This Boat [Hardcover]

Paul Collicutt (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 8, 2001 | Age Level: 4 and up

By the author and illustrator of This Train, a Parents' Choice Gold Medal Book

Anchors aweigh! From a boat in a bottle to a supertanker cargo ship, from a boat that can break through ice to one that can sail under it -- This Boat, with its simple text and lush pictures, celebrates all kinds of boats, and ferries the youngest of readers toward a smooth docking. As a bonus, full-color endpapers feature captioned renderings of marine vessels from around the world and through the ages, such as a Viking longboat and the SS Titanic.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In the vein of This Plane and This Train, Paul Collicutt explores all things seaworthy in This Boat, with vessels that "break through ice" and "[sail] on top of a bridge." The informative end papers showing specific boats (e.g., the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier, the SS Titanic) are a bonus.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-Collicutt follows the template of his This Plane (2000) and This Train (1999, both Farrar) to portray all sorts of boats, even one in a bottle. The detailed, realistic, brightly colored paintings create ample interest for revisiting, and the simple text presents formulaic repetition, making it useful for beginning readers. Plenty of sea is covered, and the glimpses will encourage further study of particular boats since readers receive only one fact (and one view) per page. A story that will gratify young sailors and transportation buffs.
Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); 1st edition (March 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0374374953
• ISBN-13: 978-0374374952
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,045,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A solid offering for 2 year olds, January 22, 2002

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Barryroad (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Boat (Hardcover)

Ignore the "recommended" age bracket (4+). My 2-year old daughter has memorized the simple subtitles and enjoys the colorful pictures in this book.