![]() ![]() There’s a corresponding generosity in the rich array of people who surround the children, each involved in their own activities-sunbathing, picnicking, running, playing. ![]() Leng offers details that create an authentic setting and narrative while leaving room for child viewers to interpret the characters’ relationships to one another as they will. ![]() The pacing moves like waves, too, with panoramic double-page spreads alternating with pages of panels that zoom in on the action. Leng renders the beach in sunny watercolors and delicate, wispy ink lines that capture the movement of dune grass, waves, and sand in the wind. Two adults and three children take the bus to the beach and spend the day building and rebuilding sandcastles in this wordless picture book conceived by Lawson and brought to life by Leng (the team behind Over the Shop, rev. ![]()
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