Dominic and the Magic Sandcastle
ominic and the Magic Sandcastle by Janice JarekChildren's book about a boy who takes a trip to visit with his grandmother in Hawaii.
The book describes in detail the plane ride and once he arrives in Hawaii along with his family. He has dreamed of building a sandcastle and it being magic.
Love the trick of the photography and the dolphin! His grandmother tells him of all the magic she's seen on the island: mermaid and a castle that came to life.
He dreamed of a knight and his princess in the castle and the moat and how the whole family had sat at a long table and got to eat while watching the knight fight in the arena and you got to select your favorite.
Problem when the waves come into shore. He talks about what happened next and decided to go play in the water.
The next day after completely finishing the castle and waited around but no magic happened so he went to play near the waters edge.
After 4 days his grandmother told him what he needed to do and the next day it did work. He went to show his older brother but he didn't see the magic at all...
At the end of his trip his grandmother gave him something to help him with the magic...