Come down to the shore with this rich and vivid celebration of the ocean! With watercolors gorgeous enough to wade in by award-winning artist Meilo So and playful, moving poems by Kate Coombs, Water Sings Blue evokes the beauty and power, the depth and mystery, and the endless resonance of the sea.
Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems
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"A feeling of sweet delicacy pervades the pages of Water Sings Blue " - Wall Street Journal
"This beautifully illustrated volume concentrates on what the poet does best: poetry. An excellent source of verse for reading aloud." - Booklist, Starred Review
"The evocative descriptions and images echo and linger.." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Poems with as many moods as the sea itself" - The Horn Book
"One of the most beautiful picture books I've seen thus far in 2012" - Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
"Humor, interesting language and intriguing imagery" - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"Experience the shore without bring home sand in your shoes." - Library Media Connection, Starred Review
"A trip to the beach anytime readers want to go" - School Library Journal
"A salty breeze seems to spring from the pages" - The Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2012
"This beautifully illustrated volume concentrates on what the poet does best: poetry. An excellent source of verse for reading aloud." - Booklist, Starred Review
"The evocative descriptions and images echo and linger.." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Poems with as many moods as the sea itself" - The Horn Book
"One of the most beautiful picture books I've seen thus far in 2012" - Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
"Humor, interesting language and intriguing imagery" - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"Experience the shore without bring home sand in your shoes." - Library Media Connection, Starred Review
"A trip to the beach anytime readers want to go" - School Library Journal
"A salty breeze seems to spring from the pages" - The Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2012
About the Author
Kate Coombs grew up near the Pacific Ocean in Southern California and started collecting shells and writing poems as a child.
Meilo So lives in the Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland.
Meilo So lives in the Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland.
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Kate Coombs writes original fairy tales, poems, and middle grade fantasy novels. Her picture book, The Secret-Keeper, was a Parents Choice Recommended book and a Junior Library Guild pick for 2006. Her comic fantasy, The Runaway Princess, was an American Library Association Notable Book for 2007, was included in Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year (also for 2007), and was nominated to master lists in three states. The sequel, The Runaway Dragon, has been well reviewed by Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, and the Horn Book Magazine. Look for her 2012 books, a retelling of a Grimms' fairy tale called Hans My Hedgehog and a collection of ocean poems, Water Sings Blue. After spending most of her life in Los Angeles, Kate recently moved to Utah, where she has to admit the mountains are really great. Kate has worked as a K-12 and college teacher and is currently an education editor for a small publisher. She also blogs about children's books at Book Aunt.
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Format:Hardcover
Diving into the underwater Wonderland of Kate Coomb's Water Sings Blue is an enchanting and hypnotic escape. Laced with charm, wit, and poetic language that will mesmerize both children and adults, Water Sings Blue is a whimsical collage of vivid ocean images, layered within both the stanzas of text and the swirling, textured images. The collection of poems unfurls with a beckoning to the reader to depart from the shoreline, to "push away from the stillness of the nut-brown land," and to follow the author down a whirlpooled rabbit hole and into a magical kingdom of familiar yet exotic creatures.
Each of the sea creatures are portrayed through alluring images, clever metaphors, and the wide-eyed wonderment of a Miyazaki film. In fact, some of the most enticing delights within Water Sings Blue are the connections made between the underwater inhabitants and images within our own world. For example, an octupus's ink is a writer's autograph, a blue whale's belly is an orbiting planet, and, in my favorite piece writing, a jellyfish is a "prim bell jar with ruffled rim." Some of the simplest images carry the longest echo, such as the description of a shipwreck that is compared to "the bones of twenty trees lost far from home." With its brisk pace, nuanced humor, and imagery that flows in rippling patterns and spellbound mystery, Water Sings Blue is a watercolored journey that swims through tones of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and lullabies.
Each of the sea creatures are portrayed through alluring images, clever metaphors, and the wide-eyed wonderment of a Miyazaki film. In fact, some of the most enticing delights within Water Sings Blue are the connections made between the underwater inhabitants and images within our own world. For example, an octupus's ink is a writer's autograph, a blue whale's belly is an orbiting planet, and, in my favorite piece writing, a jellyfish is a "prim bell jar with ruffled rim." Some of the simplest images carry the longest echo, such as the description of a shipwreck that is compared to "the bones of twenty trees lost far from home." With its brisk pace, nuanced humor, and imagery that flows in rippling patterns and spellbound mystery, Water Sings Blue is a watercolored journey that swims through tones of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and lullabies.
Format:Hardcover
These poems are like the ocean--wonderful in their beauty, whimsy, humor, and weirdness. And the art--oh my gosh! A gorgeous book that celebrates ocean life.
Format:Hardcover
Lavish illustrations, paired with thoughtful poems, bring the colors and creatures of the sea to life. From a simple sailboat to the turning tideline, this book of ocean poems runs deep. A perfect picture book for readers and listeners, ages 5-8.
