LITERATURE

Sailing Days: Stories and Poems about Sailors and the Sea

(4) 4-6 Setting sail, piracy, shipwrecks, and mermaids are all subjects of this compilation. Both classic and contemporary, some readings suffer from their excerption. Prose includes selections from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows and Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle; "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear and "O to Sail" by Walt Whitman are some poetic offerings. Illustrations by a variety of artists decorate the handsome volume. Glos.

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