"That was a falsehood, Obadiah," said Father, when Obadiah told the family how a great big wolf almost ate him up in Easton's stable. "There are no wolves in Nantucket." And Mother made him write "God help me to be truthful" ten times, and threatened to make him stay home from the sheep-shearing squantum.

But all the Starbucks, including Obadiah, did go to the shearing, along with everyone else on Nantucket. There was laughter and fun all day; the bustle of the shearing tent; a picnic of steamed clams, chicken, and strawberry tarts; and trinkets to buy. And then Obadiah had a real adventure, more fanciful than any of the stories he made up, and nobody believed him.

Brinton Turkle has written and illustrated two earlier books about Obadiah, a very real little boy who lived on Nantucket a long time ago. The superbly detailed pictures in this book, glowing with the crowds and excitement of one of the island's most colorful events, take Obadiah from home and village into the life and landscape of the island itself.

From the dust jacket