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Sailor Song

Sailor Song Hardcover - 1999

by Jewell, Nancy

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New York: Clarion Books1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0395825113. "Summary: A mother sings her child a song that describes how a sailor makes his way home from the sea to his family". Pictorial glossy boards binding, unpaginated, color illustrated. Fine copy in Fine jacket. bx291
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  • Title Sailor Song
  • Author Jewell, Nancy
  • Illustrator Stefano Vitale
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, New York
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 42127
  • ISBN 9780395825112 / 0395825113
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.28 x 7.36 x 0.38 in (21.03 x 18.69 x 0.97 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Library of Congress subjects Mother and child - Fiction, Songs - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98022086
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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Summary

As a mother tucks her young child into bed, she sings him a dreamy story of a sailor on his way home from the sea. It's a song of the ocean, but also of a wood, a field, and even a snug little country house. Luminous nighttime illustrations depict the sailor's journey from ocean to wood to field until he arrives at the very same bedroom where the child is waiting. The lilting rhythm of a mother's song and her child's response, coupled with Stefano Vitale's distinctive oil paintings on wood, creates a magical book perfect for bedtime.

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"small gem of a picture book...The idea seems simple, but the interplay between text and pictures is adroit and simply beautiful." Horn Book Guide

A modest lullaby sung by a mother to her child at bedtime, telling of a fisherman returning home after a long sojourn at sea. His boat doesn't just sail into harbor; it floats through forests and over fields, climbs stony paths, and soars across the night sky. When the sailor comes through the door, it's clear he's returning to the family, evoked from the mists by the mother's singing. Vitale's artwork on wood characteristically fuses various styles for images of the little family at home and the seafarer on his journey.
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