Commotion in the Ocean - Softcover

Andreae, Giles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589253663 ISBN 13: 9781589253667

Publisher: Tiger Tales, 2002

Synopsis

This delightful 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Giles Andreae is an artist, illustrator, writer, and poet. He often writes under the names of "Purple Ronnie", and "Edward Monkton", and is the author of the best-selling titles Rumble in the Jungle and Commotion in the Ocean, along with many other books for children.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-A mediocre collection of rhymes featuring different ocean animals. "The crab likes walking sideways/And I think the reason why,/Is to make himself look sneaky/And pretend that he's a spy." Although the poems are short, the vocabulary will occasionally be difficult for beginning readers. The opening and closing poems state that the book explores animals that live "beneath the sea," and yet polar bears and penguins are included. The brightly colored cartoon art is playful, but uninspired. Stick with Douglas Florian's In the Swim (Harcourt, 1997) for more creative writing and clever watercolor illustrations.
Robin L. Gibson, Muskingum County Library System, Zanesville,
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tiger Tales
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1589253663
• ISBN 13: 9781589253667
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Wojtowycz David