Surrounded By Sea

Discover what life is like season by season when you're surrounded by the sea. See the ferry that brings people and supplies to the island and the fisherman preparing their nets for the summer fishing season. Learn about the significance of buoys, the workings of lobster traps, and the variety of boats you can see from the shore."On the Maine island profiled here, year-round inhabitants spend the winter fishing, going to school, or crafting items to sell to next summer's visitors. Setting her cartoon-style people against the beautifully observed island and surrounding seascape, Gibbons includes a good selection of details about lobstering, local transportation and services, occupations and pastimes." —Kirkus ReviewsGail Gibbons "has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator," according to the Washington Post. Winner of the 2010 Regina Award, she has written and illustrated more than fifty books for Holiday House. She lives in Corinth, Vermont.