Barbara's Reviews > Sea Snooze

As their mother reads a bedtime story, two youngsters get ready for bed. But before they can settle down, they set off on a wild adventure across the Arctic Ocean in a small vessel. There are so many different animals to see up close, including gulls, seals and whales, and by the time their journey comes to an end, they're really ready for a long snooze. The rhyming lines, imaginative artwork that depicts all sorts of animals as part of the clouds and the sea, and those expressive eyes and faces lend child appeal to this reassuring bedtime story. The final double-page spread showing the siblings asleep in their bedroom offers clues as to why they imagined certain animals as being part of their journey with their caregiver never too far away. The childlike perspective on the Arctic is perfect for its intended audience.