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.

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Award Category
Writing Award 2022
Screenplay Award Category
Animation
When the captain throws out her fishing line, what will a Big Blue Boat see? A story within a story, rhythm, rhyme, and repetition introduces life forms found in the Indian Ocean, while the imaging hints at the cycle of life.
A Big Blue Boat Is Out On The Brine
My Submission

A Big Blue Boat is out on the brine,

And who do you think she sees?

A Captain so brave, who sails on the wave,

That’s who the Blue Boat sees.

A Captain brave is out on the brine,

And who do you think she sees?

A bird big and white, who flies with delight,

That’s who the Captain sees.

A bird big and white, is out on the brine,

And who do you think she sees?

A squid long and shy, who peeks at the sky,

That’s who the white bird sees.

A squid long and shy is out on the brine,

And who do you think she sees?

Comments

catehogan Sun, 07/08/2022 - 13:38

I loved the cyclical nature of this story within a story; supported by imagery the concept will be more fully realized. This is the kind of picture book that becomes a favorite, read over and over again. As I lost myself in the prose, I imagined the final image revealing that the squid has in fact spotted the reader, who is now drawn into the story. Lovely!