Beach Day

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When my daughter was young, one of her favorite books was a 'Little Golden Book' called 'Beach Day'. It was written by Fran Manushkin in 1988, and you can still find it used on the web. The story is big on the sensations of going to a beach in, it looks like, the Florida Keys. I think my daughter may have also liked the fact that the little girl in the book was an only child, like she was herself. She gets the full on attention of both parents, just as Mollie did. I'm partial to the book myself, particularly the way the little girl falls asleep in the car on the way home. Something I've always enjoyed since I was a little girl myself.

Fran Manushkin has a really nice bio web page, with references to a lot of her children's books, including a number of books Jewish children might like.

I took this photo on a recent day trip to Monterey. The altered picture is composed of multiple versions of the same image. The top layer is a partially transparent "mosaic filter".