Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man: A Tale of the Sea in the Classic Tradition

by Robert McCloskey

For ages 3-6 years

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This may be one of Robert McCloskey's lesser-known titles, but it's an absolute gem of which we (and our Savvy kids) are enormously fond. The hero is a retired fisherman turned housepainter whose zest for the sea remains undiminished by the leaky condition of his multicolored boat. Burt goes out deep-sea fishing one day, and in the ensuing adventure, McCloskey lets loose his sense of humor and the absurdist tendencies of his imagination. In what other book, we ask, will you find an old Maine fisherman doing a Jackson Pollack impersonation inside the belly of a whale? Or tenderly bandaging the tip of the tail of said whale (and the tails of a dozen or so of that's whale's relatives)? For any young sea-lovers, budding painters, or boo-boo and band-aid-obsessed children in your midst, this is fantastic yarn.

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