Our Pebbles

Written & illustrated by Jarvis

A child and grandad share timeless beach memories, exploring love and loss.

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40 pages

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Bookroo's summary

A child and their grandad cherish visits to Pebble Beach, where each moment is a treasure. From meeting seals to savoring ice cream, their adventures are filled with laughter and love. As they collect pebbles, Grandad's stories weave a tapestry of memory and wonder. What secrets do these stones hold, and how do they connect the past to the present? Discover a heartwarming tale of enduring bonds and the magic of shared experiences.

From the publisher

In a tenderly told story, the creator of Thank You and The Boy with Flowers in His Hair explores small moments that were once shared by a child and grandad on a pebble beach. Grandad always knows the best way to go to Pebble Beach. As they climb the dunes, he and his grandchild can smell the sea before they see it. There they meet a seal and find old pirate wood. They have melty ice cream. And every time, before saying goodbye to the beach, they each pick a pebble. “Do you know this pebble is older than me?” Grandad says with a twinkle in his eye. In a wistful musing on memory, loss, and love, Jarvis offers a medley of moments–Grandad’s silly dance with the wiggly knees; the two of them smushing together and painting their day the best they could. With lyrical prose and gentle, sun-kissed illustrations, he shows us such memories are always there for the taking, as lasting as pebbles on the beach.

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