![]() "Mine, too," he says back.) On their last night at the beach, the boys-Bill calls them Jamon-finally venture onto the back deck where they make a model of Antarctica, replete with white rocks for icebergs, brown rocks for whales, and little mussel-shell penguins, to surprise Bill and Pam and it's "the best part of the best week ever." The illustrations are full of whimsy and humor, with yellow dialogue balloons and a deadpan narrative that capture the carefree charm of those two little boys. ("The food is way better here than at my house," James says to Eamon. Back at the house, Bill, an Antarctica buff, really wants to take the boys to the penguin exhibit at the Natural History Museum, but they'd far rather stay home, watching TV, eating coffee ice cream icebergs, playing video games, sleeping on a blow-up air mattress, and eating Pam's banana waffles with maple syrup. ![]() Since this story focuses on the stuff they do at Bill and Pam's, you'll need to look at the snapshot-like stills on the endpapers to see them at camp, doing crafts, hikes, cloud-gazing, and goofing off together. Each day Bill drives them to camp where they seem underwhelmed by the activities. ![]() ![]() James and his friend Eamon spend a week at the beach with Eamon's grandparents, Bill and Pam, so the boys can attend nature camp together. ![]()
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