My Father's Boat

by Sherry Garland

Book Overview

Three generations of fishermen may be a world apart but they are united by their love of the sea. The morning mist sits thick on the sea as a Vietnamese- American boy and his father climb onto their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590478672
• ISBN13: 9780590478670
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Beautifully illustrated story about Vietnamese Fishermen.

Vietnamese culture is explored in this book about a family of three generations of fishermen. A man takes his son on his first shrimp fishing run. The son begins to follow in his father's footsteps. While out on the boat, the son finds out that his grandfather was also a fisherman as well. But, due to the Civil Wars in Vietnam both the father and the grandfather were separated. And the boy's father hasn't seen his own father since he was his son's age. This makes the son wonder if his grandfather passed the trade onto his own father in the same way. This book is beautifully illustrated with soft muted colors on rag stock. I recommend this book for any school or public library.