Isabella goes sailing E-Book

Michele Lodge

• Herausgeber: Kolima Books
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

When sailing with Grandpa something magical always happens. You can?t sail without wind. Grandpa?s sailboat is called a sloop and has two sails. It also has a little engine just in case there is no wind. The big sail is called the main sail and the smaller sail is called the jib. When it is very windy the boat can sail with just the jib, so it does not tip to the side too much. It?s really funny; there is a boat language.

Leseprobe

ByMichele Lodge

Illustrated by Katrina Vanderlip

Original title: Isabella goes sailing

First published: November 2015

© 2015 Editorial Kolima, Madrid

www.editorialkolima.com

Author: Michele Lodge

Illustrator: Katrina Vanderlip

Layout: Adriana Moya and Patricia Fuentes

Proofreading and publishing production: Marta Prieto Asirón

ISBN: 978-84-163643-8-1

Printed in Spain

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmittedin any form or by any means, included the reprography and IT processing as well as the distribution of copies under loan without the prior permission in writing of the copyright owner, subject to penalties under the law.

To my granddaughter Isabella with all my love

Michie

At 6 AM, Grandpa bent over Isabella’s bed waking her up gently.

“Wake up Isabella, it’s time to go sailing.”

“Yippee, we are going sailing!”

Sailing with Grandpa always turned into an adventure. Isabella and her little sister ‘Tractor’ had packed their back- packs the night before with all the things they needed for the trip. Tractor’s real name is Olivia, but she loved tractors so much that she wanted that as her nickname.

In their bags they had brought torches, galigali, sweets, crocs, paper and pencils, a book, toothbrush, hairbrush and elastic bands for their hair, underwear and T-shirts, bathing suits and one sweater. Grandpa’s duffle bag included the tents, pillows, sleeping bags and Cocoa’s dog bowl and his dog biscuits. They needed lots of stuff. Sailing is like being a snail; you carry your house with you everywhere you go.

After breakfast they helped pack up the car. Cocoa, their chocolate Labrador, jumped into the boot of the car and wouldn’t come out because he did not want to be left behind. As they drove out of the driveway, Isabella yelled out her window: “Bye bye Mummy, bye bye Daddy, see you in five sleepovers.”

That’s the way Isabella counts the nights away from home.

Sailing out of the harbor the girls saw the green bells and red nuns marking the safe way for boats. They are like traffic lights out at sea, marking the rocks and shoals so sailors know their way. As they got a little further out, dolphins came to swim alongside their boat. The girls loved seeing dolphins. Isabella loved all animals (apart from wasps and nasty bugs), especially Cocoa. Tractor got him for her third birthday.

When sailing with Grandpa something magical always happens. For example, Isabella could actually understand what the animals said!

The sun was shining and the wind blowing. You can’t sail without wind. Grandpa’s sailboat is called a sloop and has two sails. It also has a little engine just in case there is no wind. The big sail is called the main sail and the smaller sail is called the jib. When it is very windy the boat can sail with just the jib, so it does not tip to the side too much.  Sometimes, when there is a lot of wind and the boat heels over, Isabella gets scared, but she is very brave and never tells Grandpa. She is just as brave as a boy.