Fog Island

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A timeless story of Finn and Cara, brother and sister, whose boat one day drifts onto a doomed and mysterious island. No one has ever returned from the mysterious Fog Island, but when the siblings get cast away on its murky shores, they discover things are not quiet as they expect…but will anyone ever believe them? With nearly 50 evocative and original drawings this never-before-published tale by one of the world's most acclaimed children's book authors is certain to delight ...
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Overview

A timeless story of Finn and Cara, brother and sister, whose boat one day drifts onto a doomed and mysterious island. No one has ever returned from the mysterious Fog Island, but when the siblings get cast away on its murky shores, they discover things are not quiet as they expect…but will anyone ever believe them? With nearly 50 evocative and original drawings this never-before-published tale by one of the world's most acclaimed children's book authors is certain to delight children and parents alike.
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Publishers Weekly
Any new book from Ungerer is a cause for celebration, and this one offers a particularly enticing blend of mystery and magic. Siblings Finn and Cara live “by the sea in the back of beyond” with their parents, and the book’s early scenes offer homey details of the family’s poor but happy life in what is presumably Ireland (to which the book is dedicated). The children’s father makes them a small boat, a curragh, warning them to steer clear of Fog Island, “a doomed and evil place.” Of course, that’s exactly where the children end up. Surreal, mist-shrouded images build a sense of strangeness and tension. Tall anthropomorphic rocks flank a winding staircase, peering at the children suspiciously, and green skeletal arms cling to the door at the top of the stairs, where the children are greeted by a “wizened old man,” who shares some of the island’s secrets while leaving them with new questions. It’s the kind of classic adventure that allows children to triumph over convention and common sense, threaded with peculiar imagery and unknowable mysteries that linger in the imagination. Ages 4–8. (Apr.)
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"A tale of mystery and overcoming fear of the unknown. . ." - Publishers Weekly
Kirkus Reviews
The renowned Ungerer presents an atmospheric, folkloric adventure celebrating the childhood imagination's ability to transform fear. Finn, Cara and their parents farm traditionally along the coast, raising food, fishing, cutting peat and spinning wool. Their father builds his children a rowboat (called a curragh), admonishing them to avoid eerie Fog Island. While the siblings are out exploring, an enveloping fog and strong currents necessitate an emergency landing on the island. Climbing steps up spooky rock cliffs, they encounter the Fog Man, his hair and beard cascading to his ankles. After showing them how he uses valves, the Earth's magma and seawater to make fog, he provides songs, seafood stew and a good night's rest. Next morning, though they wake in a ruined room with no sign of the Fog Man, bowls of hot stew await them. Finn and Cara's mysterious, shared experiences on Fog Island belie their neighbors' skepticism, and when, weeks later, Cara finds a very long hair in her soup, they giggle knowingly. Ungerer's pictures are cloaked in deliberate, misty grays and browns, accented with blue-green and red. Details abound, including sly ones: Might that be the author, fiddling at the pub, just below a mysterious, flowing mane of hair? The publisher's ever-lovely bookmaking is evidenced in the creamy stock, crisp typography and embossed boards. Dedicated to Ungerer's adopted Ireland and its people, this is a poignant, magical gift for us all. (Picture book. 4-8)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780714865355
  • Publisher: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 4/16/2013
  • Pages: 44
  • Sales rank: 294,262
  • Age range: 4 - 8 Years
  • Product dimensions: 9.00 (w) x 12.10 (h) x 0.50 (d)

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