When the Tide Is Low

by Sheila Cole

Book Overview

A mother answers her eager child's questions about what they will see "when the tide is low." "Handsome and useful."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Includes a glossary of sea animals. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688040667
• ISBN13: 9780688040666
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

a special place in my heart

My mother and I are the characters in this book. Virginia, the illustrator was a friend of my mother's. I remember the chilly fall afternoons running around in my bathing suit while Ginny took photos of us. This book will always have a special place in my heart, as Ginny was illustrating it when my father was in the last stages of his cancer and it documents a stressful time in my family's history. Sheila Cole writes a sweet story that offers an introduction to underwater life to young children, and Ginny's use of watercolor is beautiful. There is a glossary of sealife in the back, so it is also a nice fieldguide for children. I give it as a baby shower gift whenever I can, though it is getting increasingly more difficult to find new. Though I am obviously biased, I highly recommend it as an addition to any child's library.