Jane Collins-Philippe loves the sea - after all she has spent many years
living on a sailboat - and she has collected verses old and new to share
her understanding and affection. Some of the poems will be familiar,
like Eugene Field's "Wynken, Blynken and Nod." Others are from
Collins-Philippe's own pen and are sure to become favorites. Who could
resist a poem about a ship with a hippo for a captain and a giraffe
named Joyce for a lookout?
Laura Beingessner's charming art is the perfect complement to a
collection that will delight children, whether they are old salts or
landlubbers.
A note from the author: OOPS! Credit for Baby's Boat on the very
last page of my book should have gone to Ridley and Gaynor who penned it
in 1898. I wouldn't want to take credit for something I didn't write.
Besides, that would make me very old indeed!