Beaches hold a powerful appeal for children.?It is for them a place where they are free to play, build, and discover.?? The place where land and sea meet enfolds them, and there they seem to blossom in a timeless paradise.
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The combination of dramatic natural beauty and childhood joy is one that holds great appeal to childrens book illustrators, resulting in a wealth of images of children enjoying the pleasures of sand and sea.?
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We have assembled from our library of vintage childrens books the images for this simple shaped book, and paired them with a text, which celebrates ? from the point of view of a child ? the many appeals of life on the beach.?
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Artists include: Pelagie Doane, Henriette Willebeek Le Mair, Millicent Sowerby, Susan Beatrice Pearse and Jessie Willcox Smith.?
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