Beach Is to Fun: A Book of Relationships

by Pat Brisson, Sachiko Yoshikawa (Illustrator)

Gull is to sky
as shell is to sand.
Child is to family
as finger is to hand. Here's a book that makes learning about analogies
as much fun as going to the beach A trip to the beach-and all the excitement that surrounds it-unfolds in this cheerful picture book chock-full of engaging wordplay and sensory detail. The rhythmic text explores the concept of analogies in an accessible, immediate way. Children can begin to make their own associations and pairings as they long for a day by the sea!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

40 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

I have been writing picture books and easy-to-read chapter books for the last twenty years. My first YA, The Best and Hardest Thing, a novel in verse, will be coming out in May 2010.

I am a former elementary school teacher, school librarian and reference librarian in a public library. I now write full-time and do author visits to schools.

My husband and I have four grown sons. We live in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
Our last name has a short "i" sound and rhymes with "listen".

Reviews

[Asho · Rating 3 out of 5]

6-year-old S brought this home from the school library. He only asked to read it once, so I wouldn't say he was a huge fan of it, but he liked it well enough while we were reading it. The illustrations and beach theme are nice, but as a former SAT tutor I have to point out that some of these analogies don't actually work. You'd never be able to figure out the correct answer if they popped up on an SAT exam. So the sacrifice of some of the logic of the analogies in order to come up with a good rhyme grated at me a bit, but for the young child who is the intended audience of this book it doesn't matter much, especially as you just think of this as an entertaining form of a poem rather than an actual lesson in analogies.

[Ama · Rating 2 out of 5]

The illustrations were the best part.

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great rhyming, but there were some relationships that actually did not work out. I know that perhaps a small child wouldn't understand and will be more interested in how it sounds and now the correctness, but the incorrect stanzas really irked me.

[Laura Salas · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rhyming book of analogies that all together, and relying heavily on the illustrations, tell the story of a day at the beach.

Gull is to sky
as shell is to sand.

Child is to family
as finger is to hand.

Beautiful! A few don't work so well, though.

Like, Toss is to catch/as fast is to slow.

And, Knight is to castle/as small is to large.

But overall, lovely!

[Tahlor Kimble · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good read because it helps with teaching the relationship between words. For example, "night is to moon as day is to sun". It also includes illustrations so you can get a visual of what the relationship between the words are. Definitely recommend for grades pre k-1st.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can't start too early with the SAT prep!

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

We just picked this up from the library and Zack asked to read it three times in a row. I didn't expect him to like it as much as he did. I enjoyed it too, so it's a winner!

[Dana]

analogies

[Mkeyla]

Night is io moon as day is to sun.School is to work as beach is to fun.Toast is to eat as milk to is drink.Voice is to talk as mind




is to think.

[Russell · Rating 4 out of 5]

i like this book because its funny.i don't like i because it sounds wierd

[Melana · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love this book cause it taught me many things.

[Susan Kosel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great resource for teachers.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would be a good book for introducing analogies. It's fun and simple. It would be easy to use this book to introduce analogies to an elementary school class very well done. I was impressed.

[Shari (Shira) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A picture book of analogies. The analogies are simple enough for even the youngest child.