Susea Spray

Author of A Big Blue Boat and A Day on the Brine, Susea loves playing with words, sharing her stories and sailing.

Susea’s achievements include being Picture Book Genre Award winner, Page Turner Awards (2022): A Day on the Brine; Purple Dragonfly Award winner (2023): A Big Blue Boat, Longlisted Pitch It! Competition (2024): Moon Song, and Literary Titan Gold Book Award winner (2025): A Day in the Brine.

Award Type
Fun wording, rhythm and rhyme generate strong imagery in this cumulative story about a Big Blue Boat and her Captain brave out for a sail on the rollicking frolicking sea. Will they find a safe night’s harbour in time?
A Big Blue Boat
My Submission

A boat.

A big blue boat.

A big blue boat with billowing sails.

A big blue boat with billowing sails, and a towering mast that touches the sky.

A big blue boat with billowing sails, a towering mast that touches the sky, and a large wooden wheel that turns and twirls.

A big blue boat with billowing sails, a towering mast that touches the sky, a large wooden wheel that turns and twirls, and an enormous rudder as flat as a paddle that slides and glides from side to side.

A big blue boat with billowing sails, a towering mast that touches the sky, a large wooden wheel that turns and twirls, an enormous rudder as flat as a paddle that slides and glides from side to side, and a heavy grey anchor on oodles of chain.

A big blue boat with billowing sails, a towering mast that touches the sky, a large wooden wheel that turns and twirls, an enormous rudder as flat as a paddle that slides and glides from side to side, a heavy grey anchor on oodles of chain, and a captain as brave as brave can be.

A big blue boat with billowing sails, a towering mast that touches the sky, a large wooden wheel that turns and twirls, an enormous rudder as flat as a paddle that slides and glides from side to side, a heavy grey anchor on oodles of chain, and a captain as brave as brave can be – all out for a sail on the rollicking, frolicking sea.

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