There Was an Old Sailor by Claire Saxby
There Was an Old Sailor by Claire Saxby
There Was an Old Sailor by Claire Saxby
There Was an Old Sailor by Claire Saxby

There Was an Old Sailor by Claire Saxby

Illustrated by Cassandra Allen

A delightful new twist on an old tale!

There was an old sailor who swallowed a krill. I don’t know why he swallowed the krill – it’ll make him ill … A nautical take on a much-loved rhyme.

Book Features:

  • Winner of the 2011 Crystal Kite Member Choice Award, Australia And New Zealand Division, Society Of Children’s Book Writers And Illustrators.
  • Short-listed in the Young Children Category of the 2010 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards.

Condition: Very Good Condition
Format: Paperback
Age: 3-7

Claire Saxby was born in Melbourne and grew up in Newcastle. She’s lived in more houses than she can remember, and attended many schools. Claire Saxby writes award-winning fiction, non-fiction and poetry for young people. She writes about history, about nature and more. Her books include Nature Storybooks (Big Red Kangaroo, Emu, Koala, Dingo, Kookaburra, Great White Shark, Tasmanian Devil and Wedge-tailed Eagle) which celebrate Australian wildlife and the places they live. Her historical novel, The Wearing of the Green, explores early colonial Melbourne. Claire lives by the sea and believes our world is a place of many wonders.

There Was an Old Sailor, illustrated by Cassandra Allen, won the Crystal Kite Member Choice Award, Australia and New Zealand Division, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, 2011.

Cassandra Allen was born and raised in Australia, and now lives in France, drawing almost every day and soaking up the wonders of life in Europe. After moving to Europe her career grew wings and she began illustrating children's books, amongst other editorial work for many years.

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