From the Junior Gateway Books series - a series of simple, easy-to-read stories in large print with a Christian message.
Simon lives by the sea, but he is lonely. He wishes and wishes for a friend - and then one day, there on the beach are dozens of children, standing round a man called Mr Hall and singing. Simon joins in, and soon he knows Nat and Johnny and Elspeth, whose dog finds him when he is lost. Now he has some real friends, and through them he comes to know the best friend of all.