Fleming, Candace.

Papa's mechanical fish / Candace Fleming ; pictures by Boris Kulikov. - 1st ed. - New York : Margaret Ferguson Books, 2013. - 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

9780374399085 (hardcover)

2012029659


Phillips, L. D., 1825-1869 --Fiction.


Inventors--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Submarines (Ships)--Fiction.
Inventors--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Submarines (Ships)--Fiction.

PZ7.F59936 / Pap 2013

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