The Lantern of the Sea is an illustrated picture book about love, duty, and the light that holds between a parent and child across distance.
When a Lantern Keeper must answer the sea's call, he places his lantern in his young son's hands and tells him it carries the part of him that stays. Through seasons and storms, the boy learns to tend that light, and in doing so, discovers that love which serves the world never truly leaves it.
Written in poetic, unhurried prose and illustrated with rare warmth, the book speaks to children navigating a parent's absence with steadiness rather than false comfort. It does not explain distance away. It gives families a shared language to hold it.
A story for families where a parent goes to sea, to a long posting, or to any work that calls them far from home. For children aged 4 to 8, and for anyone who has ever waited for someone to come home.
A Sea Lantern title.
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Vega Mare spent fifteen years at sea as a senior ship's officer, navigating the same distances this story describes. She knows what it is to leave, and what it costs the people who stay. The Lantern of the Sea is her first children's book, written for the children who wait, and for the parents who carry them in their hearts across open water.She writes under the Sea Lantern name from the south of Spain.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Jeong, Si-Eun (illustrator). Hardcover. The Lantern of the Sea is an illustrated picture book about love, duty, and the light that holds between a parent and child across distance.When a Lantern Keeper must answer the sea's call, he places his lantern in his young son's hands and tells him it carries the part of him that stays. Through seasons and storms, the boy learns to tend that light, and in doing so, discovers that love which serves the world never truly leaves it.Written in poetic, unhurried prose and illustrated with rare warmth, the book speaks to children navigating a parent's absence with steadiness rather than false comfort. It does not explain distance away. It gives families a shared language to hold it.A story for families where a parent goes to sea, to a long posting, or to any work that calls them far from home. For children aged 4 to 8, and for anyone who has ever waited for someone to come home.A Sea Lantern title. A poetic picture book about love, duty, and the light that holds between a parent and child across distance. For families where a parent's work calls them far from home. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9791399093148
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Jeong, Si-Eun (illustrator). Neuware - The Lantern of the Sea is an illustrated picture book about love, duty, and the light that holds between a parent and child across distance.When a Lantern Keeper must answer the sea's call, he places his lantern in his young son's hands and tells him it carries the part of him that stays. Through seasons and storms, the boy learns to tend that light, and in doing so, discovers that love which serves the world never truly leaves it.Written in poetic, unhurried prose and illustrated with rare warmth, the book speaks to children navigating a parent's absence with steadiness rather than false comfort. It does not explain distance away. It gives families a shared language to hold it.A story for families where a parent goes to sea, to a long posting, or to any work that calls them far from home. For children aged 4 to 8, and for anyone who has ever waited for someone to come home.A Sea Lantern title. Seller Inventory # 9791399093148
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