Surf’s Up
A radical, rousing high-five to the power of reading.
Surf’s up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one!
Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick), Dude can’t help but get curious. Before you can shout “Surf’s up!” both frogs are sharing the same adventure, that is, until they get to the beach. Newbery Award Medal winner Kwame Alexander and celebrated illustrator Daniel Miyares offer a joy-filled ride on the magical waves where storytelling and imagination meet.
It’s a wild ride on the sea of imagination, and a rousing high-five to the power of reading.
⭐ Publishers Weekly, starred review
Newbery Award winner Alexander's humorous, tautly poetic dialogue between friends begs to be read aloud to small listeners or by new readers, and these frogs have cultural punch that many plain-vanilla animal characters lack. The nod to Moby-Dick is a bonus. A warmhearted tribute to reading.
⭐ Kirkus Reviews, starred review
With their strategic use of color and line, the illustrations work well with Alexander’s snappy, spare text (all in dialogue) to create a high-energy tribute to the power of a good book.
The Horn Book
A joyful and humor-filled ode to the magic of imagination and reading.
School Library Journal
