HOPE AT SEA

HOPE AT SEA: AN ADVENTURE STORY by Daniel Miyares

Hope At Sea: An Adventure Story by Daniel Miyares starts with a line that resonates with my heart, "Whenever my world feels small, I turn to the sea." Hope is a young girl that doesn't want to just hear her father's adventure stories when he returns from the sea, she wants to live them, so she stows away on board his ship. I love the picture of her in the dark waiting to be discovered, wondering if her father will be angry and then the sequence of pictures where her father finds her.. Now she's a part of the crew and must do her share. Of course, they cannot make it home without a huge storm which alters what Papa (and the rest of the family) will do with his life!

Beautifully illustrated by the author in pen and ink with watercolor, you will want to slow down and enjoy the illustrations! You can almost feel the spray and breeze as you read!

Alongside Activity- Be sure to note the end pages after you are done reading. They are great! Also for the fun of it, look up what state has the most lighthouses. The answer really surprised me!