In the Heart of the Red Sea - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8857248925 ISBN 13: 9788857248929

Publisher: Skira Editore, 2025

Synopsis

The wonders of the Red Sea in a wonderful children's picture book

My Little Red Sea is a children’s picture book that tells the adventures of Naham in the Red Sea.

A child like many others, Naham is nine years old and lives in Jeddah, a city on the coast of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. Together with his fisherman uncle, they spend hours at sea.

While Naham spends most of his time by the Red Sea, he doesn’t know the magic it entails. Until one night, amazed by the magical bioluminescent fish, he falls into the water, gets sucked into the depths, and brought before the Genius Loci who guides him to discover the wonders of the sea.

His adventures include going to school with other fish, cheering at a Marlyn speed race, and even attending a magnificent party!

But more importantly, Naham learns to respect and care for this underwater world so close to us yet still unknown.

About this title

About the Author

Raja Alem, Saudi journalist, novelist and author of children’s books, is considered one of the most important Arabic-language writers of her generation and was awarded several prizes, including the Arabic Women’s Creative Writing Prize on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of UNESCO in 2005, the Lebanese Literary Club Prize, in Paris in 2008 and the prestigious International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2011 with the book The Dove’s Necklace, translated into several languages.

Giulia Masia is a freelance illustrator. After completing her studies at the IED, she began working for several publishing houses and agencies, including Ferrero, Kinder, TENA, Artribune, San Pellegrino, the Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia, Mondadori, Skira and Feltrinelli. With Skira she’s publishing the graphic novel Atelier Picasso.

From the Back Cover

In the Heart of the Red Sea is a children’s picture book that tells the adventures of Naham in the Red Sea.

A child like many others, Naham is nine years old and lives in Jeddah, a city on the coast of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. Together with his fisherman uncle, they spend hours at sea.

While Naham spends most of his time by the Red Sea, he doesn’t know the magic it entails. Until one night, amazed by the magical bioluminescent fish, he falls into the water, gets sucked into the depths, and brought before the Genius Loci who guides him to discover the wonders of the sea.

His adventures include going to school with other fish, cheering at a Marlyn speed race, and even attending a magnificent party!

But more importantly, Naham learns to respect and care for this underwater world so close to us yet still unknown.

Edition details

• Publisher: Skira Editore
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8857248925
• ISBN 13: 9788857248929
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Masia Giulia
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80