I Want to Build a Seahouse

Written by Whitney Moran · Illustrated by Josee Bisaillon

A girl builds a seahouse to escape new-sibling chaos, but loneliness and stormy seas loom.

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32 pages· ~530L

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In a lighthouse by the sea, a girl faces the arrival of a new sibling. To escape, she dreams of building a seahouse with sea glass windows and a pirate flag. Adventures with a talking parrot await, but loneliness and stormy seas threaten her dream. Will she find freedom or miss her family too much? Dive into this whimsical tale of independence and imagination.

From the publisher

I want to build a seahouse A place that’s just for me… In a lighthouse on the sea lives a young girl who is about to become a big sister. Trouble is, she doesn’t want a little sister. With her peaceful life disrupted, the girl’s only option is to run away–and build her very own seahouse! With a foghorn for a doorbell and a fence of fishing rope, windows made of sea glass, buoys to help it float – and a pirate flag for safety (of course), she’ll have everything she needs. The girl imagines all of the adventures she’ll have, talking parrot in tow: harvesting seaweed from her garden; telling ghost stories to merfolk; charting the tides and sailing by moonlight. But there’s a loneliness that creeps in whenever she thinks of her family back on land. And there’s those pesky stormy seas to consider… A poetic ode to the childhood yearning for freedom, sprinkled with new-sibling jealousy, the debut picture book by editor Whitney Moran, whimsically illustrated with a magnificent coastal palette by award-winning artist Josée Bisaillon, is a heartfelt story of family and independence, and a celebration of imagination and the natural world.

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