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The Sea | The Sea

bonnie-g-roberts's picture
Jun.13.2011
Only the Sea Keeps is a collection of poems about the tsunami in Indonesia.  Sankar Roy and Judith Robinson put this book together in order to honor the survivors of the tsunami and also to raise money to help the survivors rebuild their lives.  The sales of Only the Sea Keeps, as of several years...
dashka-slater's picture
Apr.03.2008
A little girl finds a sea serpent in her bathtub, no bigger than a drop of water. They have fabulous adventures together, pretending to be Vikings and telling tales about the wonder of the sea. But then the serpent begins to grow. Soon he’s too big for the fish tank, then too big for the tub, then...
maryanne-stahl's picture
Jan.11.2008
From Publishers WeeklyEvery year, Amanda Kincaid vacations on Long Island with her extended family. She's there again this year at the start of Maryanne Stahl's thoughtful novel Forgive the Moon, but things are different: her mother is dead, her husband has stayed at home in Atlanta and her college...
devorah-major's picture
Jan.02.2008
Veteran seafarers and anyone who has dreamed of running away to sea in her very own boat or simply savored the smell of the salty air on the water’s edge will be inspired by this well-crafted and varied collection. Steady as She Goes is both a testament to women’s enduring relationship with the sea...