Estelle Condra

1. I would recommend this book to lower to middle elementary school students.
2.This book goes through a story of a girl who is blind and cant see the ocean. But she loves the ocean. It explains how her brothers get the window seat in the car since she can't see. It explains that when her family cant see the ocean because of fog that she can still see it because of its smells and sounds.
3.I might have this book in my future classroom. It isn't a super interesting book but it can be used to explain senses and inclusion to kids.… (more)

I had mixed feelings about the book, See the Ocean, by Estelle Condra after reading it. First, I liked the book because of its central message. The main idea of this book is that sometimes, our hearts and minds can see things which our physical eyes cannot see. I thought that this book had such a heart-warming message behind it, which I liked. In addition, I thought that the illustrations seemed fitting to the written text since the oil-paintings give off soft and gentle emotions to its audience. On the other hand, I didn’t like this book because the plot seemed too bland and dull. During the entirety of the book, there was only one conversation which took place in a single car ride. There was no interesting plot or major conflicts involved. Because of this, it was difficult to focus and engage with the story. Considering that this is a children’s book, this book does not have enhancing features nor an interesting plot to grab the children’s attention.… (more)