Tuesday 30 June 2020

Picture This: Like the Ocean We Rise



Like the Ocean we Rise is another superb picture book from Little Tiger about protecting the environment. It shows people from all over the world coming together in protest to make a difference. What starts as a small ripple becomes a wave demanding change. 

This picture book is a visual delight. I love the bright colours and the little peep through raindrops. Because this story travels all over the globe, there's lots of diversity too. Looking after out planet is a global responsibility, not something one country or person can do alone, as the huge crowd on the final page shows so well. My favourite pictures are the beautiful rooftop bee hives in Tokyo and the transformation from blue to rainbow raindrops on the spread at the bottom of this post. 


The rhyme scheme drives this story, giving it a growing sense of momentum, as the words swell towards an emphatic conclusion. There's also lots of clever water imagery. 

Like the Ocean we Rise is a great way to discuss activism of any form with young children, and by using figures like Greta Thunberg, shows that you are never too young to make a difference. 

Because it addresses important topics like the environment and pollution, it would also work brilliantly in a class room, as an introduction for a topic on climate change. 


Thank you Little Tiger for sending me a copy to review. 

Like the Oceans we Rise is written by Nicola Edwards and illustrated by Sarah Wilkins


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