Saving Seal
the plastic predicament
*CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Eve Pownall Award*
Age range 6 to 9
Seal has made his home in the waters of a coastal village, but he often finds himself trapped and ensnared in the plastic rubbish filling the Bay. Fortunately, he is rescued by Lizzie and Grandpa Dave.
Lizzie and Grandpa Dave are motivated to do something about cleaning up their Bay and saving the marine life who are being threatened more and more by the rubbish found in the Bay and on their beaches. They encourage the towns people to join them in their fight against plastic pollution devastating their beaches and harming marine life.
This is a story about how we can make a change, about cooperation and making the right choices and making them now.
Diane Jackson Hill is an award-winning children’s author. She is passionate about connecting children to the beauty of our incredible world and encouraging their awareness of its fragility. Saving Seal is the third book in Diane and illustrator Craig Smith’s environmental book partnership. Chooks in Dinner Suits won the Wilderness Society’s 2017 Picture Fiction book Environmental Award for children’s literature. Windcatcher was published in 2019.
In an almost 40-year career, Craig Smith has produced illustrations for more than 380 picture books for children. The humour and pathos are a recurring them in his work having lived as a child in the Australian landscape.
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