Sailing Boat In The Sky

Sailing Boat In The Sky

by QuentinBlake (Author)

Synopsis

While walking along the beach one day, Isobel and Nicholas discover a strange looking wreck. As they begin to put it together, they find it is a peculiar sort of sailing boat. They clamber in, and so begins their great adventure. Aided by a wounded stork, they sail through the sky, encountering scenes of despair and devastation, and set about righting some of the wrongs in the world. At each place they stop to help, and soon the boat is full with all their new friends - a bullied girl, a weak child worker, a boy, rescued from a polluted city, a mother and baby saved from a war zone. But, this all takes its toll on the boat, and they have to find a safe place to land, where they can all work together to build a bigger and better sailing boat and continue on their humanitarian mission.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 48
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Red Fox
Published: 01 May 2003

ISBN 10: 009943959X
ISBN 13: 9780099439592
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
Book Overview: This unique picture book about the important themes of poverty, child slavery, pollution, racism and war created by Quentin Blake and 1,800 children from all over Europe.

Media Reviews
A beautiful and thoughtful story of tolerance and hope told in words and pictures. -- Guardian

His signature ink and watercolour depict sorrow, while his storytelling skill spells hope. -- Financial Times
Author Bio
Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children's Laureate. In the 2013 New Year's Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration.