My Friend, the Sea


Book Description

A boy tells how the ocean is his friend, providing his family their livelihood as fishermen, until one terrrible day it destroyes his home and washes away his father and many of his playmates.




A Sea of Friends


Book Description

Barbie is a mermaid who is invited by some whale pals to take a trip up north, where she experiences all sorts of new things. She can't wait to tell her sisters all about it--especially the part where she meets a real, live human!




My Friend Jen


Book Description

"There is nothing that my friend Jen can't do, but on the inside, she's a little different to me and you." As Jen's friend tells us a story, you will learn a few simple tips on how to stay well with Sickle Cell. A Little Different is the first in the series of My Friend Jen books. The series of children's books aims to create better understanding and awareness of the blood disorder Sickle Cell Anaemia in a fun and informative way.




To the Sea


Book Description

Sometimes Tim feels invisible at school-until one day, when Tim meets Sam. But Sam isn't just any new friend: he's a blue whale, and he can't find his way home! Returning Sam to the sea is hard work, but Tim is determined to help. After all, it's not every day you meet a new friend! This picture book about the power of friendship by new talent Cale Atkinson is brought to life by charming, dynamic illustrations.




Josephine Against the Sea


Book Description

Meet Josephine, the most loveable mischief-maker in Barbados, in a magical, heartfelt adventure inspired by Caribbean mythology. * “A heart-wrenching adventure with big laughs and well-earned surprises.” –Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy. That's why she makes a habit of scaring his new girlfriends away. She's desperate to make it onto her school's cricket team because she'll get to play her favorite sport AND use the cricket matches to distract Daddy from dating. But when Coach Broomes announces that girls can't try out for the team, the frustrated Josephine cuts into a powerful silk cotton tree and accidentally summons a bigger problem into her life . . . The next day, Daddy brings home a new catch, a beautiful woman named Mariss. And unlike the other girlfriends, this one doesn't scare easily. Josephine knows there's something fishy about Mariss but she never expected her to be a vengeful sea creature eager to take her place as her father's first love! Can Josephine convince her friends to help her and use her cricket skills to save Daddy from Mariss's clutches before it's too late?




My Friend Gordon


Book Description

My Friend Gordon is a heart warming story of a squence of learnings for a young child, based around their new rescue dog, home and school life. 'My Friend Gordon' depicts true to life events, offering learnings and positive messaging around healthy friendships to chlidren and opportunities for addults to take the converstaion a little further.This book was developed in partnership with The Centre For Women and Co. as part of a primary prevention initiative, to help educate children around the makings of a healthy relationship.




All My Friends Are Still Dead


Book Description

From the authors of the breakout best seller All my friends are dead comes a brand-new illustrated compendium of the humorous existential ruminations of people, animals, legendary monsters, and inanimate objects.




The Sea Lion's Friend


Book Description

The Sea Lion's Friend: is Ed Shankman and Dave O'Neill's seventh collaboration. It's the tale of an unlikely friendship between a sea lion and a sea gull, two inseparable buddies who do all kinds of fun things together. Readers will be touched by this tale of best friendship. And with a sea lion and a sea gull, as with us humans, it's their similarities, rather than their differences, that unite them. As with all Shankman & O'Neill books, the bouncing, Seussian rhymes and colorful illustrations make this a story to read again and again!.




My Friend Robot!


Book Description

Join a lively crew of children and their robot friend to work on an exciting project: building a tree house for them all to enjoy! Then learn more about robots, simple machines and computer programming in the notes at the end.




Swashby and the Sea


Book Description

★ "An exceptionally satisfying picture book." —Booklist (starred review) ★ "This readaloud is sweetly told as Swashby overcomes his bitter habits to welcome new, friendly, and energetic people into his quiet life." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) From New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry and Caldecott Honor winner Juana Martinez-Neal comes a sweet-and-salty friendship story perfect for pirate-lovers and emerging readers learning to embrace moments of change. This hilarious picture book will keep emerging readers laughing, and the message-related mishaps in the story create an opportunity for spelling and sounding out new words! Captain Swashby loves the sea, his oldest friend. And he loves his life by the sea just as it is: salty and sandy and serene. One day, much to Swashby’s chagrin, a young girl and her granny commandeer the empty house next door. All Swashby wants is for his new neighbors to GO AWAY and take their ruckus with them. When Swashby begins to leave notes in the sand for his noisy neighbors, however, the beach interferes with the messages that are getting across. Could it be that the captain’s oldest friend, the sea, knows what Swashby needs even better than he knows himself?