Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea
by Chris Butterworth
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Author: Chris ButterworthIllustrator: John Lawrence
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-11
ISBN: 0763629898
Number of pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Candlewick
Book Reviews of Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea
Book Review: Looks like a story book, but is gently factual
Summary: 5 Stars
and beautifully illustrated throughout.
Inside cover pages have pictures and the names of some different seahorses - the book is based on the Barbour's Seahorse.
30 high quality shiny pages with easy to read main text and clear secondary text.
The book finishes with general notes about seahorses, the author and the illustrator, plus an index.
From the back cover:-
`Dive into the warm ocean, swim along the corals and the sea grass meadows....discover the secrets of the seahorse, one of the shyest fish in the sea!
I have just returned from a `first day back at school', where the children were busy starting their book corner for 2008.
I was delighted to find the subject of the sea presented, featuring two of my favourite books -
`The Rainbow Fish'
and this delightful book:-
`Seahorses - the Shyest Fish in the Sea`!
Clever text actively promotes 'learning without realising', e.g.:-
`Seahorse has a head like a horse,
a tail like a monkey
and a pouch like a kangaroo.
This one is a 'Barbour's seahorse'.
He has tiny prickles down
his back like a dragon.
He may not look much like a fish....
but that's what he is.....
......He can only swim slowly,
so if a hungry snapper cruises by
looking for a snack,
Seahorse does something very clever,,,
he stops still and changes colour
(now you see him...)
until he's almost invisible
(now you don't!).'
One of the main features of this book is the supplementary text, which is explanatory and/or further enhances general knowledge, e.g.:-
`The way seahorses change the colour of their skin, to blend in with their surroundings, is called `camouflage'.'
Gently discover the seahorse's life-cycle, find out about its food, its habitat, how he meets a mate and how it is `Dad' who gives birth!
(This reviews relates to the hardcover/2006/Walter Books version.)
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