Praise for The Boy and the Sea

“Listening to the voice inside you is the theme of this emotionally daring and poetic work….Bates’s moving, majestic art — rendered in gouache, watercolor and colored pencil — matches these stakes and raises them, showing not just the joy but the anguish.”
The New York Times

Bates’ paintings are lovely, capturing foamy, cresting waves in varying degrees of vigor.
Kirkus Reviews

Prose lines by Andros rock like waves. . .the sea offers endless transformations, which Bates portrays with compelling force.
Publishers Weekly

The text has universal themes of longing for peace and answers to life’s questions. . .Watercolor seascapes are beautiful, with shells, crabs, and reflections in wet sand. A warm-hearted story that many will find solace in.
School Library Journal

About the Author

Camille Andros is the author of numerous books for young readers, including The Boy and the Sea, The Dress and the Girl, and the Charlotte the Scientist series. She has lived in several places across the United States as well as Israel and is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She holds a degree in health science and has worked as an EMT.
Amy June Bates is an acclaimed author, illustrator, artist, and printmaker whose artwork has appeared in many beloved children's books. Known for her expressive watercolor and mixed-media illustrations, she creates stories and images inspired by folklore, nature, and everyday wonder. She is based in Pennsylvania.

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