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Beach Ball
"A stiff breeze blows Mary's beach ball along the water's edge for miles and miles. People, objects and animals appear and disappear as Mary gallops from page to page, chasing the ball....Sis's inimitably cheerful illustrations fuse a riot of unsullied color with deft details and endless invention."--Publishers Weekly. "A great choice for beach-chair travelers."--School Library Journal.
- GenresPicture Books
Hardcover
First published September 24, 1990
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Peter Sís
110 books231 followersPETER SÍS is an internationally acclaimed illustrator, filmmaker, painter and author. Born in 1949 in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and grew up in Prague. He studied painting and filmmaking at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London. His animated work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He came to America in 1982, and now lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his family. Peter Sís is the first children's book artist to be named a MacArthur Fellow. In 2012 he won The Hans Christian Andersen Award.
His many distinguished books include Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei, Tibet: Through the Red Box, Madlenka, Rainbow Rhino, The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, and The Conference of the Birds.
His many distinguished books include Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei, Tibet: Through the Red Box, Madlenka, Rainbow Rhino, The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, and The Conference of the Birds.
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April 19, 2019
Beach Ball is a find the object book. It starts off with a little girl losing her beach ball and the book goes through different scenes on the beach with different things to look for like letters, shapes, and colors. By the end of the book the little girl named Mary finds her ball.
I gave this book 5 stars becasue I like the illustrations in the book. The scenes allow the reader to stay engaged on each page. There is always alteast 5 things to find on each page but the scene looks similar.
I gave this book 5 stars becasue I like the illustrations in the book. The scenes allow the reader to stay engaged on each page. There is always alteast 5 things to find on each page but the scene looks similar.
May 22, 2022
A beach ball lost in this this search ^ find book through colors, shapes, animals, & more. Overall confusing.
January 13, 2012
When Alice's ball blows away during a trip to the beach with mother, there is no other recourse than to chase it across the sandy landscape. And with each page turn, Alice must chase her ball through the alphabet, numbers 1-10, shapes, colors, a maze, and opposites.
Beach Ball becomes a sort of "Where's Waldo" with Sis's familiar style. Each page turn is another full-page spread of all of the different kinds of people and activities that might take place at a beach. In one spread, Alice herself goes missing, and the reader must look for her familiar straw hat.
This was an unexpected treat. I wanted to write a little more about this picture book because I noted that many of my friends have either not seen this one or haven't recorded it for their shelves yet.
Beach Ball becomes a sort of "Where's Waldo" with Sis's familiar style. Each page turn is another full-page spread of all of the different kinds of people and activities that might take place at a beach. In one spread, Alice herself goes missing, and the reader must look for her familiar straw hat.
This was an unexpected treat. I wanted to write a little more about this picture book because I noted that many of my friends have either not seen this one or haven't recorded it for their shelves yet.
August 19, 2016
A young girl is at the beach with her mother. She is playing with her beach ball when it gets away from her and off she goes after it. This story is mostly visual and each beach scene presents a different subject (colors, letters, numbers, etc.) to look for while we search alongside the girl for her beach ball.
I have always enjoyed Peter Sis' illustrations. They are interesting with always lots to look at.
I have always enjoyed Peter Sis' illustrations. They are interesting with always lots to look at.
June 4, 2013
In this wordless book, we follow a beach ball as it blows down the beach. Each page shows a different section of the beach and there are things for us to notice around different themes: shapes, colors, numbers, and so forth. Sis is known for detailed illustrations, and this is a wonderful book to sit with for a while.
July 18, 2013
A young girl's beach ball flies away, and she searches throughout the book to find it.
Themes: nature, leisure, perseverance.
Use in a lower level class and have students play "I Spy" with the book to find objects they know.
Themes: nature, leisure, perseverance.
Use in a lower level class and have students play "I Spy" with the book to find objects they know.
May 10, 2020
When a young girl's beach ball floats away in the wind, readers join her on an adventure. Each picture gives directions to look for the alphabet, colors, numbers, opposites, shapes, animals, solve a maze, or to find the young girl herself.
March 21, 2010
Love Peter Sis, but this just didn't do anything for me.
January 29, 2012
Like Where's Waldo but much more interesting.
July 31, 2012
A beach ball blows away onto various parts of the beach where the reader sees pages with colors, letters, shapes, numbers and a variety of other things for kids to pick out.
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