Swashby and the sea
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No-nonsense Captain Swashby is used to the sea meeting all of his needs and when, after his retirement, new neighbors disturb his solitary life, the sea helps in just the right way.
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Booklist Review
Captain Swashby retires to a little seaside house, enjoying the serenity until a lively little girl and her amiable granny move in next door. Suddenly grumpy, Swashby hides when they ring the doorbell and feeds their gift of cookies to the gulls. He even writes a message in the wet sand: NO TRESPASSING. But the sea fiddles with it, erasing a few letters. The girl reads only "SING," and so she does. After he writes "PLEASE GO AWAY," the sea fiddles again, leaving PL--AY for the girl to read, and so she does. But when the sea carries the child away from the shore, Swashby dives in, brings her back, and, upon reflection, forges a friendship with his new neighbors. The illustrator of the Caldecott Honor--winning Alma and How She Got Her Name (2018), Martinez-Neal uses acrylics, colored pencils, and graphite to create pictures that capture the feel of the seaside, as well as the protagonist's shifting emotions. Telling a story with imagination and wit, Ferry creates a cantankerous but lovable character in Captain Swashby and a mysterious, well-intentioned, mischievous one in the sea, which transforms the captain's final message, "THANK YE, FRIEND," into "THE END." It's a fitting conclusion to an exceptionally satisfying picture book.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Swashby, a bushy-bearded, red-nosed old salt, is ready to spend a reclusive retirement ("Salty/ and sandy/ and serene") by his longtime friend, the sea. "She knew him in and out,/ up and down,/ and better than anyone," writes Ferry (Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish). When a girl and her grandmother move in next door ("nosy,/ a nuisance,/ annoying"), he starts leaving stern warning messages in the sand. "NO TRESPASSING," reads the first, "which the sea fiddled with, just a little bit," turning it into "SING," which the girl does with gusto. When the sea turns "PLEASE GO AWAY" into "PL--AY," the child almost coaxes Swashby into being her playmate. But it takes the sea turning dangerous to fully open Swashby's heart; he rescues the girl and embraces neighborliness, realizing that it can mean "fun,/ and friends,/ and... family." Caldecott Honoree Martinez-Neal's acrylic, colored pencil, and graphite drawings teeter between scenes curmudgeonly and sweet, underscoring the story's tensions. A strong sense of place emerges from the palette, redolent of sunlit sand and sea glass, and the interplay between Swashby and his meddling sea has its magic. Ages 4--7. Author's agent: Elena Giovinazzo, Pippin Properties. Illustrator's agent: Stefanie Sanchez Von Borstel, Full Circle Literary. (May)
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Ferry, B., & Martinez-Neal, J. (2020). Swashby and the sea. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ferry, Beth and Juana, Martinez-Neal. 2020. Swashby and the Sea. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ferry, Beth and Juana, Martinez-Neal, Swashby and the Sea. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ferry, Beth, and Juana Martinez-Neal. Swashby and the Sea. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
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Last Sierra Extract Time | Nov 25, 2024 09:42:25 AM |
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