Lucy and Tom at the Seaside

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From paddling to picnics, from sandcastles to beach games - this is the perfect book for summer celebrations.

Free beach-inspired early years learning activities – Kinderly Free beach-inspired early years learning activities – Kinderly

Younger (and older) children can enjoy making sandhills to jump off or digging holes in the sand – who can dig the deepest? Fill shallow holes with water to create paddling pools. Make sure any deep holes are filled in before you leave so no one falls in! Shirley Hughes has won the Other Award, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, and the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration twice, for Dogger in 1977 and for Ella's Big Chance in 2003. In 2007 Dogger was voted the public's favourite Greenaway winner of all time. She was Highly Commended for the Greenaway Medal for The Lion and the Unicorn in 1998. Shirley received an OBE in 1999 for services to Children's Literature, and a CBE in 2017. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was the first recipient of BookTrust's Lifetime Achievement Award. Wibbly Pig Likes to Have Fun– Wibbly Pig visits the beach and learns that surprises can be scary but also fun and that dropping ice cream can be sad.

She wrote two novels for older children, Hero on a Bicycle, about a 13-year-old Italian boy during the occupation of Florence, and Whistling in the Dark, set during the Liverpool Blitz. Her memoir, A Life Drawing, was published in 2002.

Lucy and Tom at the Seaside - Penguin Books UK

This is a wonderful story about Lucy and Tom's trip to the seaside. Now that it can be considered somewhat 'old fashioned', its charm is enhanced even greater. Our first activity would involve talking to the children about their holidays. Many of them will choose to visit the beach as their favourite place, but they will all have different memories and experiences.

Sharing a Shell– Follow the story of a hermit crab as he learns about friendship in this Julia Donaldson-Lydia Monks classic. Meet Lucy and Tom, the creations of Shirley Hughes, illustrator extraordinaire, in her reissued story of everyday family life...wonderfully-observed illustrations remind us all of the fun. Independent Bookshop Week Supplement