Books with title Sail%20Away

A celebration of mermaids, wildernesses of waves, and the creatures of the deep through poems by Langston Hughes and cut-paper collage illustrations by multiple Coretta Scott King Award–winner Ashley Bryan.The great African-American poet Langston Hughes penned poem after poem about the majesty of the sea, and the great African-American artist Ashley Bryan, who’s spent more than half his life on a small island, is as drawn to the sea as much as he draws the sea. Their talents combine in this windswept collection of illustrated poems—from “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” to “Seascape,” from “Sea Calm” to “Sea Charm”— that celebrates all things oceanic.

Parents’ Choice Silver Honour Award 2000 Resource Links' Year’s Best 2000 Book Sense 76 Top 10 Picks Children’s Literature Choice List 2001 CCBC Our Choice A versatile author of poetry, fiction and plays, Florence McNeil has garnered a number of awards for her work for adults and children. Her novel, Catriona's Island won the Sheila Egoff prize for children's literature. She also compiled and edited the highly praised anthology of children's poetry Do Whales Jump at Night? Illustrator and author of over seventy books for children, David McPhail is beloved for his lively portraits of children, bears, pigs, moles, bunnies, puppies and a host of other two- and four-legged creatures. Other titles include The Furry Bedtime Book, The Puddle, Mole Music, Angel Pig and the Hidden Christmas and Tall in the Saddle.