“This sobering and hopeful book celebrates our ocean and reminds us of the need to keep it healthy and natural.”
School Libraries Journal (distinguished review)
The acclaimed creators of One World: 24 Hours on Planet Earth present a poetic book that explores the wild wonders of the sea – and how our big blue planet's oceans converge to form one ocean teeming with life.
Two children and their grandmother discover the "Heart of the Sea" on the beach: a soft, round bean the size of a single child's palm, which has traveled around the world on the Gulf Stream.The trio traces the beans' wondrous journey on a map—through seagrass meadows filled with turtles and tiger sharks, coral reefs, underwater mountains traversed by whales, and kelp forests where seals perch—until, a full year later, they reach their rainy beach in Scotland.A sequel to One World by zoologist Nicola Davies and award-winning artist Jenny Desmond, this book is narrative non-fiction at its best and most beautiful, a fluid and well-researched story of the way currents connect us all to the vast ocean that colors our planet blue.The book also examines humanity's global impact on the ocean—particularly the dangers of plastic—and uses fascinating facts, gentle urgency, and specific conservation success stories to point a wise and hopeful path forward.
