The spell of rain, gulls, a foggy morning, the excitement of sailing, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurricane, and the peace of a Maine island as a family packs up to leave are shown in poetic language and vibrant, evocative pictures.
Lisi Harrison was the Senior Director of Production Development at MTV, Music Television, and was responsible for creating and developing original programming for air on MTV. She also served as Head Writer for MTV Production and before that had her own column in Jane Magazine.
《夏日海灣》初版于1957年是Robert McCloskey花三年時間所完成的作品，這也是他第一次以水彩創作的作品，這本作品主要描述的是他們一家人夏天時全家至緬因海岸度假的情形，緬因州對羅勃說是一個非常重要的地方，他于女兒出生之后便定居在此，緬因也給他創作許多圖畫書的靈感。這是一本平實生活的繪本，不管是在海邊的礁石上俯看海天的景色與漫步在森林中的鳥鳴聲，夜空下仰望滿天的星斗，甚至臺風夜中媽媽撫慰人心的故事。這繪本雖不像讓路給小鴨子那樣有名，但是仍保有Robert McCloskey一貫平實的畫風，也讓我們更貼近大自然的平實美麗。
