<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Blue Boat is a tugboat, a rough, tough tugboat.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>With the tremendous success of RED TRUCK in board book format and anticipation around YELLOW COPTER in board to match, we're thrilled to complete the primary-colored series about vehicles who save the day by bringing BLUE BOAT into board, too! When a family on a sailing outing gets stuck in a surprise storm, there is only one boat tough enough to handle the rocking waves and howling winds: Blue Boat! Now even the youngest readers can cheer on this rough, tough tugboat.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Reviews for <i>Blue Boat</i> </b> <p/>Readers who are entertaining dreams of captaining a ship someday will celebrate the brave efforts of this 'rough, tough tugboat.'--<i>Publishers Weekly <br></i><br>With plenty of sound effects and opportunities for call-and-response, this will be a spirited pick for one-on-one or group storytime.--<i>Booklist </i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Kersten Hamilton is the author of over twenty-five books. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. BLUE BOAT is her fifth book for Viking. Visit her at kerstenhamilton.com. <p/>Valeria Petrone has worked as an illustrator for publishers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, and her native Italy, where she now lives. Visit her at www.valeriapetrone.com.