Review by Booklist Review
Piper finds a bosun's whistle on the morning after a storm tore her father's skiff from its moorings. When they go out to check his lobster traps, she uses the whistle and some lobster bait to teach a seal a trick. Her father objects to wasting bait, until the seal unexpectedly repays them by leading them to the missing skiff. Appealing ink drawings with gray washes illustrate this clearly written, accessible story. This latest early chapter book in the Piper Green and the Fairy Tree series features a perfect blend of childlike fancy and down-to-earth realism, capped with a happy ending.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2016 Booklist
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Review by Horn Book Review
In her third multi-stranded adventure set on a small Maine island, seven-year-old Piper Green sets out to earn enough money to buy a horse, befriends a seal (whom she terms a "sea pony"), and finds her lobsterman father's lost skiff. Brief chapters, a wealth of expressive line-and-wash illustrations, and Piper's irrepressible nature will hold the interest of newly independent readers. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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