The Big Big Sea

Martin Waddell, Author, Jennifer Eachus, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0282-6

A girl and her mother wade in the sea by moonlight. This peaceful first-person narrative is simply told and its illustrations are dark and misty, yet joyful. Ages 3-up. (Jan.)

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