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Speck: An Itty-Bitty Epic by Margaux Meganck

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 2 Apr 2024

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“The subtle and potent connection between us and these tiny specks makes for a poignant, reflective story that’s every bit as relevant to children as it is to adults. Meganck remarkably finds a way to make our great smallness in the wide world a convincing comfort. Deeply moving.” KIRKUS

Everything and everyone has a place in the universe, but for a little speck, lost at sea, it will take an extraordinary journey to find it.

Deep in a tide pool, too small to see,
Thousands of tiny specks go forth.
Each one searching
for a place to stay, and grow, and thrive…

The little speck does not know what it is, only that it wishes to find out. And so it embarks on a journey across the sea. From sun-flecked surf to darkest depths, past schools of fish, storm-tossed ships and hungry eels…. Until, at last, it finds exactly what it was looking for: a place to belong.

In vivid watercolour paintings, Margaux Meganck brings this tale to life, seamlessly shifting perspective to show how even the tiniest creatures — every barnacle, every child, every star in the sky — contributes to something greater than itself.

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