Lottie's New Beach Towel - Hardcover

Mathers, Petra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689816065 ISBN 13: 9780689816062

Publisher: Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 1998

Synopsis

Receiving a new towel from her Aunt Mattie, Lottie learns during a visit to the beach all of its valuable uses, from a cool resting place for her burning feet, to a sail for her broken boat, to a colorful veil for a troubled bride.

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Review:

One beautiful summer day Lottie, a chicken, is squeezing lemons when a package arrives. It's a red-and-white polka-dotted beach towel from her Aunt Mattie with a note that says, "This might come in handy this summer." Boy, does it! Young readers will revel in the simple story of a day at the beach with absurd little twists. Lottie's friend Herbie is a duck, has a boat, and wears a hat labeled "Capitano." When he picks her up from the shore for a boat ride and the motor "gets tired and goes to sleep," they sail back with the help of the beach towel, of course. Petra Mathers, creator of Borreguita and the Coyote and Grandmother Bryant's Pocket, not only exposes the indispensable nature of one humble beach towel, she also creates a quirky story of friendship and a funny take on how one thing leads to another. In Lottie's closing letter to her aunt, she writes, "Thank you so much for my new beach towel. Without it I might be in the hospital with burnt feet or lost at sea with Herbie. There might not even have been a wedding. But let me start at the beginning." Charming illustrations and an elegant, sunny design are bound to make this winning picture book a story-time favorite. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson

About the Author:

Petra Mathers is the author and illustrator of many children's books, including a series of five books called Lottie's World. Lottie's New Beach Towel was Book of the Year for Parenting Magazine, and Lottie's New Friend was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and won the Silver Medal from the New York Society of Illustrators. She lives in Astoria, Oregon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0689816065
• ISBN 13: 9780689816062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32