title: The Seashore Book
author:  Charlotte Zolotow 
description: When a boy asks his mother, "What is the seashore like?" she lovingly describes what might happen if they spent a day together in the sand. Zolotow's images are tactile, vivid and musical: cold sea water makes the boy's "skin feel like peppermint"; he sees the sandpipers' "claw prints / like pencil lines in the sand"; and the "swishswashing sound" of the waves in the afternoon lulls him to sleep. Sometimes the text seems at variance with the art--as when Zolotow describes the boy running after an airplane's shadow and twirling himself around until he falls down in the sand, and Minor portrays him waving at the orange airplane--but this is a small caveat in an otherwise notable book. As in Sierra and Heartland, Minor's crisply detailed watercolors evoke place with imaginative accuracy and visual grace, and Zolotow's ( Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present ; William's Doll ) spare, poetic text provides a lyrical and nostalgic paean to the wonders of seaside life. The striking typeface and overall design contribute to an uncommonly handsome presentation. Ages 3-8. <BR>Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: ZOROS’ MATE
  A SCI FI ALIEN ROMANCE
  
  AUTUMN REIGN
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Autumn Reign
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  CONTENTS
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Afterword
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  Ever since I was a young girl, I felt a very special connection to water. I
  imagined that the sounds of the waves were a soft whisper calling me closer
  to the shore. It probably had something to do with living down the road from
  a private, neighborhood beach. Growing up in North Carolina, you could step
  out on the porch and gaze at the sand and water from where you stood. Of
  course, my friends and family all felt a positive notion towards the sand and
  surf (except when said sand got in your swimsuit or was constantly tracked
  into the house, no matter how careful you were), but I 