Review: This is the story of an enormous whale named Moby Dick and a whaling ship. Moby Dick first comes into contact with the captain of this whaling ship, Ahab, and in that encounter Ahab loses his leg. Ahab is then filled with so much anger that he'll stop at nothing to get Moby Dick.
He really does stop at nothing... he risks everything, including his crew. Will the crew be able to talk some sense into him or will they all die because of one whale?
I will admit that I never have read Moby Dick. This was the first and it wasn't what I expected. I actually enjoyed it!! :)
Children's Thoughts: My 5 year old boy, "This was the best book ever!" My 5 year old son and my husband sat on the couch every night and would read together for 30-40 minutes. My 3 year old daughter would sit with them for about 10 minutes interested but then she and I would have to go somewhere else and read some picture books. It didn't really hold her attention.
Melville and his wife, Elizabeth Shaw, raised their four children (two boys and two girls) on a farm in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. They were near Nathan Hawthorne who became Mellville's inspiration as he wrote Moby Dick. His later writings earned him the nickname of "Mad man" and newspaper headlines about him saying, "HERMAN MELVILLE CRAZY". He went into lecturing instead and started writing poetry but since his writings were ignored by publishers he gave up writing and became a customs inspector for New York City.
Rating: ***** Five Stars (according to the five year old)
Moby Dick (Great Classics for Children)
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