num_pages: 128
description: Jim Toomey is a breath of fresh water. -- Washington Post* Lauded for promoting marine conservation Sherman's Lagoon appears in 250 newspapers in 30 countries in six languages.Collecting more than 42 weeks of Jim Toomey's Sherman's Lagoon  this collection transports readers to an imaginary lagoon near the South Pacific island of Kapupu where a cast of coral reef critters battles the encroachment of civilization.* Inhabitants of this nautical neighborhood include Sherman an always hungry and otherwise typical great white shark and his witty pearl-wearing wife Megan along with friendly Fillmore the turtle geeky fish Ernest macho hermit crab Hawthorne and salty old Captain Quigley who remains vengeful after losing his leg to Sherman.
language: English
title: Yarns and Shanties (And Other Nautical Baloney): The Twelfth Sherman's Lagoon Collection
publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing