A lyrical, read-aloud bedtime story, Lying Awake features activities for the reader and pages of fascinating, educational information about life on a boat and about some of the marine wildlife in the story.
Eight-year old Lanie is lying awake in her cozy bunk on her grandfather's boat. Waiting for sleep, she listens to the noises of the marina and thinks about her adventurous day on the tide flats with Grandfather.
During the summer, author Helen Furbush grew up playing on the tide flats of the Puget Sound in Kingston, WA.
Illustrator Christine McCroskey loves the time she spends cruising the Northwest waters.