| Sick -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Medical fiction |
| Boats and boating -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Ships -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Ill persons |
| Hospital fiction |
| Hospitals -- Fiction |
| Hospitals -- Juvenile fiction |
| Medical care -- Fiction |
| Medical care -- Juvenile fiction |
| Medicine -- Fiction |
| Medicine -- Juvenile fiction |
| Boat handling |
| Boating |
| Boats |
| Boats, Primitive |
| Boats and boating -- Recreational use |
| Pleasure boating |
| Recreation boating |
| Recreational boating |
| Recreational boats |
| Watercraft |
| Vessels (Ships) |
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Summary
Summary
When the boats in the harbor are feeling unwell, all they need is Hope to get back in ship shape.
From Geisel Honor Book author and artist Stephen Savage comes a new vehicle book for the very young, sure to provide comfort and reassurance, based on the true story of the S.S. Hope hospital ship!
The boats around the harbor haven't been feeling too well lately. First, Barge got bonked. Then Submarine started shivering. Ferry came down with a fever, little Dory's nose wouldn't stop running, and even mighty Aircraft Carrier had developed a terrible cough! They sent out an S.O.S. for help, and then a ship called Hope came to the rescue.
With her team of tugboats at her side, Hope set about tending to the out of sorts boats. With her help, Barge gets a bandage, Submarine is soothed with a blanket, Aircraft Carrier is cured, and little Dory's nose dries up. The boats are feeling fit again, but they know whenever they are feeling sick, Hope will always be there to take care of them.
The brightly-illustrated, kid-friendly picture book includes an essay about the real S.S. Hope and its service in humanitarian aid projects. Perfect for boat lovers of all ages!
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS--The boats in the harbor are all feeling under the weather. One is hurt, another has a dripping nose and a cough, and another one has a fever. Is there a doctor in the harbor? There are, and nurses, too, on the good ship Hope, which responds to the others' SOS. Inspired by the true story of the first peacetime hospital ship, which included an operating room, an X-ray room, a pharmacy, a library, and dozens of doctors and nurses, Savage creates a perfect vehicle book for toddlers. The one- to three-line text, in an open design that includes a large black font, is positioned near the corners of the pages, allowing expressive spreads of simple retro boats to clue readers in. The scenes rely on a harmonious mixture of curved lines for the ocean, clouds, and seascapes, with softened geometrical shapes for the anthropomorphized boats. Children will delight in pointing at the characters and participating in the simple plot. VERDICT A great sell for story times with an "ouches" or "boo boo" theme, this title sends a message of kindness and tenderness for almost anyone feeling out of sorts.--Kathia Ibacache, Univ. of Colorado Boulder
Publisher's Weekly Review
The harbor boats are in need of a little TLC: "First Barge got bonked," writes Savage (Sign Off), as readers see a cable coil drop off a mid-bridge truck and hit Barge's deck with owie-making force. Then the other boats get sick, including little Dory, who looks miserable with a runny nose. Aircraft Carrier's planes send out a skywritten SOS, and into the harbor steams the hospital ship HOPE (inspired, as a detailed afterword notes, by a real-life ship) and her tugboat team. "I'm here to help," she says, distributing ship-appropriate first aid (croupy Aircraft Carrier gets cough medicine). Once again "shipshape," the boats get back to work, "but they knew if they ever got sick again... Hope would always be there." Savage's digital artwork combines the clean lines and smooth colors of vector art with a boatload of expressiveness--it's impossible to look at that single drip on Dory's nose without being touched by fellow-feeling. HOPE may face no obstacles in reaching her patients, which are immediately improved by her presence, but this story's power is in the reassurance that a source of comfort and caring is never far away. Ages 3--6. Agent: Brenda Bowen, Sanford J. Greenburger Assoc. (May)
Kirkus Review
A humanitarian hospital ship figures in a tale of ailing boats and gentle aid. When the ships are sick, nobody's happy. Not Barge, who "got bonked," or Submarine, who has the shakes. Neither are feverish Ferry, coughing Aircraft Carrier, and sniffly, drippy Dory. Who takes care of these ill boats? Why, hospital ship Hope, of course! In a jiffy she treats, comforts, and cares for anyone under the weather. By the time everyone is "shipshape" again, they can rest assured that in the event of another emergency, they'll always be able to rely on Hope. Backmatter includes a note on the real SS Hope, America's first peacetime hospital ship, which spent 14 years traveling the world bringing care and training to other countries. Children fearing hospital visits, doctors, or nurses may find comfort in the book's measured tone. This is reflected not merely in the spare text with its gentle wordplay, but also in the simplicity and style of the digital art. Shapes are cleanly delineated, colors and planes flat. The composition in which Barge suffers her injury is so stylized as to resemble an exercise in the play between positive and negative space. Both text and visuals are so restrained that while the ship-obsessed will love it, it is unlikely that the book will stand up to much rereading among other audiences. A very real ship inspires a very slight story, coasting on some serious sweetness. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Author-illustrator Savage (Supertruck, 2015), whose accolades include a Geisel Honor Book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award, here gives readers a compassionate heroine in the form of a hospital ship and a story that is sometimes comical, sometimes exciting, and most of all, comforting. The original Hope, as a note at the end of the book states, was an actual hospital ship (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere), commissioned by President Eisenhower in 1960 to help people around the world. Savage's hospital ship looks like a nurse--facial features are drawn on the bow of the ship, and the rectangular superstructure on top, with the Red Cross symbol in the middle, looks like a nurse's white cap. Hope comes to the aid of a shivering submarine, a feverish ferry, a coughing aircraft carrier, a little rowboat with a drippy nose, and a barge that gets bonked by a spool of wire that fell off a flatbed truck from the bridge above. The digital illustrations carry Savage's trademark simple shapes that put the emphasis on the action. Little readers will be carried along by the bouncy rhythm, the expressive faces of the ships and boats, and the ingenious ways Hope finds to help others in need. Delightful and inspiring.