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A small dog takes a surprise boat trip and meets an angry ship's cat.Tags
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What a cute story. Benjy’s family is going on a boat trip but Benjy has to stay behind with the children’s aunt. But Benjy really wants to go, so he stows away. Unfortunately he is on the wrong ship, but he is such a sweet dog, he makes friends anyway. And when the ship returns to port, Benjy finds his family again. A lovely story that stands the test of time.
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Genre: This is a modern fantasy book, because even though the truth about the book is that dogs sometimes get left behind on family vacations, this particular situation could not happen in real life. A dog and cat could not meet and get away with being on a cruise ship throughout the whole voyage wandering the ship. The cat would not get stuck in a crow's nest and the dog would not be allowed in a ship's kitchen because of sanitary reasons. It's a cute story but definitely not realistic.
The media used for the artwork looks like colored pencil and charcoal. The drawings are simplistic but very realistic. The ships especially are nice and big for young readers - actually the whole pictures take up most of the pages, which is nice for show more those teachers reading to a class on the carpet or a larger audience of listeners. The dog is easy to follow along with both in the story and in the picture and the artwork makes it easy to imagine. show less
The media used for the artwork looks like colored pencil and charcoal. The drawings are simplistic but very realistic. The ships especially are nice and big for young readers - actually the whole pictures take up most of the pages, which is nice for show more those teachers reading to a class on the carpet or a larger audience of listeners. The dog is easy to follow along with both in the story and in the picture and the artwork makes it easy to imagine. show less
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Margaret Bloy Graham was born on November 2, 1920 in Toronto, Canada. After receiving a B.A. in art history from the University of Toronto in 1942, she moved to New York City to start her career. She worked at Conde Nast and did freelance projects as a designer and illustrator. In 1948, she married George Zion and they began collaborating on show more children's book projects. Their first title, All Falling Down, was published in 1951. They produced 13 books as a team before they divorced in 1966, including the Harry the Dirty Dog adventures. Their title, All Falling Down, won a Caldecott Honor in 1952. Graham's illustrations for Charlotte Zolotow's The Storm Book received a Caldecott Honor in 1953. She wrote and illustrated Be Nice to Spiders and three titles starring Benjy the dog. She also illustrated What If? and It's Spring, both written by Else Minarik. She died on January 22, 2015 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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