There was a little island in the ocean – and this book is about how it was on that little island, how the seasons and the storm and the days and night changed it, how the lobsters and seals and gulls and everything else lived on it, and what the kitten who came to visit found out about it. This book is written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, both have done more than 100 books for children.

“There was a little Island in the ocean. / Around it the winds blew / And the birds flew / And the tides rose and fell on the shore.”

“The Little Island” is written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. First published in 1946. This copy is published by Random House Children’s Books in 2003. Donated to the library by Rebecca Henson from the USA ❤️

Photos by Anna Iltnere / Sea Library