Sunken Ship

Colorful animals that compose the “rainbow of reef life” take on human expressions with their cartoonlike eyes and add humor with jokes in speech bubbles. – Horn Book * September/October 2024 Issue *A Spanish galleon is “swished … and swayed … and SWAMPED!” by a storm—but that’s just the beginning! This cheerful tale describes how the sunken hull supports the growth of a new reef over the next century and beyond. Simple, charming illustrations show sea life moving in as the ship settles and decomposes. Readers will enjoy the silly puns and speech-bubble asides offered by the new reef dwellers. The text provides clear, basic information while including dashes of alliteration (“Gribbles gobbled into the mighty masts”) that result in a merry read-aloud. – Booklist * 8/1/24 “A captivating exploration of a wonder-filled domain most of us can only imagine.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Amy Hevron is an illustrator, graphic designer, and children’s book author who lives in Seattle. She is the illustrator of several children’s books including The Tide Pool Waits by Candace Fleming, Tree Hole Homes by Melissa Stewart, and Can You Hug a Forest? by Frances Gilbert, as well as her own Tiny Habitats series, Dust Bunny Wants a Friend, and The Longest Journey: An Arctic Tern’s Migration.