Deep Blue: Swimming in the Big Blue Sea
$34.76
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2026
Summary
Swimming in the ocean can be scary, until Kayla uses her imagination to overcome her fears in this lyrical story for readers trying something new.
When Kayla’s favorite dolphin floatie loses its air at the beach, she wants to just sit on the sand. Daddy calls for her to play with him and her brother in the surf, but the DEEP BLUE SEA gulps sand out from underfoot, and a wave knocks her down, sending water up her nose. “I want to go home,” Kayla says. “I can’t swim without my dolphin.”…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536233377 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536233374 |
| Author: | Dashka Slater, Laura Hughes |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 425g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 281mm x 243mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
Slater and Hughes have crafted another lovely look at the unease of trying something unfamiliar—and the joys of finally triumphing… . A playful, empathetic look at a common first childhood experience.
—Kirkus Reviews
An inspired and joyful boost to both new swimmers and those experiencing the ocean for the first time; a first purchase for picture book collections.
—School Library Journal
Dashka Slater
Dashka Slater is an award-winning journalist who writes for such publications as The New York Times Magazine and Mother Jones. She is the author of Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike, illustrated by Laura Hughes, as well as many books of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. Dashka Slater lives in Oakland, California.
Laura Hughes is the award-winning illustrator of Dashka Slater’s Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike as well as Goodnight Tiger by Timothy Knapman and many other books for children. Her work is also featured on greeting cards, wrapping paper, and stationery. She lives in Hastings, England.
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