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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9781845075613
ISBN number: 1845075617
Label: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Manufacturer: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 48
Printing Date: July 23, 2007
Publishing house: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 730857
Studio: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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Tim loves the sea, and he especially loves listening to the old boatman talk about it. Tim’s best friend, Ginger, though, is a sailor, and sailors already know such things so when he goes out shrimping, Ginger pays no heed to the boatman’s warning about dangerous tides. He’s soon in trouble, and it’s up to Tim to rescue Ginger from the crashing waves — and that’s just the beginning of Tim’s most thrilling adventures. With its gorgeous watercolour illustrations and absorbing plot, this timeless story is as fresh and exciting yesterday as when very first published.
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My three year old LOVES, LOVES, LOVES this story. The illustrations are great & the plot is unique and captivating for young readers.
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Writing stories for small children would seem to be a delicate business. If parents read to children, it's nice if a story and its illustrations stay interesting - for at least twenty reads. In addition, it's nice if an author respects a child's ability to be absorbed by an exciting (but not confusing) plot. William Steig and others figured this out. Edward Ardizzone, author and illustrator of this book, has also got it figured out. This book has terrific pen and ink drawings, watercolor-washed, and an unforgettable story. (My kids are grown, yet remember it still.) Tim and Ginger, two boys, are friends who live in an English seacoast town. Without looking for adventure, they find it. A nerve-racking realistically drawn mishap occurs, and is resolved - to the reader's satisfaction.
My children loved this series (this is the very first book) when they were young. It has a comforting middle-class British sensibility throughout. Children have parents who occasionally require their presence at home or on excursions, bystanders offer help, people meet at tea-time, and if you get wet you warm yourself, later, by the fire. People get frightened, feel sad, and recover and laugh.
The story has a neat plot that parents reading to young children will enjoy. It's never cloying. The drawings are wonderful, and contribute perfectly to the mood and the message of the story. People come to one another's aid in fresh and interesting ways. There is no preaching, though, in this neat adventure story for kids - ages five and up.
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