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Fishing with Gubby / by Gary Kent ; illustrated by Kim La Fave.

Kent, Gary, 1941- (Author). LaFave, Kim. (Added Author).

Summary:

Gubby is a salmon fisherman who lives with his wife Millie and cat Puss in a small seaside village on the west coast of British Columbia. He keeps his boat, the Flounder, a 36-foot west coast salmon troller, at a local wharf with many other boats. Part graphic novel and part ocean adventure story, Fishing with Gubby not only depicts the salty BC coast, it captures the vanishing “golden age” when fishing was more than just a job it's was a way of life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781550174977 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 1550174975 (hc.)
  • Physical Description: 46 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
  • Publisher: Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub., c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Map on endpapers.
Subject:
Fishing > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Salmon fishing > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Pacific Coast (B.C.) > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Graphic novels.
Canadian fiction.

Available copies

  • 17 of 18 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sparwood Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Sparwood Public Library J GRAPHIC KEN (Text) 35172000090577 Junior Graphic Volume hold Available -

Gary Kent grew up in Vancouver and received his BA from the University of British Columbia. He was a commercial fisherman and salmon troller for ten years and is now a furniture maker and instructor at the Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking. He lives in Roberts Creek, BC.



Left: Gary Kent, right, with Puss and illustrator Kim La Fave. Photo by Manuel Sierra Sanchez-Medal. Kim La Fave, a Governor General's Award-winning artist, is the illustrator of Amos's Sweater (by Janet Lunn) -- winner of the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for illustration -- Follow That Star (by Kenneth Oppel), I Am Small (by Cherrie Fitch), the bestselling The Bones and Skeleton Book (by Steven Cumbaa) and many other children's books. He lives in Roberts Creek, BC.