Working Boats: Salmon Troller
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Working Boats: Salmon Troller

Working Boats: Salmon Troller

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Look inside an amazing salmon troller in this sturdy board book shaped like a real boat!

Perfect for curious toddlers and preschoolers, this richly illustrated die-cut book brings the world of working boats to life through the story of Plucky the Salmon Troller!

Inspired by the bestselling picture book Working Boats, this engaging cross section book reveals a full day on the water. Page by page, children discover how things work aboard a salmon troller—from the engine room that powers the boat to the cozy bunks where the crew rests, and the chilly fish hold where the catch is stored (brrr!).

Clear, detailed illustrations show how every part of the boat has an important job, making this a fun and accessible introduction to fishing and maritime life. Durable pages and a unique boat-shaped design make it perfect for little hands and repeated reading—at home or on the go.

About the Author

Born in the midwest, artist Tom Crestodina has been working as a fisherman in Alaska for more than 20 years and studied marine engineering at the Seattle Maritime Academy. After the birth of his first child with his wife, Ania, he began making cutaway drawings of the vessels he was working on as a way to communicate with his small child while he was at sea. After other seafarers began to ask for drawings of their own vessels, he went on to document the maritime trades in his whimsical style, and his work is now carried in shops and and galleries all over the Pacific coast of North America. He lives in Bellingham, Washington, with Ania and their two children. Discover his art on his website TheScow.BigCartel.com.

Details

Format: Board Book
Size: 5 x 7-3/4
ISBN: 9781632176264

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Amazon Customer
Beautiful picture book

Love the book, can’t wait to send it to my grandkids. The illustrations are beautiful!! Bonus, little white dog looks like our dog, grandkids will love that!

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MillennialMomReview
Boat obsessed little one loves!

My toddler nephew loves boats. This is a great board book with a simple message and very detailed pictures. We’ve read it dozens of times now!

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Alexandra da Costa
Great Little Book About a Boat

A great little boat book. My 15 month old son loves looking and learning about the parts of the boat. It’s one of his current favorites! The illustrations are perfectly detailed for this age group (and adults too, my husband loved that he recognized the specific engine used!). We’ll be reading it for years to come.

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David

Great cross-section book for kids that are old enough to be curious about things but still careless enough that they need board books. There's an awesome book for older kids that we bought for my nephew that you should also buy.

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Evan A.
My 2 yo loves it! Great for vehicle-obsessed kids

My 2 yo toddler is a big fan of all types of vehicles and loves this book! The cutout illustrations are really well done and beautiful, and the boat shape of the book is fun too. We have a lot of boat / truck / train board books and this one is our favorite.

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B Alaska
Great board book!

Fun board book! Love all his books.

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Chelsea B.
Two stories in one.

With Tom's books you get two stories in one. The actual story you are reading as well as the story you can build within your own imagination while looking at his detailed drawings. This is a great book for the young and curious mind.

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Dan C
High quality and different from usual kid stuff

Excellent, peaceful read. Book feels very durable. Cool shape captured baby nephew's attention, cool pictures had his toddler brother asking every possible question. Parents loved it too.

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Tamara
Unique board book with wonderful illustrations!

My 2 year old loves this book! I love the cutaway illustrations. It’s a really unique book and it’s awesome that it comes as a board book for young children.

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Bellinghamandegg
Fantastic book for my nephew

Another great gift for the young child ... or not so young child. Tom Crestodina encourages the imagination in a very old school fashion way here. My nephew will put down his tablet to read this book! A not so small miracle, he was totally hooked on the illustrations."

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Kiyo Patrick
Fantastic

Awesome

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Sydney Francis
Perfect for kiddos

Perfect for all young ones who are curious about or love boats!

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crestodina
Cool book! Shop small!

Incredibly cool book. Loved by adults and kids alike. I gave a copy to a six year old and he reads it every night. The artwork is really incredible. Tom is amazingly talented and you can tell how much work and attention to detail went into this work. Colorful, whimsical, fun pictures make it great for kids and incredible detailed artwork make it greeat for everybody. I have no doubt that some young people will decide that they want to get more into boats because of this book and the other incredible books in this series.While I can't in good conscience recommend that anyone ever use Amazon to make purchases, I could not recommend more strongly that everyone should request and purchase this book and the other books in this series from their local book store!

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C Christensen
Charming and Educational

This is a lovely picture book for little hands. The artwork is perfectly detailed for preschoolers, and a sweet little doggie lives on the boat. Just an overall fun and charming picture book for toddlers!

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Hailey Tomlin
100% Must Read

Absolutely the coolest. Some non-fiction kids books of this nature are very dry and stiff to read but this one is so enjoyable and well written. My daughter loves the boat shape because the smaller corner fits right in her baby hands!

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Kelly Barber
Love it!

What a great book by a local (to me) artist! The illustrations are amazing and have so much fun detail. This will be loved by our family for years to come.

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Elizabeth Burch
Favorite boat book

Boats, boats, boats! Our nephews favorite thing to talk about, and he loves this book. Love the boat shape of this book itself, cute extra touch.

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The Sailor
Gorgeous illustrations!

Fantastic book! We bought this for our nephew. They live in a fishing town and he loved learning about the boats he sees at the docks all the time. Well put together, and the illustrations are gorgeous, so much detail! Be sure to check out his other books as well.

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PNDub
Love this book!

I love this book and so do my kiddos. They love the little details on each page, they point out where the crew sleeps, eats and drives the boat, where the fish go and where the engines go. It also has a great subtle message, if we work hard, and take care of what we have, we can reap the rewards, in this case, lots of tasty salmon.

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JT
Illustrations are beautiful and technical

My three year old loves all the details in this book and so do I! I highly recommend this author- we have the workboat book, coloring book and preordered the salvage book as well.