Polly Dunbar is the award-winning author-illustrator of Penguin and Dog Blue, as well as the Tilly and Friends series. She is also the illustrator of Here’s a Little Poem by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, My Dad’s A Birdman by David Almond, and Shoe Baby, written by her mother, Joyce Dunbar. Polly Dunbar lives and works in Suffolk, England.
Dunbar creates a whimsical image out of a play on words in this
story about a young boy, Arthur, who awakens after an incredible
dream.
—The New York Times
Dunbar imaginatively transforms a seaside memory of a small boy in
the ocean and a boat on the distant horizon into Arthur's adventure
with a dream boat... Humorous, exuberant pencil-and-watercolor
illustrations... A real attention-getter.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Adding to the sizable bookshelf of titles that bear witness to the
power of a child’s imagination, Dunbar introduces Arthur, a boy
first seen yawning and stretching after waking up from an “amazing”
dream. His dream was about a boat and....with a pink and green
hull, red polka-dot flag, and garish blue-haired figurehead,
Arthur’s boat pops, disrupting the sherbet palette of Dunbar’s
loose, free-spirited illustrations the same way Arthur’s fantasies
cut through the busyness and noise of modern life.
—Publishers Weekly
Children likely won’t mind being swept aboard Arthur’s dream boat
and sailing off into the sunset.
—Booklist
The large trim size allows the mixed-media compositions to be
easily seen from a distance, making this a welcome choice for
storytimes.
—School Library Journal
An entertaining flight of the imagination, as well as a great
read-aloud.
—Seven Impossible Things blog
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