Papa's mechanical fish

In the summer of 1851, with encouragement and ideas provided by his family, an inventor builds a working submarine and takes his family for a ride. Includes notes about Lodner Phillips, the real inventor on whom the story is based.

Main Author: Fleming, Candace.
Other Authors: Kulikov, Boris, 1966- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Margaret Ferguson Books, 2013.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: In the summer of 1851, with encouragement and ideas provided by his family, an inventor builds a working submarine and takes his family for a ride. Includes notes about Lodner Phillips, the real inventor on whom the story is based.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9780374399085 (hardcover)
0374399085 (hardcover)
Author Notes:

Candace Fleming is the author of many picture and young adult books, including Boxes for Katje, Gator Gumbo, and The Great and Only Barnum, a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. She lives in Mount Prospect, Illinois.

Boris Kulikov is the critically acclaimed illustrator of many children's books, including Max's Words by Kate Banks and Barnum's Bones by Tracey Fern. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.