Puffer's Surprise (Smithsonian Oceanic Collection) - Hardcover

Winkelman, Barbara Gaines

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592490328 ISBN 13: 9781592490325

Publisher: Soundprints, 2003

Synopsis

When a bass lunges at Puffer, he suddenly blows up like a beach ball! Now twice his size, Puffer is able to face the dangers of the deep! Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Puffer's Surprise is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations.
Book Features:
- An informative storyline and colorful illustrations
- 32 pages
- Appropriate for ages: 3-9
- Hardcover dimensions: 12 x 8 3/4 inches

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Gaines Winkelman enjoys presenting her books to children in schools. So much so, that she is currently completing her Masters in Teaching. Barbara received a BA in English from the University Pennsylvania and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. She has written picture books, chapter books, children's reference books and a first reader series. Barbara has written Flying Squirrel at Acorn Place for Smithsonian's Backyward and Sockeye's Journey Home for the Smithsonian Oceanic Collection. She lives on Mercer Island, Washington, with her family.

From Booklist:

Gr. 2-3. Combining a simple story line with plenty of specific detail, this look at a small puffer fish's day will engross, or perhaps even create, budding naturalists. Painted in intense tones of brown and gray, the speckled puffer stands out against its riotously colored but dimmer Galapagos reef community. Rising at dawn from a sandy bed, the fish seeks out sea urchins and other crunchy food, uses its special trick of ballooning up to discourage a hungry barracuda (later met again at a "cleaning station," where fish suspend hostilities as they line up to have parasites nibbled off), then narrowly escapes another predator before settling to the bottom as the day's light fades. Final notes provide additional information, plus a key to other species visible in the illustrations. Though packaged with an audiotape and a toy, this will stand alone; it can also be used as a companion to Sylvia Earle's Hello Fish! Visiting the Coral Reef (1999) or any of the plethora of similar underwater visits. John Peters
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About this edition

• Publisher: Soundprints
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1592490328
• ISBN 13: 9781592490325
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Petruccio Steven James