Sea Star Wishes Poems from the Coast

In these coastal poems for kids, children meet sea lions, starfish, jellyfish, and other animals in the ocean, and dream about sandcastles and other beach activities. This fun, lyrical children's poetry collection by award-winning children's singer and songwriter Eric Ode features lively illustrations by Washington State Book Award recipient Erik Brooks.

Sea Star Wishes

Do sea stars make wishes
on stars of the night
and dream that they might
be as shiny and bright?

And if they make wishes
perhaps it could be
that fishes make wishes
on stars of the sea.

Eric Ode is a national award-winning children's singer, songwriter, author, and poet who performs music and poetry programs for schools, libraries, education conferences, and community events. His original music has been heard on many compilation albums, national children's radio programs, and on the popular PBS series Dragonfly TV. He has contributed poetry and lyrics to two Grammy nominated CDs.

Erik Brooks is a children's book author and illustrator from Winthrop, WA. He has worked on many books, including Totem Tale, Who Has These Feet, and Polar Opposites, which won the 2011 Washington State Book Awards Scandiuzzi Prize for Children's Picture Books.