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But today Skipper John was too busy to talk to Si. Skipper John needed a cook. The Liberty Belle was ready to sail, but her crew refused to go. The trouble was . BEANS! On every trip with Skipper John all they had to eat was beans. The crew were so busy – standing watch, reefing sails, swabbing decks, catching fish, cleaning fish and packing ...
Skipper John's Cook is a 1951 picture book written and illustrated by Marcia Brown. The story tells of a boy who is a cook on a boat. The book was a recipient of a 1952 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations. References
Due to Si's friendship with Skipper John, Si comes aboard a fishing boat as a cook. The men are tired of beans for every meal, so Si uses his skills to make them... fish and beans at every meal! At first they're satisfied, but by the end of the voyage, Skipper John is looking for another cook.
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SKIPPER JOHN'S COOK. by Marcia Brown ‧RELEASE DATE: June 15, 1951. By the author of Dick Whittington and His Cat (1950) and Henry-Fisherman (1949) a delightful sea and salt air picture book about a cocky Provincetown boy who shipped out as a cook for the crew of a bean-weary fishing boat.
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Awards Won. The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott and is intended to create more abundant and joyful life in pictures for children.
Skipper John's Cook, 1951. Endpapers. Reed pen line and four-color gouache (deep salmon/red-pink, turquoise blue, ochre, charcoal gray). Reproduced with the permission of Atheneum Books for Young Readers, am imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.
