Breanna Carzoo is an author, illustrator, and second-place winner of a fire-safety poster contest in the fifth grade. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and dog. Visit Breanna at www.breannacarzoo.com. Breanna Carzoo is an author, illustrator, and second-place winner of a fire-safety poster contest in the fifth grade. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and dog. Visit Breanna at www.breannacarzoo.com.
"""After it is stomped by one of its kid creators, the indignities keep piling up for this picture book’s googly-eyed sandcastle protagonist... Alongside a familiar message of solidarity and resilience, visual storytelling from Carzoo (Greenlight)—single-plane images rendered in subtly dimensional cut-paper collage—has lots of good-hearted, goofy verve."" — Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""Buckets of sandy uplift"" — Kirkus Reviews"