A tender story about Sal's morning in Maine. When she wakes up, her first tooth is loose! She has breakfast with her mother and sister, and walks down to the beach to dig clams with her father, where she loses her tooth and can't find it. Sal's father takes his girls across the bay into town where they interact with a mechanic and a grocer before heading home. McCloskey's characters are charming, and Sal is one of the most convincingly depicted young children I've seen in picture books. Underneath McCloskey's portrayal of an ordinary day in an ordinary family is an exploration of growing up and of old and new.

A tender story about Sal's morning in Maine. When she wakes up, her first tooth is loose! She has breakfast with her mother and sister, and walks down to the beach to dig clams with her father, where she loses her tooth and can't find it. Sal's father takes his girls across the bay into town where they interact with a mechanic and a grocer before heading home. McCloskey's characters are charming, and Sal is one of the most convincingly depicted young children I've seen in picture books. Underneath McCloskey's portrayal of an ordinary day in an ordinary family is an exploration of growing up and of old and new.

Today is a special day for Sal because she gets to go to Buck's Harbour with her dad. But when she wakes up to brush her teeth with her baby sister, she discovers something shocking.... Her tooth is loose! And that's just the start of a huge day!

Sal wakes up one morning to discover she has a loose tooth, and so her busy day begins.

I recently read Blueberries for Sal, which was the precursor to One Morning in Maine, but I loved this book so much more. The author includes many details within each illustration for the reader to find, while the story takes us back to a simpler time in small town America. I'm planning to find a copy of this book for my grandchildren. ( )

I wasn't much impressed by Blueberries for Sal but at least it had bears. This sequel is a total snooze about a loose tooth, seabirds, and clamming. Ho-hum. ( )