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Grayboy
Celebrate the beauty and wonder of summer by the bay.
"It is almost summer. The bay is calm, just brushed in the middle by an offshore wind. A family of swans glides by. Seagulls squawk and circle above the water-all but one gray."
During one idyllic summer at the beach, two children befriend an injured seagull and name him "Grayboy." The children's days are filled with swimming, shell collecting, and observing all the local wildlife-guided by the rhythms of the bay. They find crabs for Grayboy, build sand castles for him to perch on, and moats for him to wade in. But the bay's rhythms are not always gentle, and a summer storm proves too strong for an injured bird like Grayboy to survive. Although the children lose a friend, they are glad he was part of a summer they will always remember.
"It is almost summer. The bay is calm, just brushed in the middle by an offshore wind. A family of swans glides by. Seagulls squawk and circle above the water-all but one gray."
During one idyllic summer at the beach, two children befriend an injured seagull and name him "Grayboy." The children's days are filled with swimming, shell collecting, and observing all the local wildlife-guided by the rhythms of the bay. They find crabs for Grayboy, build sand castles for him to perch on, and moats for him to wade in. But the bay's rhythms are not always gentle, and a summer storm proves too strong for an injured bird like Grayboy to survive. Although the children lose a friend, they are glad he was part of a summer they will always remember.
- GenresPicture Books
32 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2002
4 people want to read
About the author
Kay Chorao
111 books14 followersKay Chorao is a children's writer and illustrator.
She was born Ann McKay Sproat in Elkhart, Indiana, United States, into a middle-class, suburban family. She loved and was encouraged to draw at a young age. She attended Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH. Chorao went to Wheaton College, where in 1958 she earned a Bachelor of Arts in art history. After that, Chorao pursued her graduate study at Chelsea School of Art from 1958 to 1959.
Chorao got married and had three sons before moving to New York with her family. From 1966 to 1968, she studied book illustration at School of Visual Arts in New York.
Besides writing self-illustrated children's books, Chorao has been the illustrator for many books by Jane Yolen, Judith Viorst, Jan Wahl, and Marjorie Sharmat.
She was born Ann McKay Sproat in Elkhart, Indiana, United States, into a middle-class, suburban family. She loved and was encouraged to draw at a young age. She attended Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH. Chorao went to Wheaton College, where in 1958 she earned a Bachelor of Arts in art history. After that, Chorao pursued her graduate study at Chelsea School of Art from 1958 to 1959.
Chorao got married and had three sons before moving to New York with her family. From 1966 to 1968, she studied book illustration at School of Visual Arts in New York.
Besides writing self-illustrated children's books, Chorao has been the illustrator for many books by Jane Yolen, Judith Viorst, Jan Wahl, and Marjorie Sharmat.
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February 12, 2012
This book was a bit depressing. I mean, it really didn't cheer me up at all, but it was a well told story all the same. Just because a story is a bit of a downer doesn't mean that it hasn't been done well. The story is a bit lengthier than most picture books, and since the book deals in death, the content should be read by someone who can handle that subject. Otherwise, it's a story worth a look.
November 18, 2008
Mommy says: Bittersweet tale of two kids who befriend an injured seagull. Parents, he does die, but this may be a gentle way to deal with the death of a pet or even a lvoed one. Setting reminds me of Robert McCloskey's Time of Wonder.
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