You're invited to dive in and listen to the music of our oceans.

24 original children's music tunes that celebrate our oceans and the little, the wild and the gentle giant creatures that call it home. There are sea shanties and sweet lullabies, ballads and beats in this collection that sings of ferries and tugboats, glow in the dark sea life, escaping octopus among many more.

Structured in alphabetical order to help families navigate easily between songbook and album, this children's music project hopes to support the wider conversation around protecting our planet and all the earthlings who inhabit it, promoting empathy and awareness in our youngest audiences.

Using art as a medium to translate conservation issues into an empowering framework, these songs aim to create a tangible and approachable context through storytelling for children that emphasises human agency, and potential for positive change.

The accompanying digital songbook contains science notes and activity ideas for families to explore with each song.
These have been thoughtfully written by Claudia’s sister - Dr Melissa R. Gunn (PhD - Evolutionary Genetics). Melissa’s parallel career to her scientific one is as an author and science communicator, and she has
researched all the science notes that accompany each song. These notes are intended as a starting point for families and educators to
stimulate further curious exploration.
To spark imaginations and bring these songs off the page, Claudia has collaborated with artist Elise De Silva to define a sparkling watercolour ocean world full of character, depth and colour. You’ll find this art all throughout the songbook, and some of the activity ideas promote further artistic exploration as well.

Created with funding from Creative New Zealand, this is part one of a two album project shining a spotlight on wildlife conservation and awareness, with part two being Sing for the Earth - Little Wild Animals.