirror to and for the presented text.


However, with regard to the actual story of Day at the Beach, with regard to Tom Booth's presented narrative, I do have to admit that until the very end of Day at the Beach I was on a personal and emotional level actively both despising main protagonist or rather in my opinion even main antagonist Gideon for his and for no apparent reason nastiness towards his little sister and in fact also rather much annoyed at author/illustrator Tom Booth for yes almost seemingly condoning and affirming Gideon's horrid behaviour towards Audrey by having him and his sandcastle oh so much feted and universally admired by all and sundry at the beach.
And while I guess I should probably be a bit more appreciative of how Gideon perseveres and manages after many setbacks to build a truly amazing and intricately designed sandcastle and emerge triumphant, considering how nastily he had pushed his little sister aside with words of scorn and ridicule, until Gideon finally and on his own realises that he should not have been so meanspirited towards Audrey, his beach triumph did feel at best problematic and very personally uncomfortable as yes, I was actually kind of hoping for Gideon to fail big time and permanently with regard to building his sandcastle.


And finally, although I did indeed and certainly very much enjoy the ending of Day at the Beach, with Gideon, Audrey and their parents building sandcastles together and as a supportive family unit and enough for me to now consider three for Day at the Beach, part of me and certainly if I do think back to how badly and meanly Gideon was acting towards his sister at the beginning of Day at the Beach still has to wonder a bit whether the lessons learned by Gideon that it is better to be and work together than to be and work alone and solitary, that pushing one's nearest and dearest away is not really the way to go will be of a permanent nature, that they will not conveniently be forgotten the next time Gideon feels as though he would rather not have his little sister Audrey to be tagging along.
This is an entertaining story about a boy who decides he doesn't want his sister help him build a sandcastle at the beach any more.
He has several failures before his final success, then realizes being a lone wolf isn't as fun as building a sandcastle with the rest of his family.
Although this is a story theme that has been done many times before, this picture book is humorous and fun, with appealing digital cartoons.
Perfect for brothers and sisters that don't always love to be together, Very clean illustrations! Booth, Tom Day at the Beach, PICTURE BOOK Aladdin,

Gideon and his sister Audrey make a sandcastle at the beach every summer, Gideon is in charge of the dimensions of the towers and Audrey is in charge of decorating it with seashells and sea glass.
Gideon has decided that this summer will be different and he is going to build the ultimate sandcastle without Audreys help.
After a few disastrous tries, he finally constructs the perfect sandcastle and gets the accolades of everyone on the beach.
But when he looks over and sees his parents building a sandcastle with Audrey he decides its more fun to do things together.


I love the adorable and bright illustrations that add to the story line, The short and simple text has a great moral that sometimes its not about what everyone else thinks, but its about doing things together with those we love.
I especially loved the drawings of the cute seagulls,

EL KESSENTIAL, er, C. Peterson.
sitelink blogspot. com/ Loved this book. Can't wait for CBW when my kiddos will vote on it!

Top perks: biracial family, siblings working together, from the perspective of the "perfect" big brother.
I read this for a preschool storytime about beaches and bubbles, I really liked this one more than I thought I would! Its about how building an imperfect sandcastle together can be more fun than building a perfect sandcastle alone.
I think the kids were pretty engaged with this one and they liked the repetition of Gideons multiple attempts continuing to get destroyed.
My nephew said his favorite part was Gideons castle, Summer and building sand castles motivates Gideon who has built them all summer with his little sister, He finds that he wants to build his own and the most fantastic castle of them all, He makes some bad choices of locations and then after they are destroyed and he builds his best one but decides it is more fun to join his family again.
Big colorful illustrations make this a really fun choice, I ended up liking this one better than I thought I would, The cover art did not appeal to me at all and I thought it would be a bickering siblings type story.
Well, I guess we did have Gideon's blueprint of his vision, with him as the triumphant king of the beach and his little sister sulking off to the side.
But, I appreciated that mostly it was about Gideon having his own idea and wanting to realize it himself, that he didn't give up when he had numerous setbacks, and that he ultimately did reconnect with his family, too.
We just went to the beach a few weeks ago and built a sandcastle, My oldest was making comparisons and I loved it, Such cute illustrations and a great life lesson towards siblings Enjoyed the illustrations but the story was predictable and felt preachy.
I really dig the illustrative style, Gideon and his family, who first appeared in sitelinkDerek Jeter Presents: Night at the Stadium, a picturebook inspired by the baseball player Derek Jeter, written by Phil Bildner and illustrated by Tom Booth, returns in this second adventure, both written and illustrated by Tom Booth.
Although he had always enjoyed making sandcastles with his younger sister Audrey, this year Gideon plans to make something one all by himself.
But is playing at the beach as fun, if you are alone, . .

I was somewhat unimpressed with the first book about this family and their adventures, so I wasn't expecting too much, going into Day at the Beach.
To my surprise, I enjoyed it more than its predecessor, and thought it paired a sweet family story about learning to share the attention and glory with one's siblings, with cute artwork.
Somehow, this one just worked for me, where the first one didn't, Recommended to anyone who unlike me enjoyed the first picturebook about Gideon, as well as to those searching for children's stories about sibling rivalry, and learning to play together.
Brother/sister tale of finding the important things in life, Sometimes you need to just crawl into a good children's book, This sweet little story showcases the fun of a day at the beach with a nice lesson about family bonding.
I really loved the art and the sandcastles, Gideon has big plans for building a sandcastle at the beach, He wants everything to be perfect and leaves his little sister, Audrey, out of his plans, After a series of accidents and disasters, he finally perfects his castle only to realize that he's feeling lonely.
Fortunately, Audrey has a more generous heart and happily invites him to help build a family sandcastle, I love that this book includes an interracial family in such an authentic and natural way! Tom Booth seems to understand big brothers with little sisters.
Day at the Beach at its core is about family relationships, This year on their vacation, Gideon wants to build his own sand castle and not have his younger sister Audrey help him.
He tries seven times before he finds a place where his castle is not destroyed by something, His castle is awesome. People from all over the beach come to see it, But something is missing.

Tom Booth both wrote and illustrated Day at the Beach, His illustrations are “cartoony” in nature, They were rendered digitally. They are welldone and children will like them, You can tell some of Gideons personality through the way Tom Booth portrays him,

Day at the Beach is a finalist for this years Childrens Choice Award and is one I will be sharing with my students.
I read the copy I purchased for the school library, I recommend adding Day at the Beach to your picture book collection, I gotta say that I was not overly impressed, The theme of the mixedrace family, though shown only in the bright pictures, comes through much more clearly, imo, than the slightly confused themes about persistence and family.
Botht themes have been done better elsewhere, Gideon and Audrey always build a sandcastle at the beach together, But this year Gideon has his own plan, I gotta hand it to him fro his perseverance too! Every time it gets destroyed he starts again a good lesson in determination.
But the ultimate lesson is that the beach is more fun with the people you love and you shouldn't exclude your little siblings.
Gideon gets everything he has dreamed of, but then realizes he wants what he already had, a lot of rich vocabulary Gideon and Audrey normally build a sand castle together at the beach, but this year Gideon is determined to build the perfect sand castle and he must do it all by himself.
But will he be able to complete his goal, and will it bring the satisfaction Gideon thinks it will

Fun illustrations and Gideon's series of sand castles that go wrong are pretty entertaining.
I'm not sure why but the story felt rushed in the ending and conclusion to me, I guess primarily because I wasn't sold that Audrey was all that bummed to not have Gideon to help her she seemed pretty happy to have their parents all to herself, so I wasn't sure he should feel guilty about changing their custom and chasing his dream.
Oh well. I am sure this will be the perfect book some families need to read before their beach vacations.
And it might be a good chance to talk about motives and the need to consider others as you chase your dreams you don't want the road to your dreams paved with a bunch of broken hearted people you neglected or used.
A decent beach/sibling read,.Our local libraries finally, FINALLY reopened following the Covid pandemic and the kids were able to browse there again recently for the first time in well over a year.
This was one of the books Lwas attracted to in her browsing,
The story was okay, It's about an older sibling who wants to spend some time doing something on his own instead of with his younger sister, a theme that hits pretty close to home for L right now although, frankly, she's just as often the one abandoning her brother as the other way around.
It ended up being

just as much about a child persevering through challenges that kept breaking his sand castle as it was about the sibling relationship, so the story wasn't as clean as it could have been.
But the illustrations were very colorful and had a bright and almost sparkly quality to them, which L and I liked a lot.
And it featured a biracial family, which hopefully will soon be happening enough in children's books that it's unremarkable, but for now it's worth noting.
This is a book about older and younger siblings, Gideon and Audrey always build together when they go to the beach, Older brother Gideon feels held back by baby sister Audrey and, this year, he plans to set off solo and create his masterpiece.
Gideons feelings are realistic even if they arent very nice, This book tackles a topic that most families go through,

Tom Booths illustrations are great, From page to page, the viewers perspective changes: we see the beach from above, we see Gideons memories of summers past through the haze of time, we see Gideons plans for his sand castle extraordinaire as if through his own eyes.
Also, Gideon is admirable in that, each time wind, rain, waves, or volleyball knock down his castle, he starts again without a fuss.


Though what this book is trying to convey is admirable, it does not succeed, Gideon learns a lesson about having fun with the people you love, but it all happens off the page.
Theres no character development for a young reader to follow, And there are no consequences, Gideon meanly dismisses his sister, builds the castle of his dreams, is celebrated by everyone on the beach, and then is welcomed back by his little sister.
He never apologizes or says anything kind to her,
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