Is the ocean a roaring bull? Or is it a fairy spraying sea salt like magic dust? Children ages three- to ten-years-old will gaze at the mighty sea in all its majesty and intricacy in the debut book by Laura Zylinski Batyr, Is the Ocean an Animal?

When a young boy and his mother take a walk on the beach on a spring day, they find themselves looking at the ocean in an altogether different way. The waves seem to chase the boy, who wonders if this mysterious body of water is actually an animal. Mother and child spend their time together sharing the many different things that the...