1. Beaches
2. Families
3. Fishing
4. Marine animals
5. Play
6. Stories in rhyme

A simple rhyming story about a family’s trip to the beach. They play games, swim and splash in the water, fish and catch a crab and a fish for dinner. The text is simple and clear and the accompanying illustrations by Maggie Prewett are colourful representations of the text.

Nola Turner-Jensen is an Aboriginal woman from Wiradjuri country in NSW and is the author of several books in the “Deadly Reads’ series. Illustrator Maggie Prewett is a descendent of the Ngarluma people of the Pilbara region in Western Australia. She has illustrated several other books included in this database, ‘The Grumpy Lighthouse Keeper’ and the ‘Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point.’

Series title: Deadly Reads Saltwater series.

1. Storytime with Kids Oasis ‘A Beach for Us to Play’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYFb41i9LEo
2. Magabala Books. ‘Nola Turner-Jensen’ https://www.magabala.com/collections/nola-turner-jensen
3. Magabala Books ‘Maggie Prewett’ https://www.magabala.com/collections/maggie-prewett
4. Surf Life Saving New South Wales ‘Learn and Play for Kids’ https://beachsafetyhub.org.au/learn-&-play/learn-play-for-kids/