A heartwarming children's picture book that captures the beauty and wonder of the beach. The story follows a young boy and his experiences at different beaches, each with its own unique feel and activities. What I appreciate most about this book is how it captures the child's emotions and love for the beach. The illustrations are beautiful and capture the different moods and environments of each beach perfectly. This book is an excellent way to introduce children to the joys of the beach, and it's sure to inspire a sense of wonder and excitement in any young reader. I love the updated edition and new pages.

Cute updated edition of this book!!

A charming children's picture book that follows a young boy and his experiences at the beach. The story is divided into different sections, each exploring the different moods and emotions of Morning Beach, Sunny Beach, Cloudy Beach, Stormy Beach, Sunset Beach, and Moonlit Beach. Through the eyes of the young boy, readers get a sense of the different activities and environments that each beach provides. This book captures the child's love for the beach and the unique experiences it offers.

A family frolics on the beach and has different experiences whether it is sunny, cloudy, stormy, or night time. The artwork is bold, graphic, and colorful (cut paper, or maybe screen prints?), and a perfect compliment to the text. The combined effect is simple, yet incredibly evocative. I haven't been to the beach in nearly two decades, but this book brought back all the sights, the smells, and the feel of wet sand between my toes.

I thought that this book was a great idea and I liked the different weather which gave the beach different views and moods from sunny to stormy, moonlit to sunset and the changes that brought along.

I read the book with my 5 year old daughter and whilst she did enjoy it, she didn’t ask to read it again when I offered at a later date, the first time was enough for her, she is a good reader and is ahead for her age so she was possibly out of the age range as she is reading in school at age 8.

It is 3.5 stars from me for this one, rounded up to 4 stars for Goodreads and Amazon – highly recommended!

Bright and bold illustrations for this long book on all things beach. I liked that this book touched on all aspects of what can happen at the beach, from a stormy day to a sunny day, and more.

Thank you, Netgalley, for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Sometimes the Beach was a really cool book about different ways to experience the beach. I loved the art, it was very funky and bright.

I think having the font be a more consistent size throughout would be helpful.