In the Sea (edition 2012)

Another superb collaboration from the pair who created On the Farm and In the Wild. Great poems complemented with stunning woodcut illustrations. ( )

In this book each animal of the sea is described briefly in a poem. This would be very informational and fun for a young kid. ( )

This book is full of great pictures of several poems that explores the marine life of a sardine and a shrimp.

This is a great book that talks about sea animals. This book breaks different sea animals by page and they have a different poem about them. This book has great pictures and peotry. I would drfinatly read this book to my students because this teaches students different things about sea animals. ( )

This vibrantly illustrated collection of nearly 20 poems explores and celebrates marine life from the tiniest sardine and briny shrimp to the impressively massive whale and giant squid. Sea creatures fill every inch of the pages and the poems are scattered about to be discovered like sand dollars on the beach.

Poems vary in length from one word to a few sentences. Some poems stand well on their own, while others are more meaningful when read/recited in a cluster. The poems are great for expanding vocabulary, with wonderful words like, “carapace,” “torpedo,” and “apparition.” The illustrations are a combination of woodblock prints and watercolors. The prints provide detailed and substantial elements, while the watercolors create a mesmerizing waterscape. The subject of the poem is always prominently featured and the poems are printed in bold black ink making them easy to read.

Full Review at Picture-Book-a-Day: http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2012/07/book-193-in-sea-by-david-elliott.htm...