The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Other authorsBeth Krommes (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 2001

Status

Check shelf

Call number

J 919.8 Ma

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

NONFICTION shelves (WHITE label)

Publication

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2001), 48 pages

Description

Tells the dramatic story of the Canadian Arctic Expedition that set off in 1913 to explore the high north.

Local notes

2109-052

User reviews

LibraryThing member hgold

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I really loved the artwork and I felt like the text was engaging for children, especially because there were children in it. The text reliably returned to how the children experienced the journey, which would help put a child in the mind set of really being there. I

really appreciated how for different parts of the text, story versus background information for example, they used a different font. Also, on some pages they laid out the text inside the picture, which made me feel like the picture would go on forever if the page didn't end, and on some pages they had the picture be inside a white space in the page, which made me feel like I was looking through a window at the image or in a space with restriction. The book itself is laid out in a way that reminds me of some turn-of-the-century novels, which is good because it describes the ship voyage of a boat in 1913 and 1914. Overall I think the design was very well though out and engaging.

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LibraryThing member nkertz

this stroy is based on the true events of an expedition that took place in the artic of the north. it was a canadian mission and this is a dramitc story about some of the events that actually happened. this would great to read to a class in a history lesson or a science lesson.

LibraryThing member SaritaInce

Beautifully illustrated with full color on white scratchboard. Based on a true story and tenderly told the story of survival on the Arctic ice is sure to delight readers of all ages.

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