🛋️Ahoy!⛵
🛋️Ahoy!⛵
Raise the mainsail! Batten the hatches!
It’s time to set sail… on the couch!
There’s a storm coming, and a child is ready to captain the ship. “Make haste and climb aboard,” they call out to their parent, “before you’re swept out to sea!”
Sea? What sea? The parent is only trying to vacuum the rug. But the child is adamant. It’s not a rug – it’s the ocean. And that broom? It’s the ship’s mast. Soon enough, child and parent are both off on an imaginary nautical adventure!
About the Creator
Sophie Blackall has illustrated more than twenty books for children. She won her first Randolph Caldecott Medal for illustrating Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear and her second for Hello Lighthouse.Â
Discussion Questions
Have you ever been on a boat? What was your favorite thing about it? If not, what do you think it would be like?
If your grown-up had to play along, what would you pretend to play?
Book Activities
Use your imagination, and create your own pirate adventure in your house! Any room where you live can be an excellent play space.Â
Draw a map of your own imaginary world! What’s on your map? What kind of adventures would you go on there?
Glimpse into the Book
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