Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong
I Ship - A Container Ship's Colossal Journey
From the Series On the Move
Cast off on a journey across the ocean with a container ship as a guide in the delightful picture book I Ship.
Come aboard a massive container ship as it pulls into port, loads up with cargo, and heads out to the open ocean. The ship’s voyage includes starry skies and stormy seas, swift currents and unforeseen delays. Through it all, the crew keeps working—with goods to keep the world going, they must carry on.
Rhythmic text from Kelly Rice Schmitt and delightfully detailed illustrations from Jam Dong provide a riveting look at the journey of one mighty ship.
Millbrook Press
Non-fiction Picture Book
Age 5+
40 pp | US$ 14.99
hc | 270 x 225 mm
Publication: October 2023
Author: Kelly Rice Schmitt
Illustrator: Jam Dong
All rights available, excl. Chinese (simpl. & compl.), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
- First-person perspective from the point of view of a container ship is highly engaging
- Seek-and-find element: endpapers depict objects that can be found throughout the illustrations inside the book
- Back matter includes more information about shipping, trading, worldwide moving of goods, and a glossary of terms
Awards
- SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Winner, 2024
“An informative peek at our global infrastructure’s major lifeline.” —Kirkus Reviews, 13 July 2023
“Readers follow every step of the (fictional) container ship Carolina, which is carrying freight from a port in Asia to delivery in France. Carolina acts as narrator, initially providing details about the process of docking and loading, while informative cutaway illustrations display the diverse cargo. Dong’s clear, flat, geometrical digital illustrations also illuminate size.”—The Horn Book Magazine, 5 October 2023
“This is bliss for any child who loves boats, for units on global transportation, or for anyone who has ever asked how this all works.”—School Library Journal, 24 November 2023
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