A story about growing up, but also about going adrift and reaching back for the roots of our dreams. Isn’t that what nostalgia really is, reaching back to the source of what gives us joy in life, and figuring out how to keep finding it?

This is the story of Cléo, who lives by the water with her parents. She dreams of sailing around the world. Her father, wanting to support her dreams, gives her a white sheet. Her mother is supportive too. She uses her silver scissors to sew Cléo a main sail. Cléo sails the ocean, and readers come along with her, feeling the wind and the mist. But Cléo grows up. Soon, her main sail has become too small for her adventures. Cléo matelot is a tender and wistful story filled with great joys and little pains. Readers will experience all of these with Cléo, sailing the ocean of imagination and the thin thread of life’s transformation.