Vacation: We're Going to the Ocean

Load up the car. We're going to the beach! Nothing is more fun than packing the car and heading off to the shore. In light verse that rings with the sounds of summer, David Harrison captures the excitement and joy—as well as some of the surprises—of a summertime beach holiday.

David L. Harrison has written many acclaimed poetry collections, including Somebody Catch My Homework. Mr. Harrison has received a Christopher Award and four IRA-CBC Children's Choice Awards. He lives in Springfield, Missouri.

Rob Shepperson lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. His droll pen-and-ink drawings appear regularly in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He is also the illustrator of The Big House by Carolyn Coman.