|
Loading... The Sign of the Seahorse: A Tale of Greed and High Adventure in Two Acts (1992)by Graeme Base
None.  RebeccaStevens | Sep 5, 2010 |  This was a very cleverly written book. Base writes this book as a two act play that combines a little Shakespear, Dr. Suess and Green Peace. He provides a cast list, a map of the location of the story, and a prelude to really get the reader prepared for the story. He provides a lot of tools for the reader to make predictions and be prepared for the text. As with all Base books, the illustrations are amazing and additional creatures added to the illustrations provide detail and deeper meaning to the story. Base again takes an environmental tone with this book as he tells the tale of a coral reef engangered by human waste that has been dumped in the sea. (  ) rmschulz | Feb 9, 2010 | Wonderful illustrated story in rhyme. Pearl, Finney and Bert the soldiercrab solve the mystery poisoning of their coral reef. Fabulous read-aloud for 8-10 year olds. (  ) merry10 | Feb 9, 2010 | I remember when I was read this book in elementary school and how dazzled I was by the picture and how the fish were made to look like humans. I loved how it was a throw back film noir/ greaser type story. I enjoyed sharing this story with my Title I students who also enjoyed the pictures. They noticed that one of the gangster fish was smoking a cigarette and it occurred to me that it for my students it was more of a big deal than when I was a kid. Because the anti-smoking campaign has gotten so strong. ( ) D.Holliman | Jun 8, 2009 | Love this book. Both the story and the artwork are fabulous. ( ) SLHobbs | Feb 9, 2008 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0810938251, Hardcover)In which the villainous Gropmund Grouper devises a dastardly scheme to rob the innocent folk of Reeftown of their homes and money, but is foiled by the efforts of the intrepid Pearl Trout, her fiery brother, Finneus, and brave Corporal Bert of the Soldiercrab Army. Graeme Base, who created Abrams' best-selling Animalia and The Eleventh Hour, now offers The Sign of the Seahorse, a sweeping drama of intrigue and excitement set in the beautiful but fragile underwater world of a coral reef. Beginning at the famous Seahorse Cafe, social hub of the Old Reef, The Sign of the Seahorse takes us on a great journey. We travel from the doomed coral gardens of Reeftown to a sunken wreck and an underwater junkyard, across the barren expanse of the Withered Plain, and into the vast, uncharted chasms of the Deep, before arriving finally at the utmost edge of the Great Continental Shelf. Readers of all ages will delight in the rhyming text and gloriously detailed illustrations of this undersea adventure. The wonderfully drawn characters will capture the imagination as The Sign of the Seahorse is enjoyed again and again.(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:46:36 -0500) The inhabitants of a coral reef are threatened when a shady real estate deal started by the greedy Groper floods their area with poisonous waste. |
 Google Books — Loading...Popular coversRatingAverage: (4.19)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia in English (1)
1
I read this book aloud to a couple of kindergarten children. The little girl felt sorry for the fish who were being bullied. She kept asking if they would be all right. The little boy had nothing to say until the end, and then he said, "That sure is a long book!"
With that in mind, the author has actually divided the story into sections, so it would make a good read-aloud book reading a section each day. It would make a good book to read during a nature lesson, with its ecology theme. It also is a good book to read if the class is experiencing bullying. (