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Sophie Blackall is the award-winning illustrator of over 50 books for children, including Finding Winnie and Hello, Lighthouse, which both received the Caldecott Medal. She illustrated A Fine Dessert- Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat, written by Emily Jenkins, which received four starred reviews and was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Her most recent picture book, Farmhouse, was an instant New York Times bestseller, received five starred reviews and was also a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Sophie's many other honors include a BCCB Blue Ribbon, an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award, Society of Illustrators Founders Award, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
★ ""[A] high-seas adventure....Visual inventiveness pays homage to shared adventures in this work that toggles dynamically between two competing universes."" —Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ ""Avast, me mateys! This be good clean fun on the salty seas."" —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ ""....Brilliantly constructed....Blackall excels at setting the stage for the imaginary play."" —The Horn Book, starred review ★ ""Blackall’s take on imaginative play is superb, as both the narrative and visuals of this picture book thematically carry readers up and down like a rolling sea."" —The Bulletin, starred review ★ ""This delightful tale highlights and celebrates the powerful bonding that happens when caregivers engage in imaginative play with children....Tiny sea captains everywhere will cherish this lovely tale."" —Booklist, starred review ★ ""Imagination fills the sails of this rousing, unusually inclusive, yarn."" —School Library Journal, starred review
