The book, Born on a Crest of a Wave, illustrates a poem that men and women of the United States Navy have committed to memory for generations. Ask any sailor How Long have you been in the Navy? and a grin is sure to appear as he or she begins, "All me bloomin' life..." The book presents beautiful illustrations of the poem - King Neptune being pulled by seahorses, an octopus rocking a baby in the cradle of the deep, and a crab's barber shop deep below the ocean's surface.