This is Our Ocean: The Dream of Clean Seas

by Tracy Sabin, Tracy Sabin (Illustrator)

Overview

When a gust of wind jolts a plastic cup out of your hand, where does it go? This book follows the journey of one such cup as it sails through the air, lands in a stream, spills into a river and floats far out to sea. There it becomes part of a giant pile of trash that threatens the well being of the creatures that live there. The book concludes with a guide to simple ways we can change our habits to create cleaner oceans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781951668037
Publisher:	Tracy Sabin
Publication date:	11/20/2019
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Tracy Sabin is an author/illustrator of children's books. He has created illustrations for textbook publishers including Harcourt Brace, National Geographic, Houghton Mifflin, Scholastic and Savvas Learning Company, among others. He wrote, illustrated and paper-engineered "A Visit to the North Pole" in 1993. In 2006, he illustrated the New York Times bestselling popup book, "Castle" with text and paper-engineering by Kyle Olmon.

Since 2015, Tracy has been writing and illustrating books under the imprint, "Thar She Blows Books." Titles include "Mouse Builds a House," "Nothing to Do!," "Nobbin, Bobbin & Cobb - A Refugee Story," and "This Is Our Ocean - The Dream of Clean Seas," which won SCBWI's 2019 Spark Award for excellence in independently published picture books. Other books include the five-star reviewed middle grade novel, "The Secret of Four Notch," a survey of logos designed by Tracy and "Cotswolds North & South," a series of photo essays highlighting Cotswolds villages. His most recent publication is "The Nicknocker," a middle-grade novel.

Editorial Reviews

The covers are lovely and the promise made to the reader is delivered. The smiles on the front cover are inviting. Overall the story is extremely well written. Each stanza has its own special beat and the vocabulary will reach many ages. The overall pacing is outstanding. The visual examples of the garbage piles are heartbreaking. Overall the story is engaging and the individual art scenes are outstanding. The expressions are especially excellent.

Writers Digest Book Awards Evaluation - Nicole Howard

"It is fantastic and seems accurate scientifically. Would love to get a copy for my 18 month old daughter. It is an important book, with beautiful illustrations and it is fun to read!" -Davey Kline, PhD Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Researcher for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Prepublication Reviewer - Davey Kline