Surrounded by Sea: Life on a New England Fishing Island

Gibbons, Gail

ISBN 10: 0316309613 ISBN 13: 9780316309615

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1991

Synopsis

By revealing activities of island residents through the four seasons, contemporary everyday life in a New England fishing village is presented

About this title

About the Author:

Whether she's in her solar house in Corinth, Vermont, or in her summer home on an island off the cost of Maine, Gail Gibbons lives surrounded by nature. It is her curiosity for how nature works that has led her into such a successful career as a children's book author and illustrator. Before creating chilren's books, she worked for NBC television. She has published fity titles with Holiday House. Visit her on the Web at www.gailgibbons.com.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3-- Gibbons's penchant for creating interesting, informative nonfiction books for young children appears to be fathomless. Here, she opens the world of island living to mainlanders, providing insight into the activities that occupy the islanders' way of life. The informative text and illustrations transcend the seasons and detail the changes that take place there. The uncluttered, cartoonlike illustrations are clearly labeled and show, for example, the various kinds of boats to be found, how a lobster is trapped, the different kinds of nets used in deep sea fishing, and the tiny village itself, nestled among the rocks and dunes. Life on the island is insular, but for those who live there, it is never dull. Bright and cheerful describe the watercolor pictures, and they are in total complement to the brief text on each page. Clean in appearance, the book offers insightful information in a manner as fresh as a sea breeze. It lends itself naturally to units on where and how others live. Children will want to be Surrounded by Sea as soon as they spy the colorful dust jacket. --Mary Lou Budd, Milford South Elementary School, OH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0316309613
• ISBN 13: 9780316309615
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32