 Ali lives with his great-grandmother at the edge of the desert, not far from a hundred-year-old palm tree. Ali has grown worried that, in her old age, his great-grandmother is finding it harder to walk. Ali asks if all her dreams have come true. She replies that she hasn’t seen the sea. A determined Ali takes his pail and a pack of dates and walks the two days it takes to get to the sea. He carefully fills his pail and walks the two days back to his great-grandmother. Gently he offers her the pail. At the very bottom only a few drops of the sea remain. The old woman declares that this is one of the most beautiful days of her life. The artwork in this sweet story was rendered digitally and in gouache and pencil. A clever touch is the use of paper maps to indicate Ali’s journey. mjw |
| Title: A Drop Of The Sea Author: Ingrid Chabbert Illustrator: Raul Nieto Guriddi Publisher: Kids Can Press. Toronto, Canada Copyright: 2018 Original Language: French Original Title: Un Bout de Mer Original Publisher: Editions Frimousse Original Copyright: 2017 ISBN: 978-1-5253-0124-7 Hardcover pages: 36 Age range: 4-7 Genre: Picture Book Book setting: A Middle East desert Author’s ethnicity: French Author’s residence: France Illustrator’s ethnicity: Spanish Illustrator’s residence: Spain Subjects: Bedtime story, Multigenerational, Seas, Sleep |
A Drop Of The Sea
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