Moby Dick: Chasing the Great White Whale - Hardcover

Kimmel, Eric A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312662971 ISBN 13: 9780312662974

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends, 2012

Synopsis

AHOY!

Come with us aboard the Pequod.

We search for Moby Dick,

the Great White Whale!

Along with Captain Ahab,

you'll meet danger face to face,

hunting the fiercest creature

the seas have ever known!

Are you brave enough--

and bold enough--

for the adventure of your life?

The award-winning author and illustrator team of Eric A. Kimmel and Andrew Glass introduce a new generation of readers to a magnificent and memorable retelling of Herman Melville's masterpiece, Moby Dick.

About this title

Review:

"Kimmel make[s] this classic accessible to young readers."--"Publishers Weekly"

."..this rollicking yarn with its splendid art will serve as a stand-alone introduction."--"School Library Journal" "Kimmel make[s] this classic accessible to young readers."--"Publishers Weekly"

..".this rollicking yarn with its splendid art will serve as a stand-alone introduction."--"School Library Journal" "Kimmel make[s] this classic accessible to young readers."--"Publishers Weekly"

Praise for "Moby Dick"

..".this rollicking yarn with its splendid art will serve as a stand-alone introduction." --"School Library Journal "

"Kimmel make[s] this classic accessible to young readers." --"Publishers Weekly"

"Kimmel's verse touches on all the major plot points, from Ahab pinning the gold doubloon to the mast to the final disastrous encounter..." --"Booklist "

"Herman Melville's legendary and lengthy tome is beautifully encapsulated in a jaunty rhyme sprinkled with historical and nautical terms. An author's note gives further information about the story in addition to Melville's own story. There is also a glossary for some of the more unusual words. The illustrations lavishly fill each spread, evoking thoughts of the monstrous beast while the cross-hatching and grain echo the creature's skin, and the choppy movement of the waves even when the action is taking place on dry land. This is a wonderful, short-attention-span-friendly addition to any library." --"Children's Literature"

"Kimmel's rhymes scan with clarity from the start, and he has a genius for synthesizing the loquacious storyline down to its plot essentials. ...The high point of the title turns out to be Glass' art. His oil-and-pencil illustrations create a white whale hide interlaced with the scars of countless harpooners, his sheer girth a towering mountain of angry flesh. Readers will have little difficulty understanding the awe inspired by such a creature. For a bare-bones retelling of the original's plot, this has no equal." --"Kirkus Reviews
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Praise for "Moby Dick"

"This rollicking yarn with its splendid art will serve as a stand-alone introduction." --"School Library Journal "

"Kimmel make[s] this classic accessible to young readers." --"Publishers Weekly"

"Kimmel's verse touches on all the major plot points, from Ahab pinning the gold doubloon to the mast to the final disastrous encounter..." --"Booklist "

"Herman Melville's legendary and lengthy tome is beautifully encapsulated in a jaunty rhyme sprinkled with historical and nautical terms. An author's note gives further information about the story in addition to Melville's own story. There is also a glossary for some of the more unusual words. The illustrations lavishly fill each spread, evoking thoughts of the monstrous beast while the cross-hatching and grain echo the creature's skin, and the choppy movement of the waves even when the action is taking place on dry land. This is a wonderful, short-attention-span-friendly addition to any library." --"Children's Literature"

"Kimmel's rhymes scan with clarity from the start, and he has a genius for synthesizing the loquacious storyline down to its plot essentials. ...The high point of the title turns out to be Glass' art. His oil-and-pencil illustrations create a white whale hide interlaced with the scars of countless harpooners, his sheer girth a towering mountain of angry flesh. Readers will have little difficulty understanding the awe inspired by such a creature. For a bare-bones retelling of the original's plot, this has no equal." --"Kirkus Reviews
"

This rollicking yarn with its splendid art will serve as a stand-alone introduction. "School Library Journal"

Kimmel make[s] this classic accessible to young readers. "Publishers Weekly"

Kimmel's verse touches on all the major plot points, from Ahab pinning the gold doubloon to the mast to the final disastrous encounter "Booklist"

Herman Melville's legendary and lengthy tome is beautifully encapsulated in a jaunty rhyme sprinkled with historical and nautical terms. An author's note gives further information about the story in addition to Melville's own story. There is also a glossary for some of the more unusual words. The illustrations lavishly fill each spread, evoking thoughts of the monstrous beast while the cross-hatching and grain echo the creature's skin, and the choppy movement of the waves even when the action is taking place on dry land. This is a wonderful, short-attention-span-friendly addition to any library. "Children's Literature"

Kimmel's rhymes scan with clarity from the start, and he has a genius for synthesizing the loquacious storyline down to its plot essentials. The high point of the title turns out to be Glass' art. His oil-and-pencil illustrations create a white whale hide interlaced with the scars of countless harpooners, his sheer girth a towering mountain of angry flesh. Readers will have little difficulty understanding the awe inspired by such a creature. For a bare-bones retelling of the original's plot, this has no equal. "Kirkus Reviews""

"This rollicking yarn with its splendid art will serve as a stand-alone introduction." --School Library Journal

"Kimmel make[s] this classic accessible to young readers." --Publishers Weekly

"Kimmel's verse touches on all the major plot points, from Ahab pinning the gold doubloon to the mast to the final disastrous encounter..." --Booklist

"Herman Melville's legendary and lengthy tome is beautifully encapsulated in a jaunty rhyme sprinkled with historical and nautical terms. An author's note gives further information about the story in addition to Melville's own story. There is also a glossary for some of the more unusual words. The illustrations lavishly fill each spread, evoking thoughts of the monstrous beast while the cross-hatching and grain echo the creature's skin, and the choppy movement of the waves even when the action is taking place on dry land. This is a wonderful, short-attention-span-friendly addition to any library." --Children's Literature

"Kimmel's rhymes scan with clarity from the start, and he has a genius for synthesizing the loquacious storyline down to its plot essentials. ...The high point of the title turns out to be Glass' art. His oil-and-pencil illustrations create a white whale hide interlaced with the scars of countless harpooners, his sheer girth a towering mountain of angry flesh. Readers will have little difficulty understanding the awe inspired by such a creature. For a bare-bones retelling of the original's plot, this has no equal." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Eric A. Kimmel is the author of over a hundred books for children. He and his wife live in Portland, Oregon, only a two-hour drive from the ocean, where they watch the migration of the gray whales every year.

Andrew Glass is the author and illustrator of many books for children, including the Newbery Honor books Graven Images: Three Stories by Paul Fleischman and The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain. Andrew lives in Manhattan with his wife and daughter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0312662971
• ISBN 13: 9780312662974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Glass Andrew