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Children's Fiction Fishes

One Wonderful Fine Day for a Sculpin Named Sam

by (author) Al Pittman

illustrated by Shawn O’Hagan

Publisher
Breakwater Books Ltd.
Initial publish date
Apr 2013
Category
Fishes, Intermediate
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780919948860
    Publish Date
    Apr 2013
    List Price
    $19.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550814156
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

Sam, the colourful sculpin, is different. And on one warm summer day, he swims through an underwater community teeming with lively fish of all shapes and sizes. But Sam doesn’t look like anyone else. He feels lonely. Until he finds Sara, his perfect match, in a world where everyone is different in their own way. Al Pittman’s classic story, vibrantly illustrated by Shawn O’Hagan, is a perennial favourite. Breakwater Books is proud to make One Wonderful Fine Day for a Sculpin Named Sam available in a new edition for a whole new generation of readers.

About the authors

Beth Powning grew up in a small New England town, where her family has lived since the 1790s. In 1972, she and her husband Peter Powning moved to Canada and bought an 1870s farm in New Brunswick, where they established a pottery business.

In 1995, Beth Powning published a book of photography, Roses for Canadian Gardens (written by childhood friend Bob Osborne). She later found her voice in Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life. Over the next fifteen yaers, five books followed: another book of photographs, Northern Trees and Shrubs; two works of non-fiction, Shadow Child and Edge Seasons; and two bestselling novels, The Hatbox Letters and The Sea Captain's Wife.

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Shawn O’Hagan was born in Toronto and has made her home in Newfoundland. She has illustrated seven children’s books including Flights of Magic by John Steffler, which was nominated for a Governor General’s Award for Children’s Book Illustration, and Robert Munch’s Get Me Another One.

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