FICTION

The Sea Pony

by Ellen POTTER
illus. by Qin Leng. 128p. (Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Bk. 3). Knopf. Aug. 2016. Tr $14.99. ISBN 9780553499315.
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Gr 1–3—When Piper's fairy tree brings her a bosun's whistle (a whistle used to signal crew on a ship), she wonders what to do with it. Can it help her find the family's skiff, which was blown out to see during a wicked bad gullywhumper (a bad storm)? It turns out, it can, when Piper meets a seal that seems to respond to the whistle and it leads her and her dad to where the skiff was stranded. The standard spunky girl getting into scrapes storyline is elevated by the unique northeastern island setting and lobster fishing plotline. Cute, expressive black-and-white illustrations add to the appeal of this sweet story. Fans of like Louise Trapeze or Amber Brown may enjoy this.
In her third multi-stranded adventure set on a small Maine island, seven-year-old Piper Green sets out to earn enough money to buy a horse, befriends a seal (whom she terms a "sea pony"), and finds her lobsterman father's lost skiff. Brief chapters, a wealth of expressive line-and-wash illustrations, and Piper's irrepressible nature will hold the interest of newly independent readers.
Reviewed by Staff , Jun 01, 2016

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