Let's build a seawall! Tide's coming in. We'll take on the sea and see if we can win! Two children build a wall of sand, decorated with shells, and defy the sea to destroy it ... which it does, taking a few more shells away with each wave, providing a lesson in subtraction along the way!
RRP: $21.99 NZD
Author: Juliette MacIver
ISBN: 9781775439332
Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Published: 2/1/2026
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Juliette MacIver is a children’s book author, trapeze artist, amateur cardio-thoracic surgeon, and mother of 14. She holds down three husbands, one of whom is her own, and is considering adding a fourth. In her spare time, she runs a successful smuggling business, and is a keen anthropomorphisist. She can speak with the creatures of the sea and air, and has had some success in dispersing clouds, especially on windy days. She has travelled to every country in the world, including some that don't even exist, and has addressed audiences all over the globe on the importance of staying local. A strong advocate for putting things off and doing as little as possible, she believes that a person’s worth should not be measured by their achievements. In spite of this, she has twice been nominated for the Orange Nobel Laureate Academy Highest Achiever Ever Award, and is desperate to win it. A fierce activist, she has fought viciously for peace all over the earth. She lives in a shoe in the quiet corner of a nursery rhyme.
