How would you get mail if you lived in the middle of the sea?
It’s Jo’s dad’s job to deliver it, taking bottles wherever they need to go. He always comes home with exciting stories, but Jo is far too afraid to go out on the ocean herself. Until Dad gets a bad sea cold, that is. With no one but Jo to deliver the bottles, she must find her courage and set sail alone. As she embarks on her mission, her fears just might be replaced with new friendships . . . and grand stories of her own.
Another excellent example of my theory that people who both write and illustrate their own picture books are the best.
This is such a brilliant concept. An adventurer who delivers messages in a bottle. I could see this being made into an animated short by Pixar.
With few words, the illustrations do most of the storytelling. You can spend hours looking at all the beautiful and intricate artwork on each page. It’s amazing. You can tell that the author put a lot of time, persistence, and love into this book.
The only question I have is how they get the things in and out of the bottles. My guess is MAGIC.