Swimming Home

Swimming Home book cover
Swimming Home Susan Hand Shetterly Illustrations by Rebekah Raye In celebration of all the people in coastal towns who are working to bring back their fish runs Tilbury House publishers Thomaston Maine
Swimming Home

Swimming Home

Illustrated with spectacular paintings, Swimming Home tells the compelling story of a school of alewives (river herring) as they return to their natal lake to spawn. But a newly built culvert blocks their way. Will this be the end of their journey? • An epic animal migration story in the tradition of March of the Penguins. • The story follows a school of fish (river herring, or alewives) on a journey of hundreds of miles, escaping porpoises, seals, eagles, and herons. • Swimming Home is also the moving story of a boy and his father who see the fish stopped just short of their goal by a new road, and transport them across the last hundred feet. The Tilbury House Nature Book series brings the natural world to life for young readers without anthropomorphizing animals. Each book aims for the highest standards of scientific accuracy and storytelling magic.

About This Book

By: Susan Hand Shetterly
Illustrated by: Rebekah Raye
Published by: Tilbury House
5-9Age Range
5.1 AR
32Pages
Sea LifeSubject
640LLexile
15-30 minsReading Time
NGuided Reading
NFountas & Pinnell
30DRA