
Imagine the surprise and complete delight on Bookworm1's face when the following book arrived in the mail, courtesy of Silver Dolphin books:

Oceans
This book is hardback but spiral bound which I find an absolutely fantastic combination. (I love books like this!) Immediately upon opening the book you discover two wall posters (folded up and protected inside plastic zip pouches) depicting Life on a Coral Reef and relating to ocean depths. The "Ocean Depths" poster indicates various layers of the ocean and which sea creatures you might find on what level. Sharks, sting rays, whales, dragon fish, a lantern fish, etc., etc. you get the idea!
The rest of Oceans
* Animal Profiles (with see-through pages to help the young learner understanding anatomy of various things like hermit crabs and lemon sharks.)
* Oceans of the World (elf explanatory.)
* Invertebrates (with discussions of things like jellyfish, sponges and mollusks - not to mention - and indeed we must not forget!- an octopus.)
* Fish
* Reptiles and Birds
* Sea Mammals (whales, of course!)
* Human Impact (with discussions involving oil spills, ocean power, sea levels, etc.)
This book does a tremendous job providing basic information on a large variety of sea creatures and ocean concerns. The photographs used in this book are crisp, clear and delightful to look at. In fact, we have enjoyed looking at this book for hours on end, learning new things about the ocean that we didn't know before. I love the layout of this book. It feels very organized and straight forward, allowing you to focus on particular sections of ocean life instead of having it all thrown together in a big mess for you to sort out. "Amazing Facts" are scattered throughout the book on coral reefs to penguins alike. Oceans
THIS POST ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS A GIVEAWAY, BUT THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
Thank you, Silver Dolphin Books, for your tremendous generosity!
19 comments:
This sounds interesting!
Here is mine
I would definitely like to win a copy of this book! Thanks!
derekannette at gmail dot com
My kids love marine life too! Last summer I worked at our local zoo which had a touch tank with various invertebrates. We loved studying the animals with books from our library. This book sounds great. I would love to be entered for the giveaway.
That format does sound great!
Kyle is a fan of nonfiction, so I'd love to be entered to win.
N1 would LOVE that. What a cool book. :)
Cool We love learning about animals. Thanks for the giveaway
ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
Sign me up! :-)
Grandkids love children's books!
Bill ;-)
billsmith2003 (at) gmail (dot) com
Hope you'll check out my book giveaway:
http://drbillsbookbazaar.blogspot.com/2010/03/book-giveaway-reliable-wife.html
Carrie- could there BE a more perfect book for your guy?? (said with "Friends" intonation, of course!) It sounds fantastic, and nonfiction books have such an appeal to young children when they're beautifully done.
Sounds like a great book!
Well you know this sounds perfect for us!! ;)
What an awesome resource! We would love to add this to our library - for homeschool and just for fun!
Thanks for the review and the chance to win! This sounds like a great book. My son (homeschooled) is doing a unit study which includes studying the ocean, so this book would be a great reference for him.
I would love to enter to win one of these for my son Jesse. He's three too, and we just returned from a trip to the beach and pier where we explored and he was fascinated by that 'other' world down below.
Thanks,
Amy
gingercatranch at gmail dot com
This looks fascinating. Please enter me. Thanks
Would love to add this to my daughter's library!
janemaritz at yahoo dot com
We posted about this giveaway at Winning Readings: http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/2010/03/oceans.html
My daughter would love this. Please accept my entry. Thanks!
gevin13{at}gmail{dot}com
My son would love to have this book.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
My kids would love this.
Wendy
ebeandebe at gmail dot com
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