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Synopsis
Two friends, a bear and a rabbit, build a boat out of shoes, but after their trip at sea, the only thing on which they agree is that their experience was an adventure. By the illustrator of Oh!
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About the Author
Carolyn White is a folklorist, professional storyteller, and author. As a folklorist she has traveled to Europe to gather stories, living every other summer in the coastal village of Cloghane in the southwest of Ireland. She lives with her husband in East Lansing, Michigan.
From Publishers Weekly
Two quarrelsome friends go to sea in this sly puzzler, which playfully refuses to provide closure. At first, even the characters' identities are in doubt. Louey and Frank appear to be stuffed animals who board a floating pair of pink tennis shoes. The indirect narrative offers clues to who's who ("Louey waved at the fishes. Frank tossed marshmallows at the birds"), while the placid pictures present a white rabbitish fellow and a brown teddy bear with wide-open button eyes and a startled pink o for a mouth. When the sailors encounter a "blue and humpy" shape in the water, they debate whether it's a whale or a rock; when they see a spiny brown object, they disagree over whether it's a fish or a log. White remains coy about the truth of the matter, and she plays on words to emphasize the nonsense; as Louey and Frank sit atop the whale-rock, "It rolled. `Hold on tight,' said Louey. `The rock's rocking.' " Dronzek's (Oh!) sedate acrylic paintings reveal isolated details like a target-shaped eye or a mouthful of blunt teeth, but never show an entire ocean creature; neither Louey nor Frank is absolutely correct. For all the quirky mystery, the volume exudes gentleness and mimics an occasionally silly game of let's-pretend. Ages 4-up.
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- PublisherGreenwillow
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0688166059
- ISBN 13 9780688166052
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages24
- IllustratorDronzek Laura
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