Henry and the Sea

A sick child convalescing at the seaside falls into conversation with the sea. They get on so well together that the sea decides to accompany Henry on his visit to a London hospital, hiding itself in an old paper cup and leaving the world devoid of oceans. The political consequences of this phenomenon are amusingly described and the stormy relationship between the sick boy and his awkward new friend provides some poignant moments. This touching story was the idea of the author's 5-year-old son, a cancer patient, who died before the book was published.