Oliver and the Seawigs

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Not only will this book be a favourite of mine for many years to come, it has also changed the way I look at flotsam and jetsam washed up on the beach (great seawig potential) and seaweed fronds, ripe for popping (my chance for a Sea Monkey army of my very own).

Because even though sea-wigs are not some type of fluffy animal, they are still a very cute and amusing concept. This went on longer than I intended but for when you want to be the cool mom/dad/aunt/uncle; for the moments when you just want to read and not be disappointed; or for that time when you just want to see the word “monkey-handled”… this does the job wonderfully. Because he’s spent nearly the whole of his ten years in the wake of his explorer parents on one adventure after another, he’s never set foot in a school. Oliver ja meriperuukit" on kaikessa älyvapaudessaan ihan vekkuli seikkailu, jolle Sarah McIntyren ilmeikäs kuvitus antaa tarinalle mukavasti lisäpotkua. I can see readers, especially young rereaders, getting a kick out of lingering over the illustrations.

Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading. Samaan kastiin nuorilta Poika nimeltä Joulu ja aika lähelle Ada Gootitkin, jotka kuitenkin pelastaa kirjalliset viittaukset. Since I read the digital copy, it took a bit of time for the next page to load since most are heavy on the graphics, but I didn’t mind it much because it allowed me to examine the little quirky details Sarah McIntyre placed in the scenes. They know that when you combine words with pictures, you can make something more than the sum of both.

A seawig is a floating island with the grassy top being its hair and its nose and eyes on the rocks underwater.The winner of the contest gets to be Chief Island and tell the other Rambling Isles, as they are nicknamed, where to travel. Oliver and the Seawigs combines a laugh-out-loud funny story with illustrations that perfectly complement the text, a format that is both engaging and non-threatening to beginning readers.