Sailaway Home Board Book

By Bruce Degen

After sailing away on the high sea and in the sky, this young pig knows that home is the best place to be.
ISBN: 9780694014484
Imprint: HarperCollins
On Sale: Mar 22, 2000
List price: $11.99
No of pages: 32
Trim Size: 5.500 in (w) x 6.000 in (h) x 0.780 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Pigs
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / General

Bruce Degen

Biography

Bruce Degen (1945–2024] was the bestselling author and illustrator of the beloved, perennial favorite Jamberry and numerous award-winning books for children. He was the author and illustrator of Daddy Is a Doodlebug and Sailaway Home as well as the illustrator of the highly acclaimed Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole; the ever-popular Jesse Bear books by Nancy White Carlstrom; Jazzmatazz! by Stephanie Calmenson; and Shirley’s Wonderful Baby by Valiska Gregory (available at your local library).

Bruce Degen’s involvement with art ranged from painting and printmaking to teaching art in New York City schools and directing an artists’ lithography studio in Israel. Mr. Degen studied art at the Cooper Union and Pratt Institute. He was born in Brooklyn, New York—just like Charlie Muttnik.

After sailing away on the high sea and in the sky, this young pig knows that home is the best place to be.

ISBN: 9780694014484
Imprint: HarperCollins
On Sale: Mar 22, 2000
List price: $11.99
No of pages: 32
Trim Size: 5.500 in (w) x 6.000 in (h) x 0.780 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Pigs
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / General

Bruce Degen

Biography

Bruce Degen (1945–2024] was the bestselling author and illustrator of the beloved, perennial favorite Jamberry and numerous award-winning books for children. He was the author and illustrator of Daddy Is a Doodlebug and Sailaway Home as well as the illustrator of the highly acclaimed Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole; the ever-popular Jesse Bear books by Nancy White Carlstrom; Jazzmatazz! by Stephanie Calmenson; and Shirley’s Wonderful Baby by Valiska Gregory (available at your local library).

Bruce Degen’s involvement with art ranged from painting and printmaking to teaching art in New York City schools and directing an artists’ lithography studio in Israel. Mr. Degen studied art at the Cooper Union and Pratt Institute. He was born in Brooklyn, New York—just like Charlie Muttnik.