Waterstones The Sea Saw
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Price: £6.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: A beautiful, emotionally satisfying look at how nothing is ever truly lost if you keep it in your heart. When Sofia loses her beloved teddy after a day at the beach, she is heartbroken. But the sea saw it all, and maybe, just maybe, it can bring Sofia and her teddy back together. However long it may take. Exquisite collage artwork is paired with an assured, moving text in this very special picture book. Waterstones The Sea Saw - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781471172434
Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781471172434
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Author: CobWeb
Rating: 5
Review: Every now and then a true gem comes along; not so often does the subject require a box of tissues (for the adults)! There is the mention of and old photographs of Sofia's Mother, without explanation, which may be sensitive to some. The story is an emotional roller-coaster that offers scope for much discussion on every turn of the page, with an unexpected twist at the end that brings back the smiles, as we return to where we started. ooOoo ~ TITLE: THE SEA SAW ~ AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: TOM PERCIVAL ~ PUBLISHER: SIMON & SCHUSTER ~ 2019 ‘Printed in China’ From the back cover: ???? ‘When Sofia loses her beloved bear at the beach, nobody sees but the sea… A moving and heart-warming story which shows that nothing is every truly lost if you keep it in your heart.’ There is a note on the inside front cover acknowledging the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam for: ~ ‘the use of images from their collection in the creation of the illustrations for this book.’ ooOoo Shiny emphasis on the front cover for the title and the main characters, namely, Sofia and her bear, along with the talented author/illustrator’s name, TOM PERCIVAL. Wider than average, the quality produced book measures around 27.5 cm x 24.5 cm and opens to 32 matte finish pages, of which 29 are the story, across double page spreads, bar the last. The sentences are in a good-sized font, in black for the best part, maybe a little hard to read on the darker backgrounds if the light is poor. The occasional word is nonchalantly italicised, for added emphasis, but may get missed by a younger reader. Of course, the atmospheric illustrations really make the story, which are suitably darker when required to reflect the emotion…but hope lingers throughout, because the ‘the Sea saw’. [6 images attached ©Tom Percival/Simon & Schuster/2019]
Author: Becca S
Rating: 3
Review: Very pretty book and my daughter loves the teddies. The concept is generally great but the ending is just a big eye-roll really... it doesn't easily make sense to a toddler age group, nor does it really link to the cheesy 'message' on the final page. It's a shame as it could've been a great book about loss and moving forward or seeing something you once loved make someone else happy... but guttingly this was substituted with a strange muddled cop out for a very unrealistic happy ending.
