In a (vain) attempt to catch my reading blog up with my actual reading, I’m going to spin the “Five on Friday” theme a bit. Here are five more books my family brought home from last weekend’s Fish Tales, Tugs & Sails festival and which we have been reading together this week:
ACROSS THE WIDE OCEAN
by Karen Romano Young
Greenwillow, 2007
I wish this gorgeous and unique introduction to oceans and ocean travel had been available when I was writing TRACKING TRASH, because I would have suggested it as further reading. In fact, if you happen to own a copy of TRACKING TRASH, open to page 54 and add ACROSS THE WIDE OCEAN to the list of “Books to Enjoy”.
A DROP AROUND THE WORLD
by Barbara Shaw McKinney
Illustrated by Michael S. Maydak
Dawn Publications, 1998
Barbara Shaw McKinney had a great rapport with her audience …
PASS THE ENERGY, PLEASE
by Barbara Shaw McKinney
Illustrated by Chad Wallace
Dawn Publications, 1999
… and I love her topics.
SHELLS! SHELLS! SHELLS!
By Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Marshall Cavendish, 2007
This book caught the eye of my beach-loving daughter the moment we arrived at the festival. Nancy Elizabeth Wallace went on to mesmerize my little one further with her reading and with her gifts for the audience (shells, of course!). I was captured by Nancy’s tales of turning recycled products (bill envelopes, bar codes, clementine sacks, etc) into art for her books.
IBIS, A TRUE WHALE STORY
By John Himmelman
Scholastic, 1990
John Himmelman was shocked when my son showed up at the signing table with our tattered and old paperback edition of this story. It has been a family favorite for years (and years and years) and we were all thrilled to have it inscribed by the author. Thanks, John!
