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Ferryboat Ride!
Ocean ferries, harbor ferries, river ferries, lake ferries--even children who don't live near one often experience them while on vacation. As she did with air travel in I Fly, Anne Rockwell shows children what to expect when going on a ferry for the first time. In simple, straightforward language, a young girl describes her ferryboat ride as she travels to her summer island home. Cars and trucks rattle onto the boat, a forklift brings heavy cartons aboard, and the girl explains the various parts of the ferry. As the engine below deck starts to rumble and throb, the captain blows his whistle and steers the ferry carefully out of the harbor. Once underway, the girl watches the water, feeds the gulls, and peers through the fog as the foghorn blasts, waiting for a glimpse of the island. Full-color illustrations by Maggie Smith (This Is Your Garden) are filled with fun and informative details. By the time the ferry pulls up to the island pier, readers will long to find a ferry of their own to ride.
- GenresChildrens
40 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1999
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March 25, 2020
A great introduction to a different lifestyle than those of us who do not live by the ocean have. Lots of new vocabulary to talk about.
Interestingly, the one detail that my six-year-old picked up on was the fact that the little girl in the story has a pair of yellow sunglasses on her sunhat. Midway through the story she is sitting on the deck and the illustrations show that a child sitting behind the little girl takes the sunglasses. The sunglasses are missing throughout the rest of the story. My kids were concerned that the little girl's sunglasses were stolen. I looked over the entire book later, and several pages after the deck illustration, the little girl once again appears with the yellow sunglasses on her hat, only to have them gone again to the end of the book.
Interestingly, the one detail that my six-year-old picked up on was the fact that the little girl in the story has a pair of yellow sunglasses on her sunhat. Midway through the story she is sitting on the deck and the illustrations show that a child sitting behind the little girl takes the sunglasses. The sunglasses are missing throughout the rest of the story. My kids were concerned that the little girl's sunglasses were stolen. I looked over the entire book later, and several pages after the deck illustration, the little girl once again appears with the yellow sunglasses on her hat, only to have them gone again to the end of the book.
June 10, 2023
A little girl takes the ferryvwith her family to get to a little island where their cottage is.
March 10, 2009
Little girl on a ferry ride with her family. Great attention to the details of the ship and the journey.
January 28, 2016
A little girl recounts her adventure riding the ferry to her family's summer home on a island off the coast.
Illustrations are okay.
Illustrations are okay.
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