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The Moon and the North Sea
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781915345196
Publisher: Urban Viking
Published: Mar 31 2026
Pages: 24
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.06 Width: 11.00 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Moon and the North Sea is a gentle, atmospheric journey into the rhythm of ocean, sky, and self.
Set along a wild northern coastline, where mountains meet the sea and the wind carries stories older than memory, this book invites children to slow down, breathe, and listen. As the moon rises over the North Sea, its quiet pull begins to shape the tide-guiding the water in and out, just as unseen forces move through our own bodies and emotions.
Through soft, immersive storytelling and expansive illustrated spreads, young readers follow the changing sea across a full cycle of light and dark. Waves gather and retreat. The shoreline shifts. The sky deepens. And in this steady rhythm, a sense of calm begins to unfold.
Blending poetic narrative with simple, accessible explanations of how the moon influences the tides, the book introduces early scientific thinking through wonder rather than instruction. Concepts of gravity, movement, and natural cycles are woven into the story, helping children to understand the world not as something separate-but as something they are part of.
Rooted in coastal life and inspired by northern landscapes, The Moon and the North Sea also carries a deeper thread of wellbeing. It offers a quiet space for connection-between parent and child, between breath and body, between the inner world and the natural one. It is a book to return to at bedtime, to settle the nervous system, and to create moments of stillness in a busy, overstimulated world.
With themes of nature, rhythm, belonging, and emotional grounding, this is more than a story-it is an experience. A reminder that, like the tide, we are allowed to ebb and flow. That there is wisdom in rest. And that even in the darkest night, the moon is always there, gently guiding the sea home.
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