The Specific Ocean

by Kyo Maclear

Book Overview

In this gently told picture book, a young girl is unhappy about having to leave the city for a family vacation on the Pacific Ocean (which she used to call the Specific Ocean). As the days pass, however, she is drawn to spend more time in and near the water, feeling moved by its beauty and rhythms. "The ocean does its own thing, rolling backward and forward. Wash, swash, splush, hush. There is no late or hurry or racing in ocean time." By the end...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894786351
• ISBN13: 9781894786355
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 12.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3