Gubby Builds a Boat
Book description
This follow-up to the bestselling book Fishing with Gubby (Harbour Publishing, 2010) continues the adventures of Gubby, a commercial salmon fisherman, who heads home to his village on the Sunshine Coast at the end of another long season. His beloved old boat, the Flounder, is worn out and he commissions…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Gubby Builds a Boat as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This might be a bit of a stretch from the others in my list but I wanted to include it because it's inspirational to me as a creator.
It takes place on the West Coast and it champions living with the sea and surroundings. There is a long history of tugboats in BC and it was something I grew up watching (and waving at as they chugged by). Even as a kid I was amazed that such a tiny boat could achieve so much. It was also an inspiration for one of my books (Tug, a Log Booms Journey) about…
From Scot's list on the First Peoples of the West Coast for children.
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