Lottie & Walter

PreS-Gr 2–Lottie keeps her fear a secret, but she knows that the pool where she takes swim lessons hides a ravenous shark—hiding and waiting just for her. Her fear is real, visualized on a spread with an image of Lottie poised at pool’s edge, just inches from the nose of an enormous shark. Each week she waits until all of the other children have entered the water...and simply doesn’t. Everything changes when a walrus named Walter appears. Despite his enormous size, Walter has a gentle temperament; he likes to sing, read books, take bubble baths, and play with Lottie. Even with her own personal walrus, she is most reluctant to return to the pool for a special party, for she just doesn’t want to get into the water—or be eaten. Walter’s familiar voice singing from deep under the water changes her mind. Images washed with a filmy haze bring the water and Walter to life.