Old Wood Boat
Hardcover – Picture Book, May 10, 2022
Candlewick Press · Hardcover · May 10, 2022
Raise the sails and follow the wind across the green sea in this captivating marriage of lyrical prose and intricate illustrations from a renowned West Coast artist.
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- Who it’s for
- Lyrical prose and precise cut-paper art make this restored boat’s return to sea a quiet pleasure.
- Themes
- Sailing, Restoration and renewal, Memory and waiting
- Pacing
- Reflective
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Raise the sails and follow the wind across the green sea in this captivating marriage of lyrical prose and intricate illustrations from a renowned West Coast artist. Old wood boat remembers the wind. Dilapidated and parted from the sea, she remembers and waits as her mast cracks and blackberry vines creep across her deck. But one day, a family tows her home. Scraped, scrubbed, sanded, and varnished, she is made beautiful and seaworthy again.
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After libations have been poured out, the family casts off, and old wood boat embarks on adventure once more. In this love letter to sailing, heralded artist Nikki McClure tells the story of a restored boat in timeless and reverent prose that perfectly accompanies her stunning cut-paper illustrations. At once delicate and bold, each page is masterful, rendered from a single sheet of black paper with precision and care that is sure to enthrall readers from coast to coast.
Sailing in Paper
Lyrical prose and precise cut-paper art make this restored boat’s return to sea a quiet pleasure.
Come here for
- A love letter to sailing, told in timeless, reverent prose
- Intricate illustrations cut from single sheets of black paper
Expect
- A boat’s patient passage from neglect to seaworthy again
- Delicate, bold artwork paired with a family’s voyage
Where it sits
| Boats & Ships | 91% |
|---|---|
| Family Stories | 53% |
| Art & Architecture | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Multigenerational Families
- Water Sports
- Boats & Ships
- Authors
- Nikki McClure
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- May 10, 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Sailing · Restoration and renewal · Memory and waiting
- Reading lane
- Multigenerational Families