Sail Away

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
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.