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Sea King was short-listed for the Chocolate Lilly Award: British
Columbia Reader's Choice Award
The Sea King lives deep under the sea in an exquisite crystal palace.
He rarely leaves his halls, except to search out a human victim. One
day, the Sea King does a very big favour for a king from the land
above. In return, however, he extracts a promise. And without
realizing it, the king of the land has promised the Sea King his
newborn son....
Jane Yolen is the author of over 200
books for children, young adults, and
adults, and has been called "America's
Hans Christian Andersen." Her books,
including Owl Moon and How Do
Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, have won
many awards. She lives in Massachusetts
and St. Andrews, Scotland.
Among Shulamith Oppenheim's
many books for children and adults are
two fantasies, The Selchie's Seed and
The World Invisible. Her retelling of
the Islamic version of the fall from Eden,
Iblis, was an ALA Notable Book.
Oppenheim lives in Massachusetts.
Stefan Czernecki lives in Vancouver,
BC. He is the illustrator of many books,
including Mama God Papa God and
The Cricket’s Cage, which won the
Aesop Accolade of the Children’s Folklore
Section of the American Folklore Society.
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