Sail Away Author:Florence McNeil, David McPhail Sail Away Florence McNeil illustrated by David McPhail Parents' Choice Silver Honour Award 2000 Resource Links' Year's Best 2000 Book Sense 76 Top 10 Picks Children's Literature Choice List 2001 CCBC Our Choice The captain knows how to get his boat shipshape and ready to sail. Do you? Can you step a mast, hoise a halyard, vang a boom? Pitch in w... more »ith the crew, learn the lingo, and you too can sail away! A versatile author of poetry, fiction and plays, Florence McNeil has garnered a number of awards for her work for adults and children. Her novel, Catriona's Island won the Sheila Egoff prize for children's literature. She also compiled and edited the highly praised anthology of children's poetry Do Whales Jump at Night? Illustrator and author of over seventy books for children, David McPhail is beloved for his lively portraits of children, bears, pigs, moles, bunnies, puppies and a host of other two- and four-legged creatures. Other titles include The Furry Bedtime Book, The Puddle, Mole Music, Angel Pig and the Hidden Christmas and Tall in the Saddle.« less