Some days, storms threaten to overturn his boat. Some days, the journey is peaceful, and the skies are cloudless and bright. He brings with him a teacup full of earth from the place where he grew up, and sets off to sea. Ottley’s paintings offer readers a thrilling share in the boy’s adventure. Teacup Rebecca Young, Matt Ottley (Illustrator) 4.06 934 ratings236 reviews A boy must leave his home and find another. As the boy grows lonelier (“The way the whales called out to one another reminded him of how his mother used to call him in for tea”), a seed hidden in the soil in his teacup begins to grow, ready to bear fruit when he finally makes landfall a companion appears not long after. This is one boys story of leaving his homeland, surviving a long journey by sea. One spread shows his boat riding up the face of a massive wave (“the boy held tightly to his teacup”), while in another, three dolphins cavort around the boat in tranquil seas. 4, 2016 Suitable for Ages: 4-8 Themes: Leaving Home, Sea, Immigrant, Hope Opening: Once there was a boy who had to leave his home.and find another. His few possessions include a teacup, which holds “some earth from where he used to play,” and his journey alternates between terror and serenity. Teacup Rebecca Young, Author Matt Ottley, Illustrator Dial Books for Young Readers, Fiction, Oct.
The boy stands on a wave-washed beach beside a wooden boat, apprehensive, yet ready for adventure. and find another-but Ottley’s first spread softens the blow. Young opens with a jolt-“Once there was a boy who had to leave his home. He brings with him a teacup full of earth from the place where he grew up, and sets off to sea. Ottley’s ( Parachute) ravishing paintings of ocean and sky distinguish this story, Australian writer Young’s first for the U.S.
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