Trim Sails the Storm

One small kitten learns about the great big world as he set sail with his fellow shipmates, animal and human, in this historical fiction intermediate reader.
  • ISBN: 9781682632925
  • Publication date: 07/23/2024
  • Page Count: 48
  • Size: 6" x 9"
  • Age Range: 7-10
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  • ISBN: 9781682632925
  • Publication date: 07/23/2024
  • Page Count: 48
  • Size: 6" x 9"
  • Age Range: 7-10
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  • Publication date: 07/23/2024
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One small kitten learns about the great big world as he set sail with his fellow shipmates, animal and human, in this historical fiction intermediate reader.

Trim has learned a lot about life at sea. He understands the daily routines and the responsibilities of each crew member, and he knows many of the ways to help. But one day he ventures outside and experiences something new and scary: a storm is brewing. As the wind whips his whiskers and the sky grows dark, Trim’s heart beats like a drum. All his friends are doing new things: preparing the sails, closing any openings on deck, and securing loose items. Penny and Jack explain each step to Trim and he is comforted to learn all the ways to prepare for a storm. And then he hears a strange noise coming from the lifeboats. There he finds Wisdom, a young albatross who is also experiencing her first storm. Can these two small creatures help each other ride out a storm and make a frightening experience a little less scary?

Author/Illustrator

Deborah Hopkinson

Author

Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of numerous critically acclaimed picture and chapter books, including Keep On!; Sweet Land of Liberty; Under the Quilt of Night; and Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924.

Kristy Caldwell

Illustrator

Kristy Caldwell received an MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts.

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BISAC 1: JUV044000 Juvenile Fiction – Readers – Intermediate
BISAC 2: JUV041020 Juvenile Fiction – Transportation – Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft
BISAC 3: JUV002050 Juvenile Fiction – Animals – Cats