Grandpa, tell me the story again of when we went to sea. That’s a BIG story, One-Button. How does it begin? It begins with the uprooting . . .
And so Grandpa tells the story of how he and One-Button and their whole community were uprooted from their everyday lives, and how they all had to take to sea in different boats. Until one day everything changed, and they were able to return home and resume their previous lives…different, but the same.
Going to sea is a metaphor for so many topical traumas: refugees, flooding, lockdown, bereavement. A wonderful tool to help enable a conversation about a difficult topic - can be understood at any level, depending on the response of the reader.
'A beautiful resonant fable about memory, love and hope – brought to life with luminous illustrations’ - Chris Riddell
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About Sara Stanley
Sara Stanley is an Early Years Consultant specialising in philosophical storyplay in the UK and South Africa. Having spent time working with displaced families in Northern France she now works as a bookseller.
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