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32 pp.
| Viking
| June, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-670-88260-7$$15.99
(4)
K-3
Feeling at first disinterested, cautious, and ill-tempered about his trip to his grandmother's seaside cottage, Ben is won over by her contagious excitement and love of the ocean in this well-told story. Grandma's caricature-like face is a bit jarring, but the rest of the watercolor and line drawings nicely capture the ambiance and the details of an old beach house in summer.