# The Boy Who Held Back the Sea

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- Book: [The Boy Who Held Back the Sea](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-locker/the-boy-who-held-back-the-sea) ([The Boy Who Held Back the Sea.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-locker/the-boy-who-held-back-the-sea.md))
- Authors: [Thomas Locker](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-locker), [Lenny Hort](https://www.bookquiver.com/lenny-hort)
- Publisher: puffin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4054-613-2
- Pages: 32
- Published: 1993-03-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

From the award-winning and renowned illustrator Thomas Locker, beautiful oil-painted illustrations pair with this wonderful retelling of the traditional Dutch folktale. Jan had never done anything...