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Let’s Go to the Seaside!
Bare toes scrunch in crunchy sand, children run and play. Look, it's Bee and Billy... They're on the beach today!
Join friends Billy and Bee in the third instalment of a brand-new "First Experiences" series set in the urban city centre. Today let's go to ... the seaside! They're building sandcastles, watching kites fly up high, eating ice cream and - for the very first time - feeling the splash of the sea and the crunch of the sand between their toes…
A gorgeously illustrated, bouncy celebration of the seaside experience, perfect for reading with a toddler before (and during!) a trip to the beach.
Join friends Billy and Bee in the third instalment of a brand-new "First Experiences" series set in the urban city centre. Today let's go to ... the seaside! They're building sandcastles, watching kites fly up high, eating ice cream and - for the very first time - feeling the splash of the sea and the crunch of the sand between their toes…
A gorgeously illustrated, bouncy celebration of the seaside experience, perfect for reading with a toddler before (and during!) a trip to the beach.
32 pages, Paperback
Published July 4, 2019
About the author
Caryl Hart
95 books45 followersCaryl Hart is an award-winning children’s author who writes picture books and young fiction.
She lives in Sheffield, England with her family and loves running, walking, cafes and snuggling. Her favourite place is the library because it's warm and full of books.
Caryl runs creative literacy workshops in schools, libraries and for festivals. Find out more on her website: www.carylhart.com
She lives in Sheffield, England with her family and loves running, walking, cafes and snuggling. Her favourite place is the library because it's warm and full of books.
Caryl runs creative literacy workshops in schools, libraries and for festivals. Find out more on her website: www.carylhart.com
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July 16, 2019
Book Reviewed on www.whisperingstories.com
Let’s Go to the Seaside! is the third book in the “First Experiences” series from Caryl Hart and Walker books, the first book was called ‘Let’s Go to Nursery!‘ and introduced us to the characters of Bee and Billy. The second book was called ‘Let’s Go to the Farm!‘.
In this third book, the two friends are visiting the seaside and having fun on the beach. They eat ice cream, paddle in the sea and build sandcastles. The two friends are having so much fun that they don’t want to go home.
This is an adorable book for little children and complements the series perfectly with its rhyming text and beautiful full-page illustrations that children won’t be able to take their eyes off. All the books in the series have been so sweet and lovely and feature the children doing activities that all little children do at some point.
The beach is a magical place for toddlers and most find it truly fascinating, I just wish my children kept that excitement about the beach, now teenagers they hate it.
I can see this being a book that is asked to be read over and over again.
Let’s Go to the Seaside! is the third book in the “First Experiences” series from Caryl Hart and Walker books, the first book was called ‘Let’s Go to Nursery!‘ and introduced us to the characters of Bee and Billy. The second book was called ‘Let’s Go to the Farm!‘.
In this third book, the two friends are visiting the seaside and having fun on the beach. They eat ice cream, paddle in the sea and build sandcastles. The two friends are having so much fun that they don’t want to go home.
This is an adorable book for little children and complements the series perfectly with its rhyming text and beautiful full-page illustrations that children won’t be able to take their eyes off. All the books in the series have been so sweet and lovely and feature the children doing activities that all little children do at some point.
The beach is a magical place for toddlers and most find it truly fascinating, I just wish my children kept that excitement about the beach, now teenagers they hate it.
I can see this being a book that is asked to be read over and over again.
May 20, 2021
A book about going to the beach.
April 16, 2026
There are very few complete sentences in this book, which gives the overall impression of fake enthusiasm.
November 8, 2019
This is another lovely picture book from the Billy and Bee (Let’s Go) series of first experiences. The paperback of ‘Let’s Go to the Seaside!’ is about A4 in width though a bit shorter in height, and is filled with glossy and colourful pages of illustrations and some text. The pages have rounded corners so young hands won’t get hurt by touching them and the pages themselves are not paper but more like card, almost the same thickness as the outer cover, making this a very robust book for youngsters to be able to look at.
Like the other books in this series this one is all about friends Billy and Bee experiencing something new, this time the seaside. What they experience with their mums is just so sweet and exactly the way that any child might feel the first time they visit the seaside. They do things like making sandcastles, eating ice cream and at some point Bee even gets a bit upset when the sea splashes over her, but she’s soon enjoying it again. The rhyming in this book just works so well and every page has simple rhyming that every child will love. The text is large, so easy to read, but it’s the illustrations that make this all the more engaging.
Each double page has lovely illustrations of Billy and Bee enjoying the seaside. I love the way they look, each image is so lovely and colourful and there’s something so engaging about them. There’s extra things to see in every picture that isn’t spoken of in the text, with Billy and Bee’s mums enjoying the seaside too, along with Bee’s sibling. There are also pictures with things to spot in the background. I like one image where you can see all the other people enjoying the seaside too. I don’t know quite what it is about this book, , but just the fun expressions of these two and the way everything looks, I just can’t help but love this book and I love the fun way the seaside has been portrayed.
This is a great book to share with youngsters, especially those who will be heading off to the seaside themselves. There’s something magical about visiting the sea as a young child and this is portrayed so well in this book. The illustrations are lovely and the rhyming text works so well that I’m sure this book will be read again and again. I can’t wait to read more fun experiences of Billy and Bee.
-Thanks to Walker Books for a free copy for review.
Like the other books in this series this one is all about friends Billy and Bee experiencing something new, this time the seaside. What they experience with their mums is just so sweet and exactly the way that any child might feel the first time they visit the seaside. They do things like making sandcastles, eating ice cream and at some point Bee even gets a bit upset when the sea splashes over her, but she’s soon enjoying it again. The rhyming in this book just works so well and every page has simple rhyming that every child will love. The text is large, so easy to read, but it’s the illustrations that make this all the more engaging.
Each double page has lovely illustrations of Billy and Bee enjoying the seaside. I love the way they look, each image is so lovely and colourful and there’s something so engaging about them. There’s extra things to see in every picture that isn’t spoken of in the text, with Billy and Bee’s mums enjoying the seaside too, along with Bee’s sibling. There are also pictures with things to spot in the background. I like one image where you can see all the other people enjoying the seaside too. I don’t know quite what it is about this book, , but just the fun expressions of these two and the way everything looks, I just can’t help but love this book and I love the fun way the seaside has been portrayed.
This is a great book to share with youngsters, especially those who will be heading off to the seaside themselves. There’s something magical about visiting the sea as a young child and this is portrayed so well in this book. The illustrations are lovely and the rhyming text works so well that I’m sure this book will be read again and again. I can’t wait to read more fun experiences of Billy and Bee.
-Thanks to Walker Books for a free copy for review.
August 12, 2019
Sweet and diverse picture book
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