Traveling the Blue Road: Poems of the Sea collected
Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Bob Hansman, Jovan Hansman
This poetry collection examines sea journeys made by explorers, enslaved people, Pilgrims, immigrants, and refugees. Examples include the Mariel boatlift, Vietnamese boat people, the voyage undertaken by the St. Louis, and migration in the Mediterranean. Mixed-media illustrations accompany the poems. It also represents a slave ship and Pilgrims’ arrival in what they called the New World. Historical notes, information about the poets, and material about the book appear at the end.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
