Something's Coming: A Hook Lookout Story

Every morning, Ollie flies to the top of the channel marker and looks out over the bay. He is the lookout. Nobody asked him to be. He just is. This morning, far out where the water meets the sky, Ollie sees a shape. It is not the ferry. It is not a fishing boat. It is not a whale. It is bigger than anything he has ever seen. Juet has theories. Pip has questions. Stripes is sure he can beat it. Rusty goes to look, which is exactly what he is not supposed to do. And Marsh, down in the salt marsh, says the only thing worth saying: wait for it. Something's Coming is the first Hook Lookout story, a picture book set on Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and inspired by the tall ships that sailed into New York Harbor in the summer of 2026. Painted in warm, naturalist detail and written to be read aloud, it introduces eight animals who really live on the Hook and the real place they call home. For ages 4 to 8, and for anyone who has ever stood on a beach and watched the horizon. From Above the Hook, a storytelling studio in Highlands, New Jersey. Watch the bay for yourself, any time, at abovethehook.com.