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Octonauts is an animated children's television series, produced by Chorion in series 1 and Silvergate Media starting from series 2 for the BBC channel CBeebies.It is based on the children's books written by Meomi, the design team of Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy.
Sea Princesses (known as Princesas do Mar in Brazil) is a series of children's books created by the Brazilian writer and cartoonist Fábio Yabu.The first book was released in 2004 by publisher Panda Books; due to its success, three other books were made.
This is a collection of science fiction novels, comic books, films, television series and video games that take place either partially or primarily underwater. They prominently feature maritime and underwater environments , or other underwater aspects from the nautical fiction genre, as in Jules Verne 's classic 1870 novel Twenty Thousand ...
South Sea Adventure is a 1952 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt.The novel depicts an expedition to the South Pacific to capture animals for a zoo, and introduces the recurring villain Merlin Kaggs.
[12] [13] He indicated that the three books are "all variations on the same theme: how children master various feelings – danger, boredom, fear, frustration, jealousy – and manage to come to grips with the realities of their lives". [12] Fundamental to Sendak's work for over fifty years is his trust in the validity of children's emotions. [14]
Swallows and Amazons is a children's adventure novel by English author Arthur Ransome first published on 21 July 1930 by Jonathan Cape. [1] Set in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District, the book introduces the main characters of John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker (Swallows); as well as their mother, Mary; and their baby sister, Bridget (nicknamed Vicky).
The Mousehole Cat (1991) is a children's book written by Antonia Barber and illustrated by Nicola Bayley.Based on the legend of Cornish fisherman Tom Bawcock and the stargazy pie, [1] it tells the tale of his cat, 'Mouser' (or 'Mowzer'), whom accompanies him on a fishing expedition in particularly rough and stormy seas.
The film Paddle to the Sea, based on this book but omitting many details, was produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1966, directed by Bill Mason. It was nominated for an Oscar. [2] A water park based on the book was opened in 2016 in the town of Nipigon, where the fictional journey begins. [3]