great for a mother and daughter!

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	• Big Big Sea, The Martin Waddell Candlewick, 1998 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Don't like the artwork that much

This is another book with great, lyrical text describing a sweet story...

but with only so-so, uninspiring illustrations.

Definitely read before you buy.

Such awarm and loving story

My parents are both from Northern Ireland and I have visited the spot the author writes about. My daughter received this book as a gift form her Irish cousins and we just love it.

The words flow beautifully and the illustration of the little girl reminds me of myself at that age and wish my mother and I had gone to The Big Big Sea at night. I will take my daughter one night soon.

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A beautiful journey

I love this book. The prose is simple and lyrical. The near monochrome illustrations are beautiful and complement the text perfectly. And the setting - Murlough, Co Down, Ireland, near the author's home - is gorgeous. I have to confess that it's my home too. The walk that the mother and daughter take, through the dunes to the sea, begins at a point no more than 400 yards from the house where I grew up.

Even if it weren't such a sentimental favorite for me I'd still recommend it strongly. The simple story and the drawings and the calm meter of the evocative prose make it perfect bedtime reading. Both my children loved it even before they knew the area as Granny's Big Big Sea.

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Such a Wonderful Book!

I have twin boys that are nine and a six year old little girl. All of my children have loved this book and so have I. It will be one that I pull out in 30 years and have such great memories of!

great for a mother and daughter!

I found this book at a bookstore in Cape Cod while on a vacation. My daughter was 8 months old at the time. She is 5 now, and this book remains our favorite to read together. On her 2nd birthday I had a picture from the book scanned on her birthday cake. This book will be one we read for years to come.

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With unforgettable silver-washed images and gentle, flowing words that evoke a mood as only Martin Waddell can do, "The Big Big Sea" portrays a bond between parent and child that makes even the dark sea safe and serene.

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