Out to Sea

Published by Thames & Hudson 2021. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.

Out to Sea follows the journey of a young girl named Lara who is so sad after the death of her grandmother that she is carried out to sea on a flood of her own tears. When it seems like sadness has overwhelmed her entirely, she discovers a pearl at the bottom of the ocean that triggers memories of the many happy times Lara shared with her grandmother. With the pearl safely at her side, Lara realises that she is not alone and finds the strength to pick up her oars and row herself back home.

‘One of the most gorgeous picture books I have ever seen. Dreamy.’
David Walliams

‘A sustained marine metaphor for coming to terms with grief, its moody watercolour art buoying the reader along to an uplifting ending’
Financial Times

‘A moving and uplifting reflection on love and loss for young children’
Scottish Book Trust