Seaside Village People: A Guidebook to the Village by the Sea (Hardcover)
Where words meet the water.

Take a stroll through the Village by the Sea! This hardcover keepsake guidebook is styled like a tourist map book and introduces you to the friendly faces of Market Street and beyond. Every shop, dock, and lighthouse has a rhyming story just waiting for you to read aloud.

Beyond the lighthouse and along the winding shore lies a magical little coastal village where every book hides a treasure and every adventure begins by the sea.

• Lady Jayne at Chez Stiles Books, the cozy shop where every book hides a treasure

• Captain Finnegan, the lighthouse keeper, watching over the shore with his cat and his raven

• Waterman Jak, out on the water with his fishing boat

• Innkeeper Nelli at the Dock Inn

• Pearl at the café and bakery

• Cali at the flower shop

• Marie, painting sunsets and gulls on the dock

• Bob, the town's dockmaster and maintenance man

• Stokes, the young lifeguard studying the stars from his loft above the bookstore

• Farmer Joe, Tom, and Aunt Claire out at Frenchie Acres, plus friendly pirates, curious animals, and a ghost or two

• A read-aloud rhyme for every stop. It's perfect for bedtime and story time and just as ideal for slow browsing.

• Illustrated village map. It works like a real tourist guidebook, so kids can follow the trails and find their favorite spots.

• A keepsake hardcover. It's sturdy and made to last, and it looks lovely on a coffee table, a nursery shelf, or a bookstore display.

• A gift for coastal lovers. It suits readers, dreamers, and ocean lovers of every age.

• Part of a bigger world. Meet the neighbors from the Chez Stiles Books family, including Tate, Hook, and the whole Village by the Sea.

Seaside Village People is your invitation to wander the Village by the Sea. Part storybook, part tourist guide, and part treasure map, it's a hardcover coffee table book that kids will want to open again and again.

Follow the village map from shop to shore and meet the characters who make this seaside town so special:

Each character and location gets a two-page spread: a rhyming stanza on the first page and a memorable quote on the second. That makes it a breeze to read aloud, browse at a leisurely pace, or flip open to a favorite.

Every path tells a story... which one will you follow first?