When Sam and his family took a trip to the beach, they weren’t expecting him to make a snappy new friend… This sweet story of friendship was written by nine-year-old Collins Big Cat Writing Competition winner Kipp Whysall and beautifully illustrated by Anni Axworthy.

• Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.
• Text type: A poem
• Curriculum links: Citizenship
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.