Lucy and Tom at the Seaside - Shirley Hughes

This story of a family day out at the seaside is beautifully illustrated and written by Shirley Hughes and makes for a very comforting bedtime read with young children. There is not a huge amount of text, and what there is is straightforward and descriptive, dealing with the small but jolly events which are familiar to anyone who has spent a family day on a British beach: children burying their dad in the sand, people of all shapes and sizes trying to get changed underneath their towels. The real charm of this story lies in the pictures. Every page is packed with illustrations, some of them ... more