Seabird: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

by Holling Clancy Holling and Clancy Holling Holling

Book Overview

A 1949 Newbery Honor Book

The history of America at sea is presented through the travels of Seabird, a carved ivory gull.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395266815
• ISBN13: 9780395266816
• Release Date: April 1978
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.6" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Seabird, Same great story

I loved this book as a child. I bought 9 copies to give to my kids. They loved it too. A problem is that the colors in the paperback version are not as brilliant as the original hardcopy of 50 years ago.

Another twaddle free classic

Any of Holling C. Holling books are worthy of a space on your personal library shelf. "Seabird" is a wonderful story celebrating the art of sailing as passed down generation by generation while exploring topics of geography, sea life, geology, and history. It engages the mind and investigates new interests. The illustrations are impressive and intriguing.

Beautiful illustrations and unforgettable story

I haven't forgotten it in the 20 years since I last read it. I'm ordering it right now to read it with my sons. This is a lyrical book that can survive a post-politically-correct viewing without losing any of its character.

Age of Discovery

From its inception in the 1940's, Seabird has offered children of all ages a rich blend of New World nautical history, from tall-masted ships to steamships, all woven into an adventure of global exploration by sea. Highly recommended.To this day Seabird evokes sights and sounds of whaling days and early coal-powered ships. I smell the greased hemp lines and the rendered blubber, the sulphurous fumes of steamers, kelp, and the sea itself.The early youth, perhaps reading alone or read to, becomes a lean young sailor, develops character, and passes into old age through four generations -- a most remarkable transition when one knows so little of aging or history. Holling was a master author, first of Paddle to the Sea, later of more land-based novels, each rich in full-page color images.