On Sand Island / Jacqueline Briggs Martin ; illustrated by David Johnson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 061823151X
- [Fic] 21
- PZ7.M363168 On 2003
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Martin, Jacqueline Briggs | Available | 33111004341778 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the deep blue waters of Lake Superior lies a small island of hummingbirds, rabbits, and hardy Norwegian fishing folk. On that island lives a boy named Carl who wants nothing more than to be out on the water in a boat of his own making. So this is a story of sawing, nailing, and sanding. But because Sand Island neighbors are closer than cousins, this is also a story of picking strawberries, moving rocks, and mending fishing nets fine as lace.
In 1916 on an island in Lake Superior, Carl builds himself a boat by bartering with the other islanders for parts and labor.