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The wreck of the Zephyr

In 1983, beloved Caldecott-winning illustrator, Chris Van Allsburg, first invited readers to peer over the edge of a cliff to consider the wreck of a small sailboat. Had a churning sea carried the Zephyr up in a storm' Could waves ever have been so impossibly high' And what of the boy who had believed'dared to chase the wind'no matter where it lead' Now, thirty years later, the winds have shifted once again and you're invited back to the wreck of the Zephyr, to hear the story of the boy and his obsession to become the world's greatest sailor, and a storm that carried them to a place where boats sail on the wind, instead of on the water. Told in spare text and haunting, full-color pastels, Chris Van Allsburg's spectral sailboats once again take impossbile flight. In illustrations so vivid one can feel the whisper of wind and hear the flutter of canvas, depart this world for another to entertain the marvelous possibility of dreams. This 30th anniversary edition includes read-along audio of the book, read by Chris Van Allsburg.

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  • "Le bord d'une haute falaise n'est pas la place ordinaire d'une épave... Qu'a-t-il bien pu se passer ? Un vieil homme semble connaître la réponse. Il était une fois un garçon intrépide et prétentieux qui rêvait de devenir le meilleur marin du monde. Son bateau s'appelait le Zéphyr..."
  • "In 1983, beloved Caldecott-winning illustrator, Chris Van Allsburg, first invited readers to peer over the edge of a cliff to consider the wreck of a small sailboat. Had a churning sea carried the Zephyr up in a storm' Could waves ever have been so impossibly high' And what of the boy who had believed'dared to chase the wind'no matter where it lead' Now, thirty years later, the winds have shifted once again and you're invited back to the wreck of the Zephyr, to hear the story of the boy and his obsession to become the world's greatest sailor, and a storm that carried them to a place where boats sail on the wind, instead of on the water. Told in spare text and haunting, full-color pastels, Chris Van Allsburg's spectral sailboats once again take impossbile flight. In illustrations so vivid one can feel the whisper of wind and hear the flutter of canvas, depart this world for another to entertain the marvelous possibility of dreams. This 30th anniversary edition includes read-along audio of the book, read by Chris Van Allsburg."@en
  • "A boy's ambition to be the greatest sailor in the world brings him to ruin when he misuses his new ability to sail his boat in the air. Suggested level: primary, intermediate."@en
  • "Een oude man vertelt hoe een zeilboot hoog boven op de rotsen bij een dorp terecht is gekomen. Prentenboek met stijlvolle schilderingen in gedekte kleuren. Vanaf ca. 7 jaar."
  • "A boy obsessed with becoming the world's greatest sailor wrecks his sailboat in a storm, and then learns to sail on the wind."@en
  • "At the edge of a cliff lies the wreck of a small sailboat. How did it get there? "Waves carried it up in a storm," says an old sailor. But is it possible that waves could ever go that high? There is another story - the story of a boy and his desire to be the greatest sailor, the story of a storm that carried the boy and his boat to a place where boats glide like gulls high above the water."@en
  • "A boy's ambition to be the greatest sailor in the world brings him to ruin when he misuses his new ability to sail his boat in the air."@en
  • "A boy's ambition to be the greatest sailor in the world brings him to ruin when he misuses his new ability to sail his boat in the air."
  • "In 1983, beloved Caldecott-winning illustrator, Chris Van Allsburg, first invited readers to peer over the edge of a cliff to consider the wreck of a small sailboat. Had a churning sea carried the Zephyr up in a storm' Could waves ever have been so impossibly high' And what of the boy who had believed'dared to chase the wind'no matter where it lead' Now, thirty years later, the winds have shifted once again and you're invited back to the wreck of the Zephyr, to hear the story of the boy and his obsession to become the world's greatest sailor, and a storm that carried them to a place where boats sail on the wind, instead of on the water. Told in spare text and haunting, full-color pastels, Chris Van Allsburg's spectral sailboats once again take impossbile flight. In illustrations so vivid one can feel the whisper of wind and hear the flutter of canvas, depart this world for another to entertain the marvelous possibility of dreams. This 30th anniversary edition includes a bonus digital audio file to download, read by Chris Van Allsburg, and a stunning new cover!"@en

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  • "Children's stories"@en
  • "Ouvrages pour la jeunesse"
  • "Bilderbuch"
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Ratgeber"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Das Wrack der Zephyr"
  • "El naufragio del Zéfiro"@es
  • "El naufragio del Zéfiro"
  • "El Naufragi del Zèfir"
  • "The wreck of the Zephyr"
  • "The wreck of the Zephyr"@en
  • "L'épave du zéphyr"
  • "The Wreck of the Zephyr"
  • "El naufragi del Zèfir"
  • "Het wrak van de Zephyr"
  • "The wreck of the zephyr"@en
  • "L' épave du Zéphyr"
  • "Das Wrack der Zephyr : Ein Bilderbuch"
  • "L'Epave du Zéphyr"
  • "L' epave du Zephyr"
  • "Das Wrack der Zephyr : ein Bilderbuch"
  • "L'épave du Zéphyr"
  • "Vraket efter Taifun"@sv
  • "Vraket efter Taifun"
  • "The wreck of the zephyr read-aloud"@en

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