This is a book that Nancy Willard decided to write about because of the 1887 voyage Robert Stevenson embarked on to the Atlantic crossing. I really liked that this book had both facts and fiction events about it. The book has comical events with the addition of many animals on the boat that disrupt the events of the crew and people abroad. I think it is a good read for children because they would be interested in the true story, and I think this would be a good social studies book students can get into etc. The rhyming of the book was well done and I think the illustrations really added to the story. Over all I think it was a very well done poem. ( )

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