Circus Ship by Chris Dusen
Candlewick Press
$16.99
Maine author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen has outdone himself with the charming and engaging Circus Ship. It is the tale of a ship of circus animals, owned by an evil, greedy man, which runs aground on a remote Maine island of nice, though initially alarmed villagers. After the animals show their worthin dramatic fashion the villagers hide them from the evil circus owner. On one spectacular full page spread children will delight in finding the hidden animals in the picture.
by Kate Banks, Illustrated by Laura Castillo
Farrar Straus Giroux
$16.95
Okay I'm wild for this truly delightful picture book. A young girl narrates her day spent fishing with her father in an unnamed place that feels like Maine, and probably is since Banks was born and raised here. Castillo's drawings are warm and wonderful, and perfectly complement Banks' text. The understated but loving character of the story is established and reinforced by the girl's account of the different ways she and her father have. Here they are as she climbs in the boat first and then...
"He climbs aboard and begins to row.
Dip and pull, dip and pull.
He whistles with each swaying movement,
because that's Papa's way.
I sing "whoosh" as each small wave
washes against the side of the boat.
That's my way."
I hope many, many people will share this book and make it the classic it deserves to be!
Kenny Brechner
Devaney,Doak, and Garrett Booksellers
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