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McCurdy, Michael, Illustrator

The Sailor's Alphabet

32 pp. | Houghton | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-395-84167-4
(3) K-3 'The Sailor's Alphabet' is a sea chantey sung by early American sailors to pass the time as they worked. While showing a view of life at sea for these men, the song also describes the ship and its equipment, providing a history lesson along with the poetry. The scratchboard and watercolor illustrations seem a bit stiff, but the overall effect is authentic.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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