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.

《夏日海湾》初版于1957年是Robert McCloskey花三年时间所完成的作品，这也是他第一次以水彩创作的作品，这本作品主要描述的是他们一家人夏天时全家至缅因海岸度假的情形，缅因州对罗勃说是一个非常重要的地方，他于女儿出生之后便定居在此，缅因也给他创作许多图画书的灵感。这是一本平实生活的绘本，不管是在海边的礁石上俯看海天的景色与漫步在森林中的鸟鸣声，夜空下仰望满天的星斗，甚至台风夜中妈妈抚慰人心的故事。这绘本虽不像让路给小鸭子那样有名，但是仍保有Robert McCloskey一贯平实的画风，也让我们更贴近大自然的平实美丽。