Found: The miracle of the day I went to the beach

Description

Sam Usher's imagination makes summer days cooler
A summer sea picture book that freely moves between ordinary daily life and the world of imagination.
《FOUND The Miracle of a Day at the Beach》 is a new work by Sam Usher, who is regarded as an author who continues the British picture book tradition. It is a picture book about the miraculous day that a child and his grandfather experienced at the beach one summer. The child and grandfather headed to the beach thinking about things to do at the beach, such as observing sea creatures, building sand castles, swimming in the sea, and finding treasure left behind by pirates. The two arrive at the beach and carry out their planned tasks one by one. After taking a break, he goes for a swim in the sea and discovers a baby seal that was trapped in a net and separated from its family. The two take a boat to the middle of the ocean to find a seal family, and encounter an amazing underwater world. After that, an adventure that no one expected begins. 《FOUND The Miracle of the Day I Went to the Beach》 is a picture book that naturally moves between everyday life and the world of imagination, and invites readers into the adventures of a child and grandfather to enjoy the pleasure of imagination. I hope you feel the power of author Sam Usher as you turn the pages one by one.

Summer and scenes of nature expressed with clear watercolor and a bold yet gentle touch.
Sam Usher's unique charm, created with clear watercolors and a bold yet gentle touch, is fully demonstrated in this work. The image of a child and grandfather enjoying the beach and their relationship are expressed delicately and affectionately using small cuts, while the underwater scenery is boldly expressed in a composition that fills the page. In particular, in scenes where the background expands from the middle of the sea to the bottom of the sea, the atmosphere is perfectly contrasted, making the fantasy world under the sea shine even more. While reality was expressed darkly with an increasingly dark sky and rough waves, the ocean was created as a space where sunlight shines warmly and colorful sea creatures swim freely. Let’s feel the atmosphere of the summer sea and the mystery of the underwater world by looking at the scenes that are boldly added to the author’s unique imagination.

A child leads a day at the beach, and a grandfather silently follows behind.
On the day we go to the beach, the person who leads the day is none other than the child. The child does not simply follow what his grandfather has planned, but decides what needs to be done, takes the lead on the difficult path down to the beach, and takes command of all situations, including renting a boat. His grandfather willingly follows his grandson and silently helps him behind his back. In the previous work, the two were friends going on adventures together, but in this work, the child's side as a leader leading his grandfather is revealed throughout the work. It stands out that the grandfather respects the child as a subject rather than thinking of him as a child, and it is also nice to see the child growing little by little.

Helping someone will bring me joy someday.
A message of support that gives you the courage to take a step closer to a world you have not yet experienced.

“You never know what we’ll find when we go to the beach!” – From the text

The child and grandfather go out to sea and meet a mother seal who was looking for her cubs near a rocky island. In an instant, the mother seal takes them to the underwater world and guides them to shipwrecks and pirate treasures. She invited them into the sea as a way for the mother seal to return the favor. A child and a grandfather who finally enjoy swimming in the sea while exploring a fantasy world to their heart's content. The two people who gave up what they wanted to do for the baby seal eventually achieve it in an imaginary world under the sea. The author tells us through this adventure that helping someone will one day bring joy back to me. Furthermore, my grandfather's words that you will never know what you will find give me the courage to take a step closer to a world I have not experienced or yet know about.