{"product_id":"ocean-of-stars","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","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504920273269,"sku":"9781592704910","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781592704910.jpg?v=1786953838","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/ocean-of-stars","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}