{"product_id":"ocean-of-stars-9781592704910","title":"Ocean of Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Azita Ardakani and acclaimed artist Rebecca Rebouché comes a timeless story about how everything comes to be--and how, in the making of the world, we are made by both stardust and one another.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore there was the world we know, there was only silence and shimmer--a great dark ocean of matter and possibility. \u003ci\u003eOcean of Stars\u003c\/i\u003e follows the unfolding of creation: light forming from fire, water gathering from stars, and life arising from their meeting--until the living world begins to know itself through us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in lyrical prose and brought to life through Rebecca Rebouché's breathtaking illustrations, this picture book invites readers into a cosmic meditation on connection: how the stars became water, how water became life, and how all living things are threads in the same luminous web.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart poem and part lullaby, \u003ci\u003eOcean of Stars\u003c\/i\u003e offers children and adults alike a gentle way to contemplate existence--how every being, from the smallest seed to the farthest star, carries the memory of creation within. This is a story to be read aloud, wondered over, and kept close for a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOcean of Stars\u003c\/i\u003e may be the biggest, little story ever told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The luminous prose of \u003ci\u003eOcean of Stars \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an invitation to remember our fundamental kinship with the natural world. This quiet reflection across space and time lets us see stars everywhere.\"--Robin Wall Kimmerer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Enchanted Lion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592704910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Azita Ardakani,Rebecca Rebouche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933916917941,"sku":"9781592704910","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ocean-of-stars-9781592704910","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}