A Sailing Boat in the Sky - Hardcover

Blake, Quentin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224064541 ISBN 13: 9780224064545

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Walking along the beach one day two children, Isobel and Nicholas, discover a ruined old sailing boat lying in the sand. They resolve to put this strange boat together, and so begins their great adventure. Aided by, Simona, a wounded stork, the children soar through the sky in their sailing boat and see a world that has lost its way. A girl being bullied, a weak child forced to work, a boy who can barely breathe in a polluted city, a mother and her baby trapped in a war zone - at each place they stop to help. These missions, however, take their toll, and the boat is seriously damaged. Finding a safe place to land, the children and their new friends manage to build a bigger, better boat so that, one fine morning, an amazing new sailing boat can take to the sky.

About this title

Review:

A succinct, lively and successful fable about racism, pollution and war, in which children offer hope for a happier future. -- The Sunday Times, 31st March 2002

Book Description:

This unique picture book about the important themes of poverty, child slavery, pollution, racism and war created by Quentin Blake and 1,800 children from all over Europe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0224064541
• ISBN 13: 9780224064545
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Blake Quentin