With the wind in her hair and the salt tickling her nose, a captain heads out for a day on the brine.

She is hungry, throws out her fishing line and waits …

From sunrise to sunset, the captain discovers a world where albatross soar and whales play. An ecosystem at play in the ocean’s endless blue.

Like the tide, there is an ebb and flow to life out on the brine and Emma Stuart’s stunning illustrations bring to life this magical rhyming tale.

Set on the west coast of Australia, if you have a fascination with boats, sea life and the ocean, you’ll love this award-winning rhythmic, rhyming sequel to a big blue boat.

WORDS FROM A READER

‘This beautifully crafted picture book is the sequel to The Big Blue Boat.

Young readers and listeners will engage and respond to the soft refrain (…and what do you think they see?). Various creatures fly, hover above or swim in the sea as a young captain sails in her big blue boat. The sun and the moon also look down from above, and what do you think they see?

The colourful and delightful illustrations will also absorb young audiences as they study the various components on each page. Children can answer the question posed by the refrain as to what they can see and joyfully discover facts about various aspects of ocean life.

There is a glossary with illustrations at the end of the book and a QR code to connect with the author’s site where children’s activities can be found. Teacher, librarian and parent packages are also available, along with a free downloadable PDF of children’s activities when subscribing to the author’s newsletter.

Five out of five for this lovely publication.’

Debra Clewer, author

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Links:

Interview with Kerry Gittins and Lynette Barker of With this Book We Can: Click HERE

If you haven’t read A big Blue Boat and want find out more about it, click HERE

To read the diary, click HERE

To find out what people are saying, click HERE