Borrowed Black is back in print!
First published in 1979, Borrowed Black has been delighting readers for 46 years—and now, it’s available once again from Breakwater Books. To celebrate, we’re sharing a glimpse of the book’s journey through time: the original 1979 cover and a page from that first edition, alongside the updated 2005 edition. Whether you remember it from your childhood or are discovering it for the first time, Borrowed Black continues to spark imagination across generations.

“He borrowed boards from boats he had found –
Some that were floating, some that had drowned.
Then he built a shack for the wickedest weather
And caught two hundred creatures to hold it together.”

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Header illustration from A Letter from the Snow