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Gr 1–4—A woman, her infant, young daughter, and dog travel across the sea in a small boat bearing a single patched sail. The spread on the copyright and title pages, however, reveals that this is not a pleasure trip. With a fire-red sky and black billows bursting behind them, the family runs along a barbed wire fence through the night to a cliff's edge and into their boat. Poetic triplets that express the children's vulnerability and confidence in their parent's protection accompany their journey. "I am the drifting boat/...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"I am the drifting boat / you are the quiet deep / buoy me." A lilting prayer to hope accompanies delicate watercolor and ink illust...Log In or Sign Up to Read More