Come Away from the Water, Shirley

Firefly & Fern Summary

In this delightful classic picture book, Shirley's parents call her away from the beach, but the reader discovers her imagination is painting a very different adventure than the one her parents see. With clever split-page illustration and witty contrast between reality and fantasy, children will giggle at Shirley's wild inner world while parents appreciate the book's subtle humor about childhood imagination and parental obliviousness.