About the Author

Kyo Maclear is an award-winning writer and novelist. Her first book for children, Spork, has received a number of honors, including a 2011 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award nomination. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Reviews

... this is a handsome, evocative look at one child's formative experience.--School Library Journal

[the] final description of the ocean is rapturous ... A lovely, quiet beach story.--Kirkus Reviews

Maclear and Maurey capture with finesse the mysterious process by which a physical place finds its way into the heart.--Publishers Weekly

The Specific Ocean serves as a timely reminder that the mysteries and wonders of nature can be carried with us, no matter how busy we are.--Quill & Quire