| The Serpent Came to Gloucester Contributor(s): Anderson, M. T. (Author), Ibatoulline, Bagram (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763620386 ISBN-13: 9780763620387 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2005 Annotation: Based on a true story and set in a Massachusetts fishing village during the summer of 1817, this picture book pays tribute to the beauty and mystery of the ocean as it tells the story of the legendary Gloucester sea serpent. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004057921 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 9.4" W x 12.1" (1.13 lbs) 40 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing on a true story, an award-winning author and illustrator present a picture-book tribute to the beauty and mystery of the ocean, and to the mesmerizing creatures that may frolic there. It came from the sea, from the lonely sea, It came from the glittering sea. In a small Massachusetts fishing village in August of 1817, dozens of citizens claimed to have seen an enormous sea serpent swimming off the coast. Terrified at first, the people of Gloucester eventually became quite accustomed to their new neighbor. Adventure seekers came from miles around to study the serpent and aggressively hunt it down, but the creature eluded capture. The Gloucester sea serpent was then, and remains now, a complete mystery. Reviving the rhythms and tone of a traditional sea chanty, M.T. Anderson recounts this exhilarating sea adventure through the eyes of a little boy who secretly hopes for the serpent's survival. The author's captivating verse is paired with Bagram Ibatoulline's luminous paintings, created in the spirit of nineteenth-century New England maritime artists. |