Winner, Picture Book of the Year, Children's Book Council Awards 1997'Goodbye smelly old city!"Hello big blue sea!'Holidays at the beach mean camping, swimming, finding crabs, feeding the seagulls, walking, reading. Everyone has plans for things to do. Susie wants to catch a fish, but some people just aren't lucky at fishing. What she's lucky at is something quite unexpected and wonderful.

 

This book was recognised in the Picture Book of the Year category by the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1998 by Allen & Unwin .

Elizabeth Honey is an award-winning Australian writer and illustrator of poetry, picture books and novels for children.