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Boats on the Bay: A Board Book

Boats on the Bay: A Board Book

Current price: $9.99
Publish Date:
Publisher:
Abrams Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
9781949480306
Pages:
24
Age Range:
0 - 4
Grade Range:
P - K
Language:
English
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Description

Originally published as a picture book, this board-book edition features boats found on a busy bay, buoyed by award-winning author Jeanne Walker Harvey’s simple, spare, and lyrical text, and Grady McFerrin’s wondrous full-color illustrations.
 
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Inspired by the San Francisco Bay but with universal appeal, the book features a spectacular double-spread gatefold finale showing a boat parade and fireworks glowing against a city backdrop.

About the Author

Jeanne Walker Harvey is the author of several picture books, including Boats on the Bay, as well as the well-received picture book biographies Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas and Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines. She lives in Sonoma, California.

Praise for Boats on the Bay: A Board Book

"A well-designed book with a simple, approachable text."
— Kirkus Reviews

"Simple, serene text coupled with stunning, sweeping illustrations."
— Avery & Augustine

"This is McFerrin’s debut picture book. . . .He manages to capture textures you want to reach out and touch."

"Harvey’s short, simple sentences, many with internal rhymes . . . make this a good fit for emerging readers."
— Julie Danielson, Kirkus Reviews

"A celebration of place and a catalogue of the kinds of vessels dear to the hearts of boat enthusiasts young and old."
— Publishers Weekly

"This mini intro to our safe harbor is perfect run-up or follow-up for a leisurely stroll along the Embarcadero, bracing bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge, or ferry tour around Alcatraz. Take-home message: Take notice."
— San Fransisco Chronicle