Sea Star Wishes

Poetry Books for Kids

Author Eric Ode
Illustrated by Erik Brooks
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$10.99 US
On sale Mar 20, 2018 | 32 Pages | 9781632171542

Selected as a Children's Poet Laureate Monthly Book Pick, Sea Star Wishes captures the varied and colorful world of our beautiful coastal shores. Discover the wonders of the sea and enjoy a day at the beach in playful and imaginative poetry and illustrations.

In these coastal poems for kids, children meet sea lions, starfish, jellyfish, and other animals in the ocean, and dream about sandcastles and other beach activities. This fun, lyrical children's poetry collection by award-winning children's singer and songwriter Eric Ode features lively illustrations by Washington State Book Award recipient Erik Brooks.

Sea Star Wishes

Do sea stars make wishes
on stars of the night
and dream that they might
be as shiny and bright?

And if they make wishes
perhaps it could be
that fishes make wishes
on stars of the sea.
ERIC ODE is a national award-winning children's singer, songwriter, author, and poet who performs for schools, libraries, and community events. He is also the author of Bigfoot Does Not Like Birthday Parties and co-author of Larry Gets Lost Under the SeaLarry Gets Lost in Seattle, and Larry Gets Lost in San Diego.

ERIK BROOKS is a children's book author and illustrator from Winthrop, WA. He has worked on many books, including If I Were a Whale, Totem Tale, Who Has These Feet, and Polar Opposites, which won the 2011 Washington State Book Awards Scandiuzzi Prize for Children's Picture Books.

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Selected as a Children's Poet Laureate Monthly Book Pick, Sea Star Wishes captures the varied and colorful world of our beautiful coastal shores. Discover the wonders of the sea and enjoy a day at the beach in playful and imaginative poetry and illustrations.

In these coastal poems for kids, children meet sea lions, starfish, jellyfish, and other animals in the ocean, and dream about sandcastles and other beach activities. This fun, lyrical children's poetry collection by award-winning children's singer and songwriter Eric Ode features lively illustrations by Washington State Book Award recipient Erik Brooks.

Sea Star Wishes

Do sea stars make wishes
on stars of the night
and dream that they might
be as shiny and bright?

And if they make wishes
perhaps it could be
that fishes make wishes
on stars of the sea.

Author

ERIC ODE is a national award-winning children's singer, songwriter, author, and poet who performs for schools, libraries, and community events. He is also the author of Bigfoot Does Not Like Birthday Parties and co-author of Larry Gets Lost Under the SeaLarry Gets Lost in Seattle, and Larry Gets Lost in San Diego.

ERIK BROOKS is a children's book author and illustrator from Winthrop, WA. He has worked on many books, including If I Were a Whale, Totem Tale, Who Has These Feet, and Polar Opposites, which won the 2011 Washington State Book Awards Scandiuzzi Prize for Children's Picture Books.

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