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nicktomjoe's review
4.0
Genuinely puzzled by this book: at one level the lives of the families on the island seem quite (sort of) ordinary - houses, boats to mend - and realistically drawn, but the islands they live on are tiny, the lives unsustainable. What is being done here? One reading might be (and I find it satisfactory as well as intriguing) is that this is a careful metaphor for the reconstituting family: Nara wants to explore, and when her dad mends the boat isolation is overcome, and the world (represented by the rich marine life) rejoices. But I think I need to read this again - and to look at the other output from Dan Ungureanu - to make up my mind.
maidmarianlib's review
3.0
Lovely rich illustrations with yellow and brown bases that add an ethereal quality, interesting message about finding our own spaces.
eileenp59's review
5.0
I loved this children's book. Nara has a very special relationship with her father, he encourages a sense of adventure in his daughter. Beautifully illustrated. Suitable for reading to 3 - 6 year olds.
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