Biscuit Rides the Ferry

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator)

Genres: Dogs

32 pages, Hardcover

Published May 5, 2026

About the author

Alyssa Satin Capucilli was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and pursued her interest in dance, becoming a professional dancer and dance instructor. Though Capucilli had written stories, poems, and even puppet shows as a child, she didn't consider a career as a writer until after her own two children were born. To this day she sees herself as both a dancer and a writer, and the two professions complement each other nicely: dancing is, in her words, “telling stories in another way,” and readers of her children's books can attest to the rhythm of her language. Since 1994, she has written more than 15 books for children, and her work has been translated into French, Hebrew, Afrikaans, Greek, and Bulgarian.

Capucilli lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with her husband and children. They have a chocolate Labrador retriever named Huckleberry, who likes to watch the author at work.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was an elementary librarian there were several series that were my beginning readers’ favorites, but BISCUIT was always at the top of the list. I was delighted to learn there is a new book in the thirty year old series. Biscuit is sweet and playful as ever as he takes his first ferry ride. The details in both the text and the illustrations will make you yearn to take a ferry ride this summer. The illustrations were diverse and I especially liked that the captain is a woman.

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beloved Biscuit is in a new easy to read title the subject of which is riding a passenger ferry with his family. There apparently all day trip takes them out into the ocean where Biscuit is excited to see a gull, dolphins, and a lighthouse. The illustrations for an easy reader are well done depicting the day’s journey, and the colors are bright as if they really are on the ocean.