The Humpherys Family

Time of Wonder
Record Added: 12/30/2010
Author 
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Setting United States
Topic Nature: Birds, Animals, F
Publisher The Viking Press
ISBN 0670715123   Year 1957
Age 4-8   Pages 64
Description Printed binding
  
"Out on the islands that poke their rocky shores above the waters of Penobscot Bay, you can watch the time of the world go by, from minute to minute, hour to hour, from day to day..."

So begins McCloskey's classic story of one summer on a Maine island. The spell of rain, gulls, a foggy morning, the excitement of sailing, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurricane, and the peace of a Maine island as a family packs up to leave are shown in poetic language and vibrant, evocative pictures.