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Foster, Mark

Whale Port

64 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | September, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-54722-7 $18.00

(1) 4-6 Illustrated by Gerald Foster. Readers follow development of the imagined whaling town of Tuckanucket. We see industries grow: shipsmithing, candleworks, milling--and, later, tourism. Each precisely detailed ink and crayon double-page spread is drawn from the same bird's-eye perspective, allowing readers to spot landmarks and changes; additional interspersed pages offer elaboration. The Fosters have elegantly synthesized a tremendous amount of information into a beguiling format. Ind.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2007