Synopsis
In this fanciful picture book for the very young, adorable all-mouse crews ride rowboats, sailboats, tugboats, and snug boats across brightly colored seas. In the water, full of water, out of water, underwater-boats of all kinds sail among the stars and dance around the moon. Simple, rhythmic text and colorful illustrations filled with charming details make this a perfect book for sharing at bedtime.
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About the Authors
Olga Litowinsky is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Olga Litowinsky include The Pawlioned Paper, Groovy Tube Books: Bug Blast!, Dog Overboard! (Adventures of Wishbone, No 12). She lives on Martha's Vineyard.
Melanie Hope Greenberg is an author and illustrator. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Reviews
PreSchool-Sail into bedtime with this colorfully illustrated catalog of boats. The appealing mouse crews set out on tugboats, tankers, kayaks, sailboats, and freighters "in the harbor," "on the sea," "in the sky," "among the stars," "All night long." There are working boats, pleasure boats, toy boats, underwater boats-too many to mention. Tots will cheerfully point to and identify them all as they float into slumber counting boats instead of sheep, and seafaring and landlubbing parents alike will love sharing it with them.
Jennifer J. Gallant, Cleveland Public Library, OH
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Featured against solid, boldly hued backdrops depicting various waterscapesAfrom a bathtub to an open oceanAboats of all shapes and sizes come into clear focus in Greenburg's (Down in the Subway) cheerful art. Litowinsky's minimal, straightforward text provides labels for the specific types of craft ("Tankers," "Kayaks") and groups the boats thematically ("Boats working hard night and day"; "Boats for pleasure everywhere"). Pictures and narrative take a fanciful turn in the closing pages, where airborne vessels, including a creatively painted Viking ship and an ark worthy of Noah "Sail among the stars/ Play around the moon." As a follow-up to this dreamlike scenario, the final page reveals a scattering of ships floating above a sleeping child's bed. Colorfully clad, diminutive mice make up the boats' crews and sunbathe on an ocean liner, picnic in a canoe and water ski behind a speedboat. Their diverting antics give the book its buoyancy. Ages 2-5. (Sept.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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