The Little Girl Who Walked on Water: But Didn't Know How to Swim (Big Picture Book) - Hardcover

"The Little Girl Who Walked on Water" won the "Blue Planet award" for young readers on June 8, 2015.
Blue Planet is a litterary award -- created by Nausicaa ( a national sea center) that rewards recent publications that raise awareness of marine life and/or sustainable development among young readers.
The ceremony was on June 8, the World Ocean Day
"The little girl walks on water and so does this book. Together, we learn the ways life on land and in the ocean are the same and different." Jesse Ausubel, Rockefeller University

Once upon a time, a little girl named Mina was living on an island in the middle of the ocean. She had an extraordinary power: she could walk on water! The thing is that her greatest dream was to swim with dolphins. So one day, Mina decides to run away on the ocean . . .

François Sarano has a PhD in oceanography. Former research director of the Deep Ocean Odyssey program and former scientific advisor to legendary oceanographer, Jacques Cousteau, Sarano has written dozen of scientific books and produced six documentaries dealing with oceans. This is his first children's book.

Marion Sarano is François Sarano's daughter. Since she was a child, she has traveled around the world several times, swam with dolphins, and sailed on all the oceans. She discovered her passion for drawings . . . and a little girl who walked on water was born!