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Sailing Home

A Story of a Childhood at Sea
Gloria Rand, Ted Rand
$6.95
ISBN: 0735820791
Format: Paperback
 
Pub Date: 09/01/2006
Publisher: NorthSouth Books
Shipping Weight: 0.36lbs
   
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Between 1896 and 1910, Captain Madsen commanded the four-masted sailing bark John Ena, carrying cargo around the world. With him sailed his wife and four children. This fictional first-person narrative is based on Madsen's journal. The ship was an adventurous and surprisingly comfortable home, complete with pink marble fireplace. A governess taught the children history, science, and math, but their father taught them astronomy, celestial navigation, and semaphore code. From the fear of sinking during a storm to the joy of celebrating Christmas, this briskly told story recounts a cheerful, child-centered view of life on board a sailing ship. The tone is reflected in Rand's colorful illustrations, lively scenes of children and their surroundings, drawn in a looser style than one usually associates with the artist. Photos of the Madsens and the John Ena are appended, along with an afterword discussing the Madsens' life on the ship and the sources for the text and illustrations. Independent reading level is about 4th grade. Younger children will enjoy hearing it read aloud, and older students will find the details of the story intriguing.
 
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