I liked this book, The Beach House, by Deanna Caswell, for a few reasons. One namely being that I love the beach and it intrigued my interest when I saw it on the shelf. I feel that if children who also identify with loving this beach saw this, they too would be pulled into reading it. The language of this book was very easy to follow and cute, describing a family's adventure while visiting their beach house. The rhyming elements and way this book was written is a great read for young readers. I love the illustrations and watercolor used in this book; I actually found it very relaxing to read! The big idea of this book is to entertain and possibly describe what a family experiences when they go on vacation. Teachers could use this to talk about how children and their families take different types of vacations, this being one particular example. ( )