Sea Prayer

A father sits on a shore with his sleeping son on the night before a crossing, and talks to him about the city they are leaving behind. Khaled Hosseini wrote Sea Prayer as a short illustrated letter, prompted by the refugee crisis and the death of a small boy on a Mediterranean beach. Dan Williams' watercolour artwork carries as much of the feeling as the words do, and the whole piece can be read in one sitting. What it holds is the memory of an ordinary home before the war, and the uncertainty of a journey with no guaranteed end, handled without melodrama. Practical details: • Short illustrated work, readable in a single sitting • Watercolour artwork by Dan Williams on every spread • Written as a letter from a father to his son • Draws on the experience of families displaced by war Suited to readers of literary fiction, teachers and anyone wanting a gift with real weight behind it, available at Boipoka.