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  <title><![CDATA[Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man (Picture Puffins)]]></title>
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  <default-description>Whenever Burt Dow, who lives in a snug little house on the Maine coast, sets out to sea, his pet giggling gull goes along. But this time, it will take all his might and some plain old ingenuity to save him and the gull from a raging storm.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1963</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert McCloskey]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[what a wonderful book - i loved &quot;blueberries for sal&quot; and one &quot;morning in maine&quot; growing up - but this whale of a tale was so filled with color... i loved it!<br/><br/>it's such and imaginative story... and i love love love the Jackson Pollock moment!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A tall tale about a retired deep-water man.  I loved the line about his painting inside the whale's tummy:<br/>&quot;He was beginning to enjoy himself - probably because it was the first time he'd ever had a chance to really express his personality in paint.&quot;<br/>This is accompanied by an ill...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44809113">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 04 11:58:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm sure I read this years ago, but I don't remember it, so I'll have to read it again.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The art in this book is a major departure from the pencil drawings of McCloskey's other books.  This book is painted in vivid springtime colors that pop.  I love his use of spatter paint throughout to depict waves.  I don't want to give too much away, but there are also some terrific illustrations o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25135158">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Odyssey of children's books, this one is long, vivid, highly improbable, and (to children) highly addictive. Burt's adventures with a whale, the Giggling Gull, and his fragile vessel, the Tidely-Idley are known by heart in my family.  But if you set down to read it, prepare for a long haul. It i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13858401">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[whales love band-aids, just like me!]]></body>
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    <review id="19175975">
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic. Especially the giggling gull.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hyrum loves this book so much.]]></body>
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