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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
This is a gorgeous book. The illustrations are out of this world beautiful. It tells the story of a young boy who wants to honor his dead grandfather by building a ship that will said to a place where the “ocean meets the sky”. Along the way, he travels to exotic beautiful imaginary destinations. I love this book. ❤️
Pretty abstract, but the illustrations are beautiful and my kids were very captivated.
Beautiful illustrations. I was captivated the whole time. The story was a little sparse, though.
Ik wilde toch een prentenboek lezen van de Goodreads Choice Awards, en deze was blijkbaar vertaald naar het Nederlands en dus beschikbaar bij een van bibliotheken. Ik ben zeker blij dat ik de kans had om dit boek te lezen want het was echt prachtig. Een boek over verlies, verdriet, verbeelding (want die jongen kan me toch wat verbeelden). We zien de jongen op een reis gaan (met zijn eigen boot), op zoek naar de plek waar de hemel en de oceaan elkaar ontmoeten. De illustraties waren echt machtig mooi, ik kon gewoon niet stoppen met naar ze kijken, elke keer ontdekte ik weer wat nieuws.
Echt een aanrader!
Echt een aanrader!
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Sweet and surreal
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Finn has grown up with tales from his Grandpa about the place where ocean meets sky, and even when his grandad is no longer around, those tales are very much alive for Finn. Building a boat to go on his own journey is Finn’s way of honouring his Grandpa’s memory and staying connected to him. We’re fully immersed in Finn’s journey through the library islands and the island of giant shells as a result of the incredible illustrations on every page. Full of small details and intertextual references, it’s as though we are there with him. This is certainly true of when he reaches where ocean meets sky, the wordless full-page bleeds transports us to this whole other world that Finn’s grandpa, now Finn, had discovered.
We never actually find out where the ocean meets sky, we just know that it does. To me, the implies that it can be in a different place for different people. Rather than it being a physical point on a map, maybe it has more of a metaphorical meaning. In Finn’s case it may well be that the point at which ocean meets sky, is where he feels most connected to his grandpa and that despite the fact he misses him, he knows there is still a place out there where his Grandpa is very much alive.
Grief and loss are a part of everyone’s life and including it in children’s literature is key in terms of normalising the feelings associated with it. Whilst other books, may approach the topic in a different way, Ocean Meets Sky is still a great one for the collection.
We never actually find out where the ocean meets sky, we just know that it does. To me, the implies that it can be in a different place for different people. Rather than it being a physical point on a map, maybe it has more of a metaphorical meaning. In Finn’s case it may well be that the point at which ocean meets sky, is where he feels most connected to his grandpa and that despite the fact he misses him, he knows there is still a place out there where his Grandpa is very much alive.
Grief and loss are a part of everyone’s life and including it in children’s literature is key in terms of normalising the feelings associated with it. Whilst other books, may approach the topic in a different way, Ocean Meets Sky is still a great one for the collection.