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Captains Courageous is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic.
The book's title comes from the ballad "Mary Ambree", which starts, "When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt". Kipling had previously used the same title for an article on businessmen as the new adventurers,...
5) Nestor
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
When Nestor the monkey falls in the river while fishing, he is rescued by an elephant, one of the animals his father had told him to avoid.
6) Gone fishing
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
At their summer house, a young boy and his father go off by themselves on a fishing expedition.
14) Tale of a tail
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
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Description
Not wishing to share his fish with Bear, Fox slyly directs him how to catch his own, not realizing the extraordinary event that would result.
15) Hooked
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Language
English
Description
A boy and his dad discover all they have in common on a fishing trip in this picture book about father-son bonding.
18) Lord of the deep
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
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Description
Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches thirteen-year-old Mikey about fishing, and about taking risks, making sacrifices, and facing some of life's difficult choices.
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