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The King and the Sea is a set of charmingly illustrated short stories aimed at young readers. Each narrative follows a king who attempts to command the natural world, only to discover that forces such as rain and fatigue set their own rules. Through these encounters the king—and the reader—realize that even royalty has bounds and that the world operates independently of human authority.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Heinz Janisch
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