Born in the Midwest, artist Tom Crestodina has been working as a fisherman in Alaska for over 20 years and studied marine engineering at the Seattle Maritime Academy. After the birth of his first child with his wife, Ania, he began making cutaway drawings of the vessels he was working on as a way to communicate with his small child while he was at sea. After other seafarers began to ask for drawings of their own vessels, he went on to document the maritime trades in his whimsical style, and his work is now carried in shops and galleries all over the Pacific coast of North America. He lives in Bellingham, Washington, with Ania and their two children. You can find out more about Tom and his work on his website- TheScow.BigCartel.com
"Boys and girls — and grown-ups — intrigued by the maritime world
of the North Pacific will get much pleasure and a pack of insider
knowledge from Tom Crestodina’s Working Boats"--New York
Times
“Working Boats” is a great resource for kids, and as I mentioned
earlier, their parents as well. The drawings will attract beginning
readers, the text will keep bringing them back as they master their
skills, and the complete package will appeal to
grownups.--Anchorage Daily News
"If a photo illustration is worth a thousand words, Crestodina’s
cut-away drawings give us more like five thousand words each. .
. It is no cliché to say that, for the mariner inclined,
from eight to eighty, this is the one book that does it
all."--National Fisherman
"Cross sections and exploded views abound in the detailed
illustrations."--Kirkus Reviews
"An informative and fun book for readers interested in boats and
how they work, and the target audience will be engaged by the high
level of detail."--Booklist
"If your young reader is less interested in story and more
interested in non-fiction — especially the workings of a seagoing
vessel — then this book is a great gift choice."--Montreal
Gazette
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