Magic Beach
No. of pages 60
Published: 2005
Reviews
Great for age 4-18 years
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Magic Beach, the first new book in forty years from the creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon, is the story of a boy and girl who discover the power of words on an enchanted beach. Published in celebration of the centennial of Crockett Johnsons' birth, Magic Beach includes an appreciation by Maurice Sendak, to whom Crockett Johnson was a mentor and friend, and an afterword by Philip Nel, who found the original drawings in the archives of the Smithsonian Institution.
This book has been graded for interest at 4+ years.
There are 60 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Front Street Inc .
Crockett Johnson was the author and illustrator of the popular American comic strip, Barnaby.