Skip Across The
OceanA multicultural collection of 32 nursery rhymes, some of which explains their original languages--French, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Fanti, Luganda, and Yoruba--as well as in English. . . . Preschool. A collection of traditional rhymes and lullabies from different countries. Very beautiful pictures and so many rich rhymes to get the students thinking.
Floella, Benjamin.
Skip across the Ocean.
Water Music
Yolen notes that Stemple's .
. . full-color photographs were the inspiration for these 17 poems on different
aspects of water. Ocean surf, dew drops, soap bubbles, a river, waterfall,
icicle, and reflections are among the subjects of the ocean. Great
pictures very detailed story. Grade three and up.
Commotion
in The OceanThe sequel to the best-selling Rumble
in the Jungle, this delightful new collection of poems includes fun
rhymes about the creatures who live in and
around the ocean. Children will delight in the snappy poems and colorful
illustrations about whales, walruses, penguins, polar bears, stingrays,
and sharks.
OceansWater, water everywhere, and
as Simon points out, more than 70 percent of the earth's surface is
covered by oceans-one big ocean, and the continents are really islands
in this vast body of water. The photographs include some taken from space
and computer enhanced to show the terrain under the oceans and ocean currents,
such as what happens when El Niño enters the scene. Illustrations
demystify tides and wave action and Simon, a former teacher, makes his
explanations quite kid friendly. A good introduction
to oceans for kids and their parents. 1997
Beneath
the Sea
Photographer Mark Blum executes
a sterling idea for a book: a collection of stereoscopic images of deep-sea
fish and reptiles, with 3-D glasses bound right into the book's cover.
The result is an entertaining you-are-there tour of the ocean deeps
that appeals to all ages. Some images are of places that are perilous
of access, such as a submarine labyrinth off
Ocean
This little
book's outstanding collection of photos and drawings are supplemented
with two levels of narrative. The large-type portion is quite brief and
provides a summary of two pages of illustrations. The fine print goes
into detail on the various individual illustrations. . . . The book has
something to offer children from a wide range of ages and reading skills.
Mac, Quitty.
The Rainbow Fish
Pfister, Marrcus. Rainbow Fish.
Swimmy
Swimmy is a happy black fish who lives in a school of red fish until a big tuna eats all of his brothers and sisters. Lonely and sad, Swimmy searches the sea and finally finds another school of red fish. These fish are too frightened to swim in the ocean, so Swimmy comes up with a plan: all the red fish swim close together in the shape of one giant fish, and black Swimmy is the eye!
Lionni, Leo. Swimmy.
The Whale’s
Song
"Lilly's grandmother tells
tales of singing whales who came from milesaway in answer to a child's desire
to see them dance across the waves. One night, Lilly hears the whales and
watches breathlessly as they 'leaped and jumped and spun across the moon.'
Then, waking from what she thinks is a dream,
she hears them call her name." (SLJ) "Ages five to eight."
The Greenlaw, Linda. The
Oceanographers &
Explorers of the SeaBiographies of ten American scientists and pioneers of the study of ocean science make up this interesting book for young readers. Includes biographies of Robert Ballard, Eugenie Clark, and Allyn Vine. Undersea adventures with robot cameras, deep-diving submersibles, and laboratory experiments highlight the text, as author Kirk Polking discusses the technological advances that make underwater exploration possible, from the Titanic to the tiniest cells of sea creatures.
Polking, Kirk. Ocanographers & Explorers of the Sea. Enslow Publishers. 1999.
The Wolkstein's (White Wave) lilting tale explains how the sun, moon and stars came to be in the sky. She imbues the narrative with gentleness and humor, as Johnson and Fancher (Copp lia) contribute the same spirit of quiet adventure. Sun and Moon possess human forms and softly luminescent heads, living a cozy, married life on earth in a large bamboo house. Sun "made their roof very high, because both he and Moon were very tall." Moon tends her garden while Sun "liked to travel." The artwork depicts the celestial man of the house riding astride a giraffe "to explore the world." One day, he invites Ocean, whose smiling face peeks out of the waves, for a visit and, in preparation for her arrival, he expands his house till it "stretched nearly as far as the eye could see." Children will anxiously anticipate Ocean's entrance, and both text and illustrations may well exceed their expectations. " `This way.' Moon pointed, trying to lead Ocean into the dining room. But Ocean flowed into all the rooms.... Turtles and fish and seals and dolphins were swimming about inside their house." The artists convey the couple's initial welcoming look as it changes to anxiety and panic, then finally to liberation when Moon finds a solution: they ascend to the sky where they have lived ever since and gave birth to the stars. This is poetry in both words and pictures. Ages 3-7.
Wolkstein,
Diane. The
Storm BoyThis folktale "tells of a chief's son who, caught in a storm at sea, finds himself in a world like his own but on a larger scale. The masked beings who greet him in elaborate Haida ceremonial garb treat him well. The boy learns his hosts' dances, and in return teaches them his own. When he misses home, the chief instructs him to grasp a staff shaped like a killer-whale fin, and to close his eyes. . . . Pulled through the water on the whale-chief's back, he awakes with his mother beside him. A year has passed in his village, though he spent only one night in the undersea world. . . . Grades two to six.