The Day They Left the Bay (Inscribed First Edition)

Blackistone, Mick

ISBN 10: 0874918901 / ISBN 13: 9780874918908

Published by Acropolis Books, 1988

About this Item

Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this conservation-themed children's book that celebrates the Chesapeake Bay. Inscribed by Mick Blackistone to a previous owner on the front endpaper. Cloth, 34 pages, illustrated. Light edge wear. The dust jacket has an Environmental Education achievement award sticker on the front cover.

Seller Inventory # 013640

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Day They Left the Bay (Inscribed First Edition)
• Publisher: Acropolis Books
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874918901
• ISBN 13: 9780874918908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Boynton, Lee
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Deeply worried about the polluted condition of the Chesapeake Bay, all the creatures that live in and around it go away until the humans can learn to appreciate and preserve the Bay's natural beauty.

From the Inside Flap

Old Seagull noticed a sadness falling upon his part of the great Chesapeake Bay. He gathered Osprey, Bluefish, and Eagle at the Lighthouse to learn what was wrong. The humans were taking away the food and spoiling the water for the animals, birds, and waterlife of the Bay. Only if all the Bay creatures left their homes would humans learn their unhappy lesson. And only the old waterman with a twinkle in his eye could tell people how to bring them back.

The Day They Left the Bay is a charming and enlightening modern fable for children and their parents and teachers as well, of how humankind must get along with its fellow creatures to preserve our natural heritage no matter where it's located.

Lee Boynton is an acclaimed artist well-known in the Chesapeake Bay area for his paintings.