Sea of Bath

The Captain was asleep in his boat… …when the tide came in.

He has sailed this sea many times before. It is a curious sea, indeed!
It is a sea where ducks SQUEAK instead of QUACK…
…and deep-sea divers chase crocodiles…

Remember the old saying, "There’s nothing new under the sun?" Well, that certainly doesn’t apply to author-illustrator Bob Logan’s newest picture book, The Sea of Bath. This book is fresh, new, and one of the cutest, cleverest, and most unique picture books I’ve read in awhile.

The Sea of Bath is all about fun on the high seas (or in the bathtub, depending on how you look at it). The story is told by an unassuming sea captain who spends his time snoozing...until the water begins to rise. When it does, he enjoys sailing his boat, the S.S. Rubb A. Dubb, on the bubbly Sea of Bath, where he encounters curious squeaking ducks, odd deep-sea divers, and bars of soap that challenge his ship to a water race.

This book is super-brief, but the pictures of the wide-eyed captain trying to make sense of the curious objects floating along on the choppy sea will have you and your little one laughing out loud. Logan’s illustrations are both simple and outstanding, and capture all the exciting possibilities an afternoon in the watery tub can offer, if one only uses one’s imagination.

The Sea of Bath has all the elements of a classic picture book, right down to its "Can-we-read-it-again?" potential.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.



Waking from his nap, the venerable captain of the S.S. Rubb a Dubb muses on "this strange sea and its travelers." Why does the tide act so bizarrely? What is this thing called "soap" that seems to want an aquatic version of a drag race? And what are a blue bear and windup deep-sea diver doing riding the waves? As readers will quickly guess, the joke is on the captain—he’s actually the master and commander of a toy tugboat in a bathtub that’s populated with many, many toys, including ducks that "squeak instead of quack." First-time author Logan, who’s worked as a story artist on Madagascar and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, offers more of an extended shaggy dog joke than a real story—adults of a certain age may even note a Twilight Zone quality to the premise. But his target audience should find the cheeky, slightly retro illustrations, which recall the work of Dan Yaccarino and Bob Staake, almost as good as a short animated feature.

“celebrates life’s little journeys and encourages kids to exercise their imaginations.” - Scholastic Parent and Child

Format: Hardcover

Dimensions
Length: 9.25 in
Width: 11 in
Weight: 18.00 oz
Page Count: 32 pages