"Lily the sailboat is small but sturdy, in a harbor full of enormous cargo ships, speedy fishing vessels, and bossy tugboats...Out on the lake, the tall ships are coming! To pass from the harbor to the lake, Lily must blow her horn and ask the lift bridge to rise...Finally, Lily slips under just before the bridge goes down, her sails fluttering with excitement as she spies the majestic barquentine, schooner, and other grand old ships heading toward...

"A picture book about a girl who spends the summer with her family at a lake and learns to become more self-reliant."--

"Thao Lam's family came to Canada as refugees during the Vietnam War. When Thao started thinking about how to tell this story, she couldn't stop thinking about ants: small, seemingly insignificant creatures who are able to travel amazingly long distances overwater, work hard, and thrive on almost every continent on the planet. The Paper Boat starts with a story inspired by Thao's mother's life: a young girl watches as a bowl of sugar water is put...

When Jonathan's parents decide that he has gotten too old to have a stuffed animal, they trade his favorite bear, Frederick, for a toaster, so he sets off aboard a boat, looking for Frederick.

"A wise lighthouse guides a young boat through the often-turbulent waters of life"--

"Ahoy there, landlubbers! Host the sails, we're off to sea. Young readers find their sea legs as they journey across the ocean blue aboard their favorite floating vessels. From giant cruise ships and submarines to speedy lake boats, little mariners will feel the wind in their hair and taste the salty sea spray in the breeze. This book features sailboats, racing boats, battleships, fishing boats, ferryboats, tugboats, riverboats, tall ships, fire boats,...