A collection of original postcards and messages from 50 illustrators across the world, working to celebrate and protect the precious life in our oceans.

Each illustrator has provided an image of sea creatures, fishes or other sealife, with a message of inspiration to help point out the massive and imminent dangers climate change, pollution, over fishing and other human-led interventions are having on our oceans. The postcards are displayed under three headings: Celebrating the Ocean; The Danger to the Ocean; Take Action for the Ocean.

The world-class illustrators include Axel Scheffler, Roger Mello, Barroux, Piet Grobler, Yuval Zommer, Petr Horácek, Jackie Morris, Nicola Davies and Jane Ray.

The 35 countries represented include; Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzogovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran, Ireland, India, Israel, Italy, \japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA.

Tobias Hickey is a founder, with Piet Grobler, of the International Centre for the Picture Book in Society (ICPBS) based at the University of Worcester's School of Arts, where he is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Art & Design Communication. ICPBS was established in 2015. Its broad aim is to encourage the international creation and publication of quality picture books that encourage and embellish civilized values.

Peter Thomson is a fifth generation Fijian, and since 2017 has been the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Ocean. He has long been a campaigner for oceanic conservation and was among those involved in creating the UN's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, in 2017, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas. He lives in Australia.

María León, Spain (endpapers)2
Tobias Hickey, UK (copyright)4
Roger Mello, Brazil (title page)5
Arévik d’Or, Belgium (contents)6-7
Foreword by Peter Thomson8
Stephen Fowler (foreword)8-9

CELEBRATING THE OCEAN
Sabine Waldmann-Brun, Germany10
Yuval Zommer, UK12
Andreja Peklar, Slovenia14
Cristina Pieropan, Italy16
Hedie Meischke18
Jane Ray, UK20
Barroux, France22
Jackie Morris, UK24
Sena Ahadji, Ghana26
Ken Wilson-Max, UK28
Maya Stanic, Bosnia and Herzogovina/UK30
Mohammad Barrangi Fashtami, Iran/UK32
Piet Grobler, South Africa34
Nelleke Verhoeff, Netherlands36
Martí Álcon, Spain38
Yoshiko Hada, Japan40
Nadine Kaadan, UK/Syria42
Mimi Azrin, Malaysia44

THE DANGER TO THE OCEAN
Axel Scheffler, UK/Germany46
Kathleen Richens, New Zealand48
Renata Bueno, Brazil/Portugal50
Marion Deuchars, Germany52
Julie McAllister, Australia54
Sarah Millin, UK56
Andy Robert Davies, UK58
Karol Bernal, Spain60
Viive Noor, Estonia62
Catherine Barr and Anne Wilson, UK64
Ali Ghorbanimoghaddam, Germany/Iran66
Yarvara Iashchenko, Norway/Russia68
Vassiliki Tzomaka, UK/Greece70
Natalie Pudalov, Israel72
Nicola Davies, UK74

TAKE ACTION FOR THE OCEAN
Adria Shokouhi Azi, Iran76
Petr Horáček, UK/Czech Republic78
Martina Walther, Switzerland80
Emila Yusof, Malaysia82
Andreina Parpajola, Italy84
David Alvarez, Mexico86
Yuxing Li, Germany/China88
Sara Tashnizi, Canada90
Be Human Design, Taiwan92
Klaas Verplancke, Belgium94
Chitra Soundar and Darshika Varma, India/UK96
Mies van Hout, Netherlands98
Tatyana Feeney, Ireland/USA100
Bengü Çimendag, Turkey102
Peter Thomson, Fiji104
About the Contributors106
María León, Spain (endpapers)