The Seaside

by Heather Amery, Stephen Cartwright (Illustrator)

This delightful series, compiled with the help of experts, is designed to amuse young children and stimulate them to talk, to encourage them to learn new words and to distinguish visual differences of shape and colour.

16 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1984

About the author

Heather Amery was born and brought up in Bath, Somerset. Heather has written over a hundred books for children, including alphabet books, science and history books, craft books, classical fairy tales, a series for beginner readers called Farmyard Tales, Usborne Bible Tales, and Greek Myths.

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book pisses me right off. It asks you to determine certain things based on pictures (such as "how many crabs are there") but some of them are too ambiguous. You'll be arguing with your kids all day, punishing them for disagreeing with you about how many kids are fishing (Does the guy in the boat with a fishing rod count as fishing? Is that a man or a young child?). This book tears families apart. Worst of all, there is no sort of answer key, so both sides will be bitterly arguing their sides without resolution for days, weeks, maybe years. Every Christmas thereafter will be punctuated by shouting matches. "THAT KID DOESN'T HAVE HIS ICE CREAM YET!", you'll shout.

If you love your family, stay away from this book. Hug them instead, keep them close. Always remember there is more to life than anger, and hate.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

I left the seaside thoroughly disappointed. There wasn't enough ice cream flavours and the people didn't have noses.

[Marek · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations are fun and this is a great book to help children learn their numbers and identify objects.