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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Turtles'
The Octonauts: And the Great Ghost Reef
October 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags:Adventure·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Halloween·Heather Clark·Illustration·Marine Animals·Michael Murphy·Mystery·Ocean·Preschoolers·Reef·Turtles·Vicki Wong
Living Green: A Turtle’s Quest for a Cleaner Planet
August 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Thurman is an environmentally conscious turtle, spurred to action when his sister’s wedding is trashed by litter. He has no idea how to make a difference but heads down the river to get the humans “to put a stop” to the pollution. He arrives at the same time as an elementary [...]
Tags:Artie Knapp·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Preschoolers·Recycling·Turtles
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
World Water Watch
October 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Lured by its cover featuring adorable marine life and its eco-conscious title, I eagerly flipped through the pages of World Water Watch. What I found inside was a mixed bag. The book presents our gloomy environmental situation within the framework of several geographical locations, for example, we learn in the first section [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Illustration·Jennifer Gannett·Oil Spill·Older Elementary·Polar Bears·Seals·Turtles·Wildlife
Have You Seen My Duckling?
December 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Beautiful illustrations depict an American wetland in Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri. When kiddo was little, she enjoyed looking for the lost duckling, who is barely in view in each of the scenes. Now that she’s 4, she enjoys identifying the other wildlife. She points out the beaver and [...]
Tags:Baby Book·Board Book·Caldecott Honor·Ducks·Female Protagonist·Good for Toddlers·Heron·Preschoolers·Turtles·Wildlife
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