Tuesday, July 24, 2012

"Arthur's Dream Boat" by Polly Dunbar: Book Review & Giveaway


ISBN:  9780763658670
$15.99
When you first pick up this children's picture book, you are immediately impressed with the soft, intuitively gentle art that is done using various mediums.  The colors speak loudly of dreamy, amazing, childhood - blues, reds, greens basic browns and black but overtly soft.

When Arthur awakens, he has had a dream of a small boat it is green and pink and has a sail.  No one listens when he tells of his amazing dream.  He keeps on trying to gain their attention, but they are so busy and are not listening to him.  Yet on his head is perched the boat from his dream and it is amazing.  It keeps getting added to - polka dots on the sail, stripes on the mast, a gold flag, a figurehead. And it is growing!

Arthur shouts, "Listen to me," and at that time, Arthur and the sea catch their attention. 

This is a dreamy tale of exaggeration and of a boy who has a dream and whose telling of the dream grows with the telling.  The lively and whimsical illustrations are a delight to behold and tell the story from start to finish with beauty and boldness.  Though the art is bold, it is also soft like a child and will appeal wonderfully to the child in your life as you read about Arthur's amazing dream!

GIVEAWAY:  Candlewick Press will mail 1 of Chat With Vera's readers their very own copy of ARTHUR'S DREAM BOAT. Open USA onlyEasy entries:  Begins JULY 24 and ENDS August 10 at 12:00 Noon EDT.
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About the author/illustrator:  In addition to creating children's books, Polly Dunbar works as a freelance illustrator in London.  Polly Dunbar is the award-winning author-illustrator of Penguin and Dog Blue, as well as the Tilly and Friends series. She is also the illustrator of Here's a Little Poem by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, My Dad's a Birdman by David Almond, and Shoe Baby, written by her mother, Joyce Dunbar. Polly Dunbar lives and works in Brighton, England.

DISCLOSURE:  I received a complimentary copy of Arthur's Dream Boat from Candlewick Press in order to render a review.  Opinions expressed are my own.  The Giveaway copy for one of Chat With Vera's readers is also provided by Candlewick Press.

28 comments:

  1. My daughter will LOVE reading this book with me!!

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  2. My son would like this book. My daughter is getting old enough now to start reading to her too!

    2u3mommy at gmail dot com

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  3. I would love to read this book with my niece

    lauren51990 at aol dot com

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  4. Cute! I would love to read this to my daughter and the little boy I watch during the school year!

    ladettek{at]gmail.com

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  5. I tweeted about this giveaway: https://twitter.com/ladettek/status/228951969908285440

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  7. I think all three of my lil ones would enjoy this book. :) cristimarashi(at)gmail(dot)com

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  8. I tweeted again: https://twitter.com/ladettek/status/229776360288157696

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  9. I have (soon to be) twenty eight grandchildren plus several neighborhood adopted ones. Of those twenty eight, five of them would love to hear the story and several others would enjoy reading it to their siblings and cousins.
    I have visited Candlewick's Facebook page and left the above comment.
    My e-mail:worley.la@gmail.com

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  10. i would love reading it with my daughter thanks clallen at ntin dot net

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  12. tweet https://twitter.com/clallen1971/status/230072521460944896 clallen at ntin dot net

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  13. I'd like to read this with the children in our family.

    Nancy
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  14. GFC: allibrary

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  15. I will be reading this book to several of my grandkids.

    Patricia
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  16. https://twitter.com/ItsTimeMamaw/status/231013832615661569

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  17. I shared about giveaway on Google Plus https://plus.google.com/u/0/102554456422413137608/posts/4jLrmAegZZS

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  18. I liked Candlewick Facebook page and left the message you requested.

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  19. Already following you.

    Patricia

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  20. I tweeted today: https://twitter.com/ladettek/status/231568279485964289

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  21. I visited Candlewick on Facebook, liked them and left the message!

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  22. I tweeted today: https://twitter.com/ladettek/status/231787995190136832

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  23. I tweeted: https://twitter.com/ladettek/status/232474218644795392

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  24. i would be reading this with both my son and daughter who love thier story time.
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  25. I would enjoy reading this with my daughter.

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  26. I would love to read this to my daughter!

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