The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Yee, Brenda Shannon

Sand Castle

24 pp. | Greenwillow | May, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16194-4 $$15.00

(2) PS Illustrated by Thea Kliros. As Jen builds a sandcastle, other kids ask if they can help. By day's end, the children have created an elaborate castle, but "as soon as we leave, someone will wreck it." Jen, who began it all, knows how to end it, and the new friends cement their bond by stomping out the castle in a dance-like frenzy. Yee's clipped yet lulling prose builds repetition, while softly washed illustrations set the lazy, beach-day scene.

Reviewer: Mary Burkey | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 1999