The Honey Boat

Inspired by a true events, this is a story of conservationism and a community inspired to work together, for early readers age 5-8

Ellie is a salty Yankee garbage collector who charges around Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts in an old catboat, taking no nonsense from visiting skippers in their shiny yachts. When Ellie doesn't appear one morning, her friends begin to worry, and when people begin to get mysteriously sick, even the Mayor takes up the search. What they learn is that garbage can pollute a harbor and conservation begins with every boat owner properly depositing their trash.

This introduction to conservation for children was a Junior Literary Guild selection and reprinted twice in an anthology. Partly fictionalized, it gives a true account of Ellie's important work and is republished by popular demand.