- Paperback: 33 pages
- Publisher: Harper Trophy Canada (April 4 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 000648056X
- ISBN-13: 978-0006480563
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #308,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kenneth Oppel, author of the wildly popular and award-winning young adult novels Silverwing and Sunwing, takes to the seven seas in this playful picture book for younger readers. Born and bred on her folks' fishing boat, 7-year-old Peg has just plain grown weary of chores. She's a feisty, high-spirited lass who yearns to find herself a real adventure, so she signs on to the crew of a whaling ship. When she hooks an enormous sperm whale, red-headed Peg ties herself to the mast for a wild "Nantucket Sleigh Ride," but the jealous first mate cuts the rope holding her to the mast and she finds herself swallowed whole. Does that scare Peg? Certainly not. She sets up house in the whale's stomach, building a driftwood ladder to his blowhole to keep a lookout for home. And, once home, she begins making plans for her next adventure. Terry Widener's robust acrylic illustrations perfectly match Oppel's garrulously sprawling sea saga. This is a rollicking tale that is sure to delight young readers whose spirits run as high as Peg's. (Ages 4 to 8) --Jeffrey Canton
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3-Peg was born on her parents' fishing boat and grew up hauling sheets, pulling lines, and gutting fish. Now that she is almost seven and has already caught just about everything that lives in the sea, she decides to set her sights a bit higher and signs onto a whaling ship. A few days later, she hooks her prey, but the jealous first mate cuts the rope holding her to the mast and she is taken for a ride by the angry creature. Peg is never fazed, however, and as she flies through the air behind the huge animal, she thinks, "Just as well-That old ship was only slowing me down." The whale swallows her whole and Peg makes herself at home in its stomach, using driftwood to build a ladder to its blowhole. When she finally returns home, she is ready for a new kind of challenge-mountain climbing. This outrageous story never misses a beat, and the feisty, redheaded Peg is in a league with other modern tall-tale heroines such as Anne Isaacs's Swamp Angel (Dutton, 1994) and the star of Diane Stanley's Saving Sweetness (Putnam, 1996). Done in acrylic on paper, Widener's paintings have a bright quality and bits of exaggerated humor that suit the larger-than-life tale. A whale of an adventure story with a thoroughly likable heroine.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg, MD
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg, MD
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Energetic and fun,
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Energetic and fun,
By Andrea "Librarian, mama, book lover" - Published on Amazon.com
This engaging, infectious tall tale is lots of fun. It's a rollicking story about a girl who sets out to be the world's best fisherman and catch a whale. Undeterred by the fact that it's a mammal, she hooks one with her fishing rod, and ends up taken for a ride. She makes herself at home in the whale's belly, keeps warm in the Arctic by singing sea shanties, and eventually steers the whale home. The tale's outrageous tone never falters and Peg is so brash and insistent that she's believable, despite the outlandishness of her story.
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my kids love it; I'm lukewarm,
By Ellen - Published on Amazon.com
My kids love this book, and several phrases ("a pox on those scurvy harpoons!" and "nantucket sleigh ride") have become standard family lingo in a short period of time. The story is a fun tall tale, and the pictures charming. Other than the aforementioned phrases, the writing could be crisper and more elegant, but it's held up reasonably well to re-reading every night for a couple weeks now, so that's better than most.
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