A review by libraryjen
A Beach Tail by Karen Williams

3.0

As I was watching this kid get farther and farther from his dad and his original sand drawing, I wondered if this really was a good choice for preschool story time. However, when Greg gets back to his dad - it's obvious that Dad has been watching him the whole time. I'm still not sure that I want to send my little guys the message that wondering down the beach is okay as long as you draw yourself a "lion's tale" to follow home (especially with how easy it is for the water to destroy said path), but the book is so realistic and the illustrations are so beautiful. Maybe we'll read it and have a discussion about the dangers of wandering off, if I can figure out how to do that without spoiling the enjoyment of the book...

Edited June 2018: Used it in preschool story time and it was okay, but got a little long. I won't use it again.