One-Button and the Sea
Through collaborative story telling, a child and his grandfather explore a traumatic experience they have shared.
'Grandpa, tell me the story again of when we went to sea. That's a BIG story, One-Button.
How does it begin? It begins with the uprooting . . .'
And so Grandpa tells the story of how he and One-Button and their whole community were uprooted from their everyday lives, and how they all had to take to sea in different boats. Until one day everything changed, and they were able to return home and resume their previous lives...different, but the same.
'A beautiful resonant fable about memory, love and hope - brought to life with luminous illustrations.' Chris Riddell
SARA STANLEY is an Early Years Consultant specialising in philosophical storyplay in the UK and South Africa. She has worked with displaced families in Northern France, and also as a bookseller.
VIVIANE SCHWARZ has written and illustrated many picture books which have been translated all over the world and won awards including two shortlistings for the CILIP Kate Greenaway, winner of the 2016 Little Rebels Award and UK IBBY Honour List nominee in 2018.