Shirley Hughesさんのイラストまとめ

The sea is much rougher and splashier than the swimming pool near home. It’s harder to swim in, but much more fun.

From Lucy & Tom At the Seaside

Lucy & Tom At the Seaside

At last they’ve arrived at the seaside! They walk down rather a long road carrying all the picnic things and bathing bags and buckets and spades. There’s a very special seaside smell.

Just nearby, another boy of about Alfie’s age was building a sandcastle too. His castle was bigger than Alfie’s. It had a moat all around it and flags flying from the top.

From Alfie on Holiday

This week we’ll be looking first at Alfie on Holiday, which tells of the time Alfie goes to the seaside with Grandma.

Alfie Weather also includes the stories A Journey to the North Pole and Winter Stars

‘I think we’ve found the Garden of Eden, Alfie’ said Mum sleepily. Right away Alfie wanted to know what kind of garden that was.

From Alfie Weather

They splashed along. The stream widened into a little pool. It was deeper here. It came up to above Alfie’s knees but he and Mum were brave explorers and didn’t care about a little thing like wet shorts.

From Alfie Weather

One hot summer afternoon, when Alfie and Annie Rose and Mum and Dad were staying with Grandma, Mum and Alfie decided to go exploring.

From Alfie Weather

This week we’re celebrating the holidays (and the weather!) with Alfie Weather.

Morag gave me one of her pictures to take home with me. Sometimes I think it looks like waves or the shape of a seal or perhaps a woman swimming. Sometimes I think it looks like Morag herself with her hair spreading like dark weed on the water.

Sea Singing: Stories by Firelight