Hopefully all those boat rides include the wearing of life
jackets!
"No Jacket – No Boat Ride!" gives young readers a
slightly different view of the wearing of life jackets. It was an inspired bit
of verse that resulted from seeing a photo of a puppy behind the steering wheel
of a fishing boat.* The pup was decked out in a life jacket.
I hadn't known life jackets came in doggie size.
But what I did know was a universal truth about kids
(especially those who are fearless around the water). In their exuberance, they
can forget basic water safety rules. And they will certainly argue about the wearing
of a life jacket if adults don't wear them as well.
