Hattie and the Wild Waves Author:Barbara Cooney Hattie and the Wild Waves is based on Barbara Clooney's mother's life. Hattie is a young girl growing up in the early twentieth century. Her family spends their summers at their beach house. She loves the ocean. Hattie can't do needlework and she can't play the piano but she loves to paint.&... more »nbsp; That is all she does besides walk on the beach with her dog Ebbie and list to the wild ocean weaves. « less