The Boy Who Held Back the Sea — Thomas Locker

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Paperback editions:

  • Paperback
  • Sep-1991
  • Puffin
  • ISBN: 0803710496
  • ISBN13: 9780803710498

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  • Paperback
  • Mar-1993
  • Puffin
  • ISBN: 0140546138
  • ISBN13: 9780140546132

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Hardcover editions:

  • Hardcover
  • Sep-1987
  • Dial
  • ISBN: 0803704070
  • ISBN13: 9780803704077

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  • Hardcover
  • Mar-1993
  • Turtleback Books
  • Library Binding
  • ISBN: 0833579703
  • ISBN13: 9780833579706

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  • Hardcover
  • Dec-1993
  • Turtleback Books
  • Library Binding
  • ISBN: 0606254102
  • ISBN13: 9780606254106

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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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