A beautiful board book edition of everyone's all-time favourite Australian beach book, by much-loved author Alison Lester.
Voted Australia's Best Children's Picture Book of all time! (The Guardian poll, 2026)
Imagine a beach where you can swim, surf, splash through the waves, make sandcastles, hunt for treasure, explore rock-pools, muck about in boats, fish from the jetty and build a bonfire under the stars. Come to Magic Beach, where adventure begins...
An Australian classic with over half a million copies sold, Magic Beach epitomises everything we love about childhood summers spent at the beach with family and friends, when everything seems possible and the promise of a book before bedtime is the perfect end to a perfect day.
Magic Beach is a long-standing favourite with Australian children and families for its:
- unforgettable rhyming text
- uniquely Australian setting
- iconic summer beach vibes
- timeless, classic illustrations.
