I Want to Build a Seahouse

by Whitney Moran

Josée Bisaillon (Illustrator)

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Age range 3 to 7

I want to build a seahouse
A place that's just for me...

In a lighthouse on the sea lives a young girl who is about to become a big sister. Trouble is, she doesn't want a little sister. With her peaceful life disrupted, the girl's only option is to run away — and build her very own seahouse! With a foghorn for a doorbell and a fence of fishing rope, windows made of sea glass, buoys to help it float — and a pirate flag for safety (of course), she'll have everything she needs.

The girl imagines all of the adventures she'll have, talking parrot in tow: harvesting seaweed from her garden; telling ghost stories to merfolk; charting the tides and sailing by moonlight. But there's a loneliness that creeps in whenever she thinks of her family back on land. And there's those pesky stormy seas to consider...

A poetic ode to the childhood yearning for freedom, sprinkled with new-sibling jealousy, the debut picture book by editor Whitney Moran, whimsically illustrated with a magnificent coastal palette by award-winning artist Josée Bisaillon, is a heartfelt story of family and independence, and a celebration of imagination and the natural world.

  • ISBN10 1774711494
  • ISBN13 9781774711491
  • Publish Date 1 June 2023
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Nimbus Publishing Ltd
  • Edition 2nd ed.
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 32
  • Language English