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Good Night, Good Beach

An evocative bedtime picture book that distills the essence of a family summer at the beach—skin sticky with salt, sandy feet, waves hush-hushing and a shell under the pillow. Summer holidays by the sea have a rhythm all their own. With a few resonant images, Cowley takes us straight to the end of a long hot day with beach treasures under the pillow and the salty smell of the sea. The cadence of the final words echoes the shushing waves in a gentle signal of time for readers to sleep—"good sand, good sea, good beach, good night." This simple poem by internationally-renowned author Joy Cowley transports the reader to a childhood summer with language that asks to be read over and over.