The story begins with Maggie making a wish,
North Star, star of the sea,
I wish for a ship
Named after me,
To sail for a day
Alone and free,
With someone nice
For company.
What I love about this is that her wish is rewarded, and her someone nice is her baby brother. I love to read children stories that show people loving their siblings...what a waste to read a book in which a person is preoccupied with their annoyance at someone else! This book is charming, and if you don't want to sail on the Maggie B. for at least a day, I'll eat a boot.
North Star, star of the sea,
I wish for a ship
Named after me,
To sail for a day
Alone and free,
With someone nice
For company.
What I love about this is that her wish is rewarded, and her someone nice is her baby brother. I love to read children stories that show people loving their siblings...what a waste to read a book in which a person is preoccupied with their annoyance at someone else! This book is charming, and if you don't want to sail on the Maggie B. for at least a day, I'll eat a boot.
Lucy loves any book with girls as the heroine.
Jack loves the baby brother, and says, "I be the baby!"
(Scholastic Book Services, 1975)
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