3rd August Sandcastle Day

Head to the beach. It is time to have fun building sandcastles, such a simple activity but one that promotes creativity, social skills and the inner architect! 

I was stunned when I went looking for books in the library catalogue, that I don't even need to look for books about the beach because there are so many that are explicitly about sandcastles. Start with the beautiful textless book by JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng. It will give your students plenty to talk about and make connections to.

• A Day for Sandcastles  by JonArno Lawson and Qin Laeng

• The Sandcastle That Lola Built  by Megan Mayor and Kate Berube

• Sandcastle by Philip Bunting

• Sandcastle  by Einat Tsarfati

• Sandcastles are Forever  by Ellie Peterson

• How to Code a Sandcastle  by Josh Funk and Sara Palacios

• The Sandcastle  by M.P. Robertson

• Do Princesses Live in Sandcastles?  by Carmela LaVigna Coyle

• The Sandcastle Contest  by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko

• Sisters are for Making Sandcastles by Harriet Ziefert and Chris Demarest

• Fancy Nancy : Sandcastles and Sand Palaces by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser

• Hamlet and the Magnificent Sandcastle  by Brian Lies

• Sandcastle (Little Kippers)  by Mick Inkpen

                                            • Day at the Beach  by Tom Booth

• Ella and Olivia: Super Sandcastles  by Yvette Poshoglian