Nicoletta Ceccoki has been featured several times at the Bologna Children's Book Festival, and won the prestigious Anderson prize for the best Italian children's book illustrator in 2001 and 2006. Stella Blackstone has been writing for children for over twenty years. She is the author of many Barefoot Books favorites, including the Bear series, Skip Through the Seasons and My Granny Went to Market.

"Leaves readers with the pleasantly hazy sensation of having spent a long day at the beach" — Publishers Weekly

Nicoletta Ceccoki has been featured several times at the Bologna Children's Book Festival, and won the prestigious Anderson prize for the best Italian children's book illustrator in 2001 and 2006. Stella Blackstone has been writing for children for over twenty years. She is the author of many Barefoot Books favorites, including the Bear series, Skip Through the Seasons and My Granny Went to Market.

"Leaves readers with the pleasantly hazy sensation of having spent a long day at the beach" — Publishers Weekly

Nicoletta Ceccoki has been featured several times at the Bologna Children's Book Festival, and won the prestigious Anderson prize for the best Italian children's book illustrator in 2001 and 2006. Stella Blackstone has been writing for children for over twenty years. She is the author of many Barefoot Books favorites, including the Bear series, Skip Through the Seasons and My Granny Went to Market.

"Leaves readers with the pleasantly hazy sensation of having spent a long day at the beach" — Publishers Weekly