Wave by Suzy Lee

Wave is a picture book with no words and needs no words. I chose this particular picture book because it was shaped differently and I was wondering why. This book very long and narrow because it has a wonderful detail of the ocean and the perception of how big it is compared to the little girl on the beach.

I love the expression that is created by Suzy Lee in each aspect of the book. The girl is playing with the waves and when she walks away the wave follows. The girl scares the water and it creeps back into the ocean. Then she jumps in and is having fun when a little wave starts to creep up and get bigger and bigger all of a sudden she is running away from the wave and gets soaked, but leaves her presents from the sea. She starts picking up all these beautiful sea shells.

My favorite part of the book are the sea gulls that are on the front cover. They are basically playing monkey-see-monkey-do with the little girl and when she shows an expression to the water the sea gulls follow her lead. Another part of the book I enjoy is how in the beginning the only color was the ocean but after the wave soaked the little girl the sea shells, little girls dress, and sky were also blue. It made these parts stand out in the book.