The Boy Who Held Back the Sea
by Thomas Locker
Anselm’s Take:
(What question does this answer? What problems does it solve? How does it contribute to our understanding of the Christian Imagination?)
Coming shortly.
Publisher’s Description:
“From the award-winning and renowned illustrator Thomas Locker, beautiful oil-painted illustrations pair with this wonderful retelling of the traditional Dutch folktale.
Jan had never done anything more heroic than shout for the guard because he'd imagined he'd seen a sea serpent. But when Jan discovered water trickling through a desolate stretch of the dike that protected his low-lying village, he knew he had to act fast.
‘Visually stunning.’--Publishers Weekly
‘Locker's depiction of nature overpowering humanity is especially significant to the story and to the Dutch people who have spent centuries battling the sea.’--School Library Journal”
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The Boy Who Held Back the Sea, by Thomas Locker (Puffin, 1987, 1993)