Hi! This is Rachel Malay, director at the Port Library in Beloit. Our regular summer library programs are ending next week, and the library would like to thank all the young readers (and their parents!) for coming over to the library this summer. For the next five weeks I’ll be reviewing some new picture books in the library’s children’s section. These are great bedtime books, quiet time books, or anytime books for parents, grandparents, older siblings, or other loved ones to enjoy with younger kids, or on their own!
You might not think that dinosaurs would enjoy a day at the beach, but don’t tell that to the two children and their tyrannosaurus rex in this week’s review, Sea Rex by Molly Idle. Author and illustrator Idle goes about very simply telling how to get to the beach and what to do there. However, the pictures show a not-so-simple afternoon of fun. Crisp and bright colored pencil drawings show an enthusiastic little boy, his more responsible older sister, the boy’s hapless teddy bear, and of course a very excited and nearly life size T-Rex. The group gets settled on the beach under the watchful eye of a pterodactyl lifeguard, and after some sunbathing, everyone gets wet when the T-Rex splashes into the ocean! The group enjoys building sandcastles with a triceratops in a flowered bathing hat before seagulls come and steal everyone’s lunch. Don’t worry though, the sandwiches are rescued. But to find out how, come check out this title!
You can get the book reviewed here and more great titles to watch, read, listen to, or play with at the Port Library at 1718 N. Hersey in Beloit. This is director Rachel Malay, saying “Thanks for checking us out!”
You might not think that dinosaurs would enjoy a day at the beach, but don’t tell that to the two children and their tyrannosaurus rex in this week’s review, Sea Rex by Molly Idle. Author and illustrator Idle goes about very simply telling how to get to the beach and what to do there. However, the pictures show a not-so-simple afternoon of fun. Crisp and bright colored pencil drawings show an enthusiastic little boy, his more responsible older sister, the boy’s hapless teddy bear, and of course a very excited and nearly life size T-Rex. The group gets settled on the beach under the watchful eye of a pterodactyl lifeguard, and after some sunbathing, everyone gets wet when the T-Rex splashes into the ocean! The group enjoys building sandcastles with a triceratops in a flowered bathing hat before seagulls come and steal everyone’s lunch. Don’t worry though, the sandwiches are rescued. But to find out how, come check out this title!
You can get the book reviewed here and more great titles to watch, read, listen to, or play with at the Port Library at 1718 N. Hersey in Beloit. This is director Rachel Malay, saying “Thanks for checking us out!”
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