Hello, Ocean!
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 2 Jun 2026
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- €3.99
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- Pre-Order
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- €3.99
Publisher Description
A day at the beach is full of celebration, helping out, and especially discovery in this energetic and beautiful new book by the New York Times bestselling creator of My Heart and The Book of Mistakes.
Hello, sand. Hello, toes. Hello, ocean. Hello, hello, hello!
In this glowing portrait of beachtime joy, a girl greets the many things she encounters, celebrating them all. Razor clams and sand dollars, the splish and splash of water, logs and dune grass and . . . uh-oh, garbage too. When she discovers a knotted pile of debris, she and her parents work to get it cleaned up, then go on with their busy, happy day at the shore.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Salutations reveal aspects of a seaside locale in Luyken's effusive picture book chronicle of a day at the beach. Taking its cue from the title, anaphoric narration greets sand, wind, fog, foam, and the like at water's edge ("whoa./ hello, beach glass?"). As the greetings stack up, a pale-skinned, dark-haired protagonist grows increasingly exuberant until a garbage pile stops them short ("hello... flip-flop?"). After a quick beach cleanup with two accompanying caregivers, the nature-focused greetings resume with sky views ("hello, pelican!// hello, plover!"), leading up to a final series of sunset interactions. Brayers, brushes, plastic netting, sponges, and mono-printing techniques give acrylic gouache, ink, and pencil scenes organic, breezy textures. Amid the limited-palette backdrops, scribbly-looking sketches of the youth's gleeful antics supply a likable ebullience on every page. Ages 3–5.
