The Sea Lion's Friend: is Ed Shankman and Dave O'Neill's seventh collaboration. It's the tale of an unlikely friendship between a sea lion and a sea gull, two inseparable buddies who do all kinds of fun things together. Readers will be touched by this tale of best friendship. And with a sea lion and a sea gull, as with us humans, it's their similarities, rather than their differences, that unite them. As with all Shankman & O'Neill books, the bouncing, Seussian rhymes and colorful illustrations make this a story to read again and again Ed and Dave began creating their award-winning children's books in 2008, with stories located in Boston, Cape Cod, Maine, and Vermont. In 2011 they turned their attention to New Orleans, and in 2013 they headed to Florida.