Caspar and the Night Sea speaks to the imagination of children who are alive to the sound of the waves, and dream their own adventures while the rest of the household is sleeping. Caspar is a small boy with an adventurous soul who is drawn to the sea? Who will Caspar find out on the water tonight? Alison Binks is an artist, designer and first-time author/illustrator. She grew up in Adelaide surround by boats and now lives in Bayside Melbourne. When her son Caspar was three, she wrote a short story for him and decided to illustrate it and present it as a book for his birthday. This was the beginning of 'Caspar and the Night Sea'.