Author Michelle Houts and illustrator Bagram Ibatoulline explore the
magic of one of the seaside's greatest wonders and the bonds that link
us through time.
One summer, a boy named Thomas visits his grandmother at her seaside
cottage. She gives him a magnifying glass that once belonged to his
grandfather, and with it Thomas explores the beach, turning grains of
sand into rocks and dark clamshells into swirling mazes of black, gray,
and white. When his grandmother shows him a piece of sea glass, Thomas
is transfixed. That night he dreams of an old shipyard and the breaking
of a bottle. Could the very piece of sea glass on his nightstand have
come from that bottle? For the rest of the summer, he searches for more
sea glass and hopes to have dreams that will reveal more of the sea's
secrets. A stunning ode to stories and the seaside, this picture book
invites readers to imagine the ocean of possibility that lives in every
small or forgotten treasure.