Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man

by Robert McCloskey

Overview

Whenever Burt Dow, who lives in a snug little house on the Maine coast, sets out to sea, his pet giggling gull goes along. But this time, it will take all his might and some plain old ingenuity to save him and the gull from a raging storm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140509786
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	03/01/1989
Series:	Picture Puffin Books Series
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	167,007
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.17(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) wrote and illustrated some of the most honored and enduring children's books ever published. He grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and spent time in Boston, New York, and ultimately Maine, where he and his wife raised their two daughters. The first ever two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder, McCloskey was also awarded Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer.  He was declared a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000.  You can see some of his best-loved characters immortalized as statues in Boston's Public Garden and Lentil Park in Hamilton, Ohio.