Coral Goes Swimming [Paperback]

When Coral is playing in the paddling pool, she finds herself drifting through the world by water, encountering different sea creatures along the way. As she moves from ocean to ocean, continent to continent, she learns about watery worlds that she could have only previously dreamed of. But of course, she will soon have to return to her pool...

Coral Goes Swimming is an unusual book that cleverly combines a simple story of a young girl's imaginings with an educational look at the different oceans of the world. As she rides whales, swims with seals and dolphins the child's imagination is engaged in an extraordinary, thought-provoking story that takes the reader on a journey into worlds that will fascinate them over and over again. (Ages 4 and over)--Susan Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Lesley Agnew is very taken with the beautiful artwork by Stephen Lambert. (The Children's Bookseller (March 2000) )

Lying in her paddling pool, Coral lets her imagination take her round the world’s oceans, hopping off at different continents and playing with the seas’ creatures.

A lyrical text and stunning illustrations combine to make a truly beautiful picture book, which will open children’s eyes to the world beyond their environs.


THE AUTHOR - Simon Puttock travelled extensively as a child, growing up in places as diverse as Barbados and Kent! He studied English at Newcastle University and is now an established figure in the children’s bookselling world, working for Waterstones, Newcastle. This is his first picture book.
WHEREABOUTS - Newcastle
BIRTHPLACE - New Zealand
PREVIOUS BOOKS - Same Difference, Anthology of Teenage Stories, Egmont

THE ILLUSTRATOR - Stephen Lambert is a well-known illustrator, who has worked with many major children’s authors. He attended Lincoln College of Art. He now lives in Cornwall.