Teacup
Rebecca Young, illustrations by Matt Ottley
Dial Books
Fiction, CH Picture Books
Themes: Seafaring Tales
*****
Description
A lone boy sets out on a voyage across a wide sea, with little more than a teacup full of earth from his lost home.
Review
This book is simply beautiful. The brief prose evokes a sense of wonder and of loss. Ottley's gorgeous paintings create a vast and strange world, a voyage through fear and hope and imagination, as a boy faces the unknown future after an unnamed tragedy tore him from everything he knew. It's a book that speaks to anyone of any age who has experienced loss and turmoil, who has ever been alone with memories and fear of what lies ahead.