Haruo Yamashita
Illustrated by Kazuo Iwamura
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
NorthSouth, 2012, 978-0-7358-4073-7
Tomorrow is the first day of the summer vacation, and the
mice septuplets are delighted because they won’t have to go to school. Even
better, the children’s father tells them that they are all going to go to the
beach on their first day off. What could be more perfect. They will be able to
play in the sand, and best of all they will swim in the sea. There is only one
problem; none of the mice children know how to swim without some kind of
flotation assistance. Father, who knows his children well, tells them that they
“need to be safe in the water,” and he makes seven ring life preservers for his
children.
At the beach the
next day all goes well. The seven mice children use their flotation rings, and
Mother and Father keep an eye on them. Tired after all their exertions,
everyone has a nap after lunch, which is when something very unexpected
happens.
In this charming
picture book, the author not only tells a great story, but he also highlights
the importance of being safe when you are playing in the water. Little children
will love to see how the mice children in this story end up saving the day when
their father gets into a spot of trouble. The illustrations are packed with
clever little details, and children will laugh when they see the expressions on
the character’s faces.
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