![]() He closes on the back endsheet with tools and artifacts from a lighthouse. It was brilliant to show the ship leaving the cold waters of home (behind the stern of the ship) on the left-hand side of a two-page spread and the ship bringing on cargo in a tropical port on the right hand side. This is just one example of the detail to attention that he includes to take readers on this visual trip to the past and includes the clothing style worn in the 1700's, cobblestone streets, navigation using a sextant. It begins with the front endsheet, with tools and things that might be seen or found on a tall ship. ![]() ![]() Miyares uses pen and ink and watercolor to tell this story visually. ![]() It is refreshing to see a young girl on this adventure. Hope is precocious and well-loved by her father. Miyares captures the adventure of life on the high seas in this father-daughter tale. When a storm tosses the ship onto the rocks were it is destroyed, the pieces of the shipwreck are repurposed and her father's life's work changes direction. ![]() A big fan of Miyares' storytelling and artwork, this is a fine addition to his body of work.Ī stowaway on the latest tall ship her father built, Hope learns firsthand about life on the high seas. ![]()
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