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Description for Cods Tale
Paperback. What fish enabled the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and the Pilgrims to cross the cold Atlantic Ocean to America? What fish became a staple of the medieval diet in Europe, and helped spur the American Revolution? This nonfiction picture book offers a unique, fishy look at a thousand years of human civilization. Num Pages: 48 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 276 x 229 x 5. Weight in Grams: 240.
Based on a New York Times bestseller, this nonfiction picture book offers a unique, fishy look at a thousand years of human civilization. What fish enabled the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and the Pilgrims to cross the cold Atlantic Ocean to America? What fish became a staple of the medieval diet in Europe, helped spur the American Revolution, and helped the early New Englanders start making money of their own?
Based on a New York Times bestseller, this nonfiction picture book offers a unique, fishy look at a thousand years of human civilization. What fish enabled the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and the Pilgrims to cross the cold Atlantic Ocean to America? What fish became a staple of the medieval diet in Europe, helped spur the American Revolution, and helped the early New Englanders start making money of their own?
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780147512772
SKU
V9780147512772
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky is the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four books, including Cod, Salt, 1968: The Year That Rocked the World, The Big Oyster, The Last Fish Tale, The Food of a Younger Land, The Eastern Stars, and Edible Stories. He lives in New York City. S. D. Schindler has illustrated a wide range of picture books, ... Read more
Reviews for Cods Tale
Praise for The Cod's Tale:
"Contributing enormously to the book's visual appeal, Schindler's excellent ink drawings, brightened with colorful washes, illustrate incidents from the text with clarity, a flair for the dramatic, and a sense of humor." —Booklist, starred review "A welcome and intriguing addition to library shelves." —School Library Journal "Kurlansky is a masterful storyteller. . . . Schindler's pictures, ... Read more
"Contributing enormously to the book's visual appeal, Schindler's excellent ink drawings, brightened with colorful washes, illustrate incidents from the text with clarity, a flair for the dramatic, and a sense of humor." —Booklist, starred review "A welcome and intriguing addition to library shelves." —School Library Journal "Kurlansky is a masterful storyteller. . . . Schindler's pictures, ... Read more