The Tongue of the Ocean by Eve Bunting5/22/2023 ![]() Luckily, the colorful full-spread illustrations simplify the nonsense and provide a mood of happy security throughout the story. These "Alice in Wonderland" solutions seem unjustified given Danny’s reasonable questions. Danny considers many logical barriers to his rescue, including the dangers of the ocean and the possibility that the friendly pirates may want to keep him. His mother’s answers, however, involve the magical element of a bottle filled with "magic spray." She metaphorically shrinks the problems with a few pumps of a handle. “What if I don’t like it on the pirate ship? And I want to come back home?” With steadfast love, his mother answers every “What if…?” with confident answers that reassure the young boy. From the comfort of his couch, his questions persist. While reading a book about pirates, Danny considers sailing away with them. But what if he wants to come home?Īs he reads with his mom, little Danny wonders aloud what it would be like to be a pirate. ![]()
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