Hello Ocean

Pam Muñoz Ryan, Illustrated by Mark Astrella

Hello Ocean by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Mark Astrella, published by Charlesbridge Hello, ocean, my old best friend. I'm here with the five of me, again! I see the ocean, gray, green, blue, a chameleon always changing hue. Amber seaweed, speckled sand, bubbly waves that kiss the land, wide open water before my eyes, reflected in a bowl of skies, glistening tide pools and secret nooks - I love the way the ocean looks. I hear the ocean, a lion's roar, crashing rumors toward the shore, water shushing and rushing in, then whispering back to the sea again. Friggy songs from distant boats, gentle clangs from bobbing floats, screak of gulls calling down -