Review By LISA ONYKAHONIE This beautiful little story book is lovely to read aloud to young children. It’s about the relationship between Lilly, her grandmother, and the whales who appear at the ocean nearby, to sing their mysterious and haunting songs. Grumpy Great Uncle Fredrick reminds Lilly and her grandmother that whales were hunted for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Marine Animals'
The Whales’ Song
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Activities·Dyan Sheldon·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Grandparents·Lisa Onykahonie·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Preschoolers·Whales·Whaling
The Octonauts: And the Great Ghost Reef
October 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HEATHER CLARK, Winner of our 500th Review Contest This is the fourth in a series of books showcasing the Octonauts, a team of eight underwater explorers with a mission to explore, rescue, and protect their ocean surroundings. The book follows the Octonaut crew as they analyze the fate of a coral reef that has [...]
Tags:Adventure·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Halloween·Heather Clark·Illustration·Marine Animals·Michael Murphy·Mystery·Ocean·Preschoolers·Reef·Turtles·Vicki Wong
The Little Island
September 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I love this book the way I love Goodnight, Moon. I love its simplicity. I love that it touches on the metaphysical, but does not dwell. And above all, I love its illustrations. Margaret Wise Brown wrote both books, and in each, her simple prose inspires calming, classical illustrations. Leonard Weisgard, [...]
Tags:1940s Childrens Literature·Caldecott Medal·Cats·Early Elementary·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Fish·Gulls·Islands·Leonard Weisgard·Lobsters·Margaret Wise Brown·Marine Animals·Natural History·Preschoolers·Seals
The Snail and the Whale
June 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL The Snail and the Whale was so entertaining that it helped my four-year-old and my friend’s active two-year-old stay seated and riveted during our lengthy lunch at a restaurant. Sure, I had to read between bites but the rhyming couplets were a succulent mouthful and the adorable illustrations were packed with [...]
Tags:Animal Rescue·Axel Scheffler·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environmental Children's Literature·Huyen MacMichael·Invertebrate Animals·Julia Donaldson·Marine Animals·Preschoolers·Snails·Whales
The Secret World of Whales
May 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN They’re magnificent and majestic, generally easy going and easily taken advantage of. As large and as intimidating as they once were, whales have come a long way in our cultural and societal portrayals and understandings. As main characters of legend, myth and tall tales across the globe, whales were mistaken [...]
Tags:Animal Exploitation·animal intelligence·Biology·Carolyn M. Mullin·Charles Siebert·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Morality·Older Elementary·Whales·Whaling
Necks Out for Adventure!
May 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY If you’re ready for a quirky adventure story told from the perspective of a clam, then Necks Out for Adventure! by Timothy Basil Ering is the book for you. “For as long as anyone could remember, the wiggleskins would not leave the mud. While the currents flowed back and forth over [...]
Tags:Adventure·Animal Rescue·Animals·Animals as Food·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Clams·Early Elementary·Invertebrate Animals·Marine Animals·Mollusks·Preschoolers·Timothy Basil Ering·Vegetarian Kids Books
Aquaman: Deepwater Disaster
May 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Earlier this year I reviewed Wonder Woman: Rumble in the Rainforest and this next book is in the same DC Super Heroes style, perfect for any fan of fast-paced, action-packed adventure with an environmental twist. Aquaman, also known as the Sea King, is delivering a few seafaring men to shore [...]
Tags:Carolyn M. Mullin·Disasters·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Graphic Novels·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Oil Spill·Older Elementary·Whales
The Ocean Story
May 4th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN How do you write a story about one of the greatest, biggest, and most delicate stories of all time: the ocean? Husband and wife, author John Seven and illustrator Jana Christy, make a mighty effort to relate a reader’s involvement in The Ocean Story by briefly and poetically (“Jellyfish look [...]
Tags:Carolyn M. Mullin·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Fish·Jana Christy·John Seven·Marine Animals·Ocean·Oil Spill·Preschoolers
Bob and Shirley: A Tale of Two Lobsters
April 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Looking for a feel-good children’s story about a pair of mature lobsters netted and dragged to Rhode Island, shipped to Philadelphia for sale, flown back home to Maine and the returned to the wild? Yes? In that case, Bob and Shirley: A Tale of Two Lobsters is the book for you. This [...]
Tags:Animal Liberation·animal rights·Demonstrations·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Jennifer Gannett·Lobsters·Marine Animals·Protests
One Nighttime Sea
April 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE What a wonderful book, packed with so much! One Nighttime Sea is a book about discovering the many creatures who lurk in the sea at night—while we sleep (which makes it a perfect bedtime story). As we count up from one to 10 and back down again, we learn that there [...]
Tags:Animals·Bedtime·Counting·Deborah Lee Rose·Good for Toddlers·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Nighttime·Ocean·Preschoolers·Rhyming Books·Robyn Moore·Steve Jenkins·Turtles·Whales
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