The Sea Monster - Hardcover

Wormell, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224070258 ISBN 13: 9780224070256

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2005

Synopsis

The sea monster lives down at the bottom of the ocean but one day he sits among the rocks on the shore and watches a boy and his little dog playing in the rock pools. Suddenly, the current carries the boy's toy boat out among the waves and when he tries to reach it the boy is swept far out to sea. An old fisherman tries to rescue him and receives help from an unexpected quarter . . .

About this title

Review:

"My favourite picture book at the end of this year is The Sea Monster, filled with reassurances that the summer will come again" (Observer)

"Chris Wormell's wonderful illustrations capture the scale and beauty of the coastline and ocean to perfection" (Junior News and Mail)

"Atmospheric story . . . the theme is comforting" (Junior Education)

"A charming story . . . The drawings of coast and sea are gorgeous; the story, a drama that turns out reassuringly in the end" (Oxford Times)

"The detail in Chris Wormell's illustrations is beautiful. A magical tale" (My Books Magazine)

Book Description:

A mesmerizing new picture book about a boy who is lost at sea until some unexpected help arrives to save him.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0224070258
• ISBN 13: 9780224070256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32