The Sea: Stories, Trivia, Crafts, and Recipes Inspired by the World's Best Shorelines, Beaches, and Oceans

by Isobel Carlson

“The sea is as near as we come to another world.” —Anne Stevenson

This book celebrates oceans, coasts and shorelines the world over. Bringing together incredible stories and legends of the sea, delicious recipes and activities inspired by the coast, and fascinating trivia on everything from marine exploration to the turning tides, it will captivate anyone who is enthralled by the wonder of the sea.

Learn about sea creatures, such as turtles, jellyfish, whales, sharks, and dolphins
Dish up delicious recipes and drinks, such as seafood paella, potted shrimp, halloumi kebabs, and mint iced tea
Get creative with crafts, such as driftwood art, seashell art, and building your own raft

The Sea is beautiful and practical, delivering lessons on maritime history, coastline formations and features, famous lighthouses and shipwrecks, and myths and legends of the ocean while also offering do-it-yourself projects and encouragement for the more adventurous beach-goer who may want to try activities such as sailing, kayaking, windsurfing, kitesurfing, wild camping, fossil hunting, and building beach bonfires.

Genres: Nonfiction

258 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 16, 2019

Reviews

[Cheryl]

A pretty little book that my small local OK library has in hardcover for some reason. It should be in the travel section, I think, as we're inland.... In any case, very random, like a scrapbook. And at one point there's a shrimp recipe, and at another point it says don't eat shrimp because it's badly overfished. Ack.

August 2022

[Sandra]

This was a fun read all centered around the ocean. Starting with poems, unusual travel destination tips, fun facts, crafts, activity ideas and some recipes. While the book had a lot of photographs I still wished for more. I ended up googling some of the described animals or destinations.