The very first 826 Boston picture book, And Lester Swam On is fittingly marine life forward. A collaboration between a room full of second graders who each picked an animal to research, you'll find leopard sharks, blue whales, sea turtles, harp seals, and more as you learn about sea creatures, the ocean, and friendship in this incredible journey.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “826 Boston's first picture book, written by 2nd graders at the John D. Philbrick School, features a leopard shark named Lester, who meets other sea creatures along his journey to find a home free of pollution. This book is a full-color paperback picture book featuring a collaboratively written student story in an inventive literary non-fiction format. Illustrations by Cody Van Winkle.”