{"id":922812,"date":"2022-02-25T15:20:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=922812"},"modified":"2022-03-10T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T14:36:52","slug":"bloom-by-julia-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/02\/25\/bloom-by-julia-seal\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOOM by Julia Seal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_922813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-922813\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"922813\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/02\/25\/bloom-by-julia-seal\/bloom\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bloom.png?fit=571%2C571\" data-orig-size=\"571,571\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bloom\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bloom.png?fit=571%2C571\" class=\"wp-image-922813\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bloom.png?resize=455%2C455\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bloom.png?w=571 571w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bloom.png?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bloom.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bloom.png?resize=144%2C144 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-922813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A beautiful book packed with pastel illustrations...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Once the ocean was full of friends, but lately, things have been changing...<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0A beautiful book packed with pastel coloured illustrations amidst the text. This is more than just the story of Luna the jellyfish. She discovers that her friends are finding life harder in the ocean.\u00a0 This is an ocean, once home to many creatures on the coral reef, but they have vanished, an ocean which is full of odd shapes and floating objects, like the plastic flip flops and sweet wrappings,\u00a0 gradually dropping to the ocean floor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A bloom of jelly fish comes along to help, and together they 'gang up'\u00a0 on things\u00a0 humans have put in place, like blocking up the vents by the power station. They knew the children on the beach would be friends and a vast number of jelly fish appear on the water's surface.<\/p>\n<p>A stunningly beautiful book written and illustrated by<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Juliasealbooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"> Julia Seal<\/a>, UK author and illustrator. Julia has written and illustrated books which have already been shortlisted for awards .<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"922814\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/02\/25\/bloom-by-julia-seal\/screenshot-2022-02-25-150914\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-25-150914.png?fit=871%2C436\" data-orig-size=\"871,436\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2022-02-25 150914\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-25-150914.png?fit=625%2C313\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-922814\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-25-150914.png?resize=625%2C313\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-25-150914.png?w=871 871w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-25-150914.png?resize=300%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-25-150914.png?resize=768%2C384 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sunbirdkidsbooks.com\">Sunbird books<\/a> are the publishers, part of <a href=\"https:\/\/phoenixintpub.com\">Phoenix International Publications<\/a> and they specialise in innovative and original books for children, representing strong, lively, and diverse voices , reflecting children\u2019s realities and feeding imaginations, <span class=\"gmail_default\">while<\/span> nurturing up-and-coming writers and illustrators from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Definitely one of my favourites this month!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sue Martin Children's Literacy Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"684\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/11\/22\/breaking-the-spell\/dolphinlogo2012imageright3-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg?fit=225%2C296\" data-orig-size=\"225,296\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg?fit=225%2C296\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-684\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg?resize=161%2C212\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small><br><br><br>\r\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once the ocean was full of friends, but lately, things have been changing... \u00a0A beautiful book packed with pastel coloured illustrations amidst the text. This is more than just the story of Luna the jellyfish. She discovers that her friends are finding life harder in the ocean.\u00a0 This is an ocean, once home to many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/02\/25\/bloom-by-julia-seal\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"BLOOM by Julia Seal\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small><br><br><br>\r\n<\/body>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,439,645],"tags":[704,94,48,9,705,701],"class_list":{"0":"post-922812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-dolphinbooksellers","7":"category-environment","8":"category-sunbird-books","9":"tag-bloom","10":"tag-childrens-book-illustrations","11":"tag-childrens-book-illustrators","12":"tag-childrens-books","13":"tag-julia-seal","14":"tag-sunbrid-books","15":"h-entry","16":"hentry","17":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqnT3-3S44","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}