Illustrated by Andrea U’Ren
Tricycle Press, 2011
32 pages
Rating: 4
Endpapers: azure
Title page: Oval
of Ida rowing
Illustrations:
cover the entire page – no white – they’re bright, detailed, wonderful.
Alliteration: “Ida
loved the sea. She loved it when it was
calm and coppery in the sunlight.”
Similes: “She
loved it when it was wild with froth like a herd of stampeding horses.”
Incredible description:
“She loved the crash of the waves, the screech of gulls wheeling
overhead, the bite of salt in her nose as she breathed in the ocean air.”
Snazzy verbs:
perched, lurched, shinnied, churned
Metaphor: “bubble
of trimph
This picture book is based on the story of Ida Lewis
(1842-1911), the Newport, Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who rescued over 18
people during her tenure.
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