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A Thousand yards of sea : a collection of sea stories and poems / compiled by Laura Cecil ; pictures by Emma Chichester Clark.

Cecil, Laura. (Added Author). Chichester Clark, Emma, (illustrator.).

Summary:

A collection of sea stories and poems by such authors as Edward Lear, Margaret Mahy, and Rudyard Kipling.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0688114377
  • ISBN: 9780688114374
  • Physical Description: 69 pages : color illustrations
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, 1993.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The jumblies / Edward Lear -- The man whose mother was a pirate / Margaret Mahy -- The underwater wibbles / Jack Prelutsky -- A thousand yards of sea / Adele Geras -- Fishes' evening song / Dahlov Ipcar -- The green kitten / Eleanor Farjeon -- O'er seas that have no beaches / Mervyn Peake -- Jonah and the whale and the cod-liver oil / Milos Macourek, translated by Marie Burg -- Little Billee / William Makepeace Thackeray -- A sea story / Richard Hughes -- Little fan / James Reeves -- Prince Crab / a Venetian folk tale, retold by Laura Cecil -- Seal lullaby / Rudyard Kipling
Subject:
Ocean > Literary collections.
Ocean > Juvenile literary collections.
Sea stories > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Literature.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Swansboro Branch Library J808.8 T 809562 (Text) 36015000995155 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -