A lyrical, richly illustrated storybook about community and family - set against the backdrop of a seaside fishing village.
If you keep walking over the hills and across the fields, you will come to the edge, where the land meets the sea. And on this edge lies a village. This is my home.
A young boy watches the grown-ups in his village go about their work. Everyone is busy: the blacksmith, the boat-builder, the baker. But most important of all, he thinks, are the fishermen who bring in the catch.
The boy's father is a baker, but he wants to be a daring fishermen when he grows up, brave enough to sail through stormy seas. He asks his father, "Have you ever been to sea?"
An atmospheric look at a traditional way of life, and a timeless reminder that everyone is important, no matter how seemingly small their role.
Atmospheric pen-and-ink artwork from debut author and illustrator Paula White. Paula was winner of the 2019 Templar Design and Illustration Awards.Reminiscent of the Greenaway winning Town is by the Sea (Walker, 2018).The story offers a window onto the past, guiding us around the Beach Village that once stood where Paula grew up, in Lowestoft, Suffolk. This busy, bustling place once made its living from the sea - but was eventually swept away by those very same waves.A moving exploration of the importance of community, with a strong father-son relationship at its heart.An artistic fishing village story which should be popular with retailers in seaside locations.Cover finishes: uncoated, varnished paperback, with weathered-effect blue foil, and cover flaps 
