The Scrimshaw Ring

William Jaspersohn, Vernon Thornblad (Illustrator), Michael A. Donato (Illustrator)

$15.95

Publication Date: June 1st, 2002

Publisher:

Vermont Folklife Center

ISBN:

9780916718190

Pages:

Bear Pond Books of Montpelier

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Description

In sparkling prose, acclaimed author William Jaspersohn retells a powerful, true story about a young boy's encounter with a band of mutineers who, much to the boy's surprise, leave him a remarkable
memento. Illustrator Vernon Thornblad's vibrant oil paintings thrillingly capture both the beauty and danger of young William's world, and Jaspersohn's deft, swift narrative recalls those classic tales of good and evil, innocence and experience, imagined deeds and true adventure.

About the Author

WILLIAM JASPERSOHN has written more than 20 children's books, including How the Forest Grew (a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner) and The Ballpark (a New York Times Best Book and American Book Award nominee). In 2000, Yankee magazine named his Family Heritage Series book, The Two Brothers, a Top 40 Classic New England Children's Book. Jaspersohn lives in Johnson, Vermont. VERNON THRONBLAD, a painter and illustrator, is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. As a toy designer, he created Bendos(TM), an award-winning line of bend able, posable action figures. The Scrimshaw Ring is his first illustrated book for children. Thornblad lives in Bennington, New Hampshire, with his wife and daughter.