All day, Sal thinks about the water: being out there, just him and the waves, alone. More than anything else, he wants a boat, and so he decides to build it himself. It isn't long before everyone in town starts sharing advice that he doesn't even want. But in this tale for readers 4 to 7, Sal forgets one crucial detail—that no project, big or small, can be launched without a little help. Realistic and expressive, Thyra Heder's watercolors of small-town life have a classic feel.