Friday, March 28, 2025

Trim Sails the Storm by Deborah Hopkinson and Kristy Caldwell - ADVISABLE

Trim Sails the Storm by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Kristy Caldwell. CHAPTER BOOK. Peachtree, 2024. $15. 9781682632925

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE

APPEALS TO: MANY

Trim was a young ship's cat who thought he knew all about life at sea.  One day, a storm was brewing.  Trim feels afraid.  All his animal and human friends are doing new things.  Penny the dog and jack the parrot explain why they do all these new things like batten down the hatches. Trim feels better when he knows the ways to prepare for a storm. As he is taking cover, he finds a new frightened albatross friend. Can these new friends help each other ride out the storm?  

Trim Sails the Storm is historical fiction about Trim the cat that actually sailed with Captain Mathew Flinders in 1799.  The story is very interesting as we all learn how to be helpful, and ride out a storm on a ship at sea.

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