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Our own books: the Little Ocean Explorers series
We're writing and illustrating our own ocean picture books, made right here. Each story follows a little explorer who helps a different sea animal, with a real-world mission at the end so your little one can join in too.
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Coming soon to Amazon Kindle
Verity and the Big Blue Sea - Little Ocean Explorers
Book one in the series. A gentle, colourful story about a girl who loves the ocean and learns how even small people can help protect it, with sound words painted into the artwork.
Good to know: This one is with Amazon for review right now. The moment it's live, the buy link goes here.
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In the works
Verity and the Tangled Seal - Little Ocean Explorers
Book two, all about helping a seal in trouble. Publishing as soon as book one is live.
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In the works
Verity and the Puffin Picnic - Little Ocean Explorers
Book three, starring everyone's favourite beakful-of-fish bird. Coming right after book two.
Want to know the moment they launch? Follow @veritys.ocean.world on Instagram, we announce every new book there first.
Ocean books we genuinely recommend
Four books we'd hand any ocean-mad four year old, chosen with the same care as our full guide. These links are affiliate links (marked, as always), and you can read the detailed reviews in our ocean picture books guide.
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Best read-aloud
Meet the Oceans - Caryl Hart & Bethan Woollvin
A bouncy rhyming tour of the world's oceans with bold, funny pictures. It sneaks in real geography without anyone noticing.
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Best first fact book
Little Kids First Big Book of the Ocean - National Geographic Kids
30+ sea creatures with big, real photos. This is the book you grab when a question comes up that you can't answer.
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Best for 'but why?'
Who Makes an Ocean? - Sally Nicholls & Carolina Rabei
A gentle, beautiful story about how the ocean formed and how life began in it. Big ideas made small.
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Best before swimming lessons
Aqua Boy - Ken Wilson-Max
Aaron is scared of going under the water. BookTrust recommends it for ages 4-7, and it's perfect for nervous little swimmers.
Verity's verdict
Verity hasn't tried this lot yet. Her honest verdict goes here once she has, good or bad.
Verity hasn't tried this lot yet. Her honest verdict goes here once she has, good or bad.