About this title: After a horrible storm at sea, Mary and Jean Wallace find themselves stranded on an island--with four babies who are also victims of the shipwreck. How will these young girls care for themselves and four infants?
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Description: Moneta Barnett. Poor. No dust jacket. Ex-library. cover and binding wear and creases, cover in poor shape, binding starting to come apart. 154 p. Includes illustrations. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780590416184ISBN:0590416189
Description: Very Good. Toning on page edge due to age. Hard to spot shelf wear. Otherwise clean and tight. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1968-01
ISBN-13:9780590416184ISBN:0590416189
Description: Very Good. Some hard to spot shelf wear. Very tight, clean and readable. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780590416184ISBN:0590416189
Description: Very Good. Just a hint of toning due to the age of this book. Clean and tight. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1965
ISBN-13:9780590416184ISBN:0590416189
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, light crease along spine, light aging, bends on front cover, stk #2201ddm8. Glued binding. 154 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780689717512ISBN:0689717512
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780590416184ISBN:0590416189
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fair. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"A book from my childhood that should probably not be re-read... it wasn't the greatest book, but I was a voracious reader and have fond memories of reading this little book."
"I picked this book up from the Dublin library discard shelf around the time that Harriet was a newborn. Feeling a little overwhelmed by how much attention and care she needed those first couple months, I picked up the book. It had an absurd title and was short enough to finish quickly. From the cover art, I was under the impression that Baby Island was written in the 1960s or early 1970s. Actually though it was first published in 1937.
Mary and Jean on a ship bound for Australia where their father has relocated for work. They have befriended the parents of the youngest passengers and have been the on-board baby sitters. In the middle of a huge storm, they end up on a lifeboat with four babies: the toddling twins Elijah (Blue) and Elisha (Pink), Ann Elizabeth (age 1) and Jonah (age 4 months).
The story is a classic desert island / shipwreck adventure akin to the first half of Robinson Crusoe or the horrible Swiss Family Robinson except from the perspective of a group of children. While the necessities of food and water are covered in the plot, along with the need for a safe and dry shelter away from the tide, nothing is mentioned about the infants numerous diaper changes. There is some hinting at the problem with the many times Mary and Jean are washing Pink and Blue's outfits but it's done in such a saccharine way that being stuck on an island with a handful of young children and limited supplies seems like such a magical adventure.
After the initial at sea disaster where the children were genuinely scared and aware of how much danger they were in, the book began to bore me. Mary and Jean are so busy having fun that they never stop to think of the ramifications of their situation. Nor do they seem to care for the children beyond seeing them as cute (and hungry) play things."
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