S.S. Gigantic Across the Atlantic: The Story of the World's Biggest Ocean Liner Ever!

by Peter Selgin

Book Overview

The tale of the S.S. Gigantic which began to sink on its maiden voyage after its rubber hull was punctured by a dreaded sea-thumbtack Full color. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439159814
• ISBN13: 9780439159814
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Humorous hyperbole

My 5 yr old and 9 yr old boys loved this book. It has very colorful and engaging illustrations. The hyperbole is over-the-top but very funny. e.g. "It's SO gigantic, if you started out as a little boy at the bow of the ship, by the time you walked to the stern you would be a very old man!".

S.S. Gigantic Across the Atlantic

A parody of the sinking of the Titanic, students will recognize the parallels to the original story. Although the story is a little boring, there are good examples of hyperbole, and after reading this book everyone will understand what hyperbole means. The illustrations are bright and the text font large and easily read. It could serve as an example of how not to use hyperbole, i.e. when too much exaggeration is used, it detracts from the story or message being communicated. It can also serve as an example of how not to name the characters (do not use derogatory stereotyped names like Pip-Squeak or Benjamin Bigbehind).

Call me Pip-squeak!

Hooray for Pip-Squeak, a gutsy little guy with a huge appetite for adventure and a heart as open as his ever-gasping mouth! The Titanic story as a four-year-old Herman Melville might have told it, with pictures by Dr. Seuss and text by Ripley's Believe-it-or-Not! In dazzling primary colors! Read it--but don't give away the ending.

original, entertaing, engaging

an undersized little fellow with big ideas lands a job on a supercolossal ocean liner and saves it from disaster. A lot of fun