12 Vegbooks reviews tagged Ocean.
A Long Way Away: A Two-Way Story by Frank Viva is full of unusual illustrations that add a unique curiosity and distinctive style (reminiscent of Dr. Seuss) to this picture book, which I received as a review copy.…
Tags: Frank VivaIllustrationJane CowlesOceanPreschoolersSpace
Looking for a kids’ CD featuring a range of musical styles and a strong, positive message of marine conservation? Then The Banana Slug String Band’s album “Only One Ocean” is definitely for you! The copy of this CD…
Tags: Banana Slug String BandConservationEarly ElementaryEcosystemsJennifer GannettMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsMusicOceanOceansOlder ElementaryPollutionPreschoolers
Playful and colorful, this sequel to Only One You stars Linda Kranz’s bright, vivid “rockfish,” and cleverly incorporates photographs of the ocean into the background. As little rockfish Adri swims home after…
Tags: Andrea ZollmanDifferencesEarly ElementaryEncouragementFishIllustrationLinda KranzOceanPreschoolers
This is the fourth in a series of books showcasing the Octonauts, a team of eight underwater explorers with a mission to explore, rescue, and protect their ocean surroundings. The book follows the Octonaut crew as…
Tags: AdventureEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksHalloweenHeather ClarkIllustrationMarine AnimalsMichael MurphyMysteryOceanPreschoolersReefTurtlesVicki Wong
June 21st ushered in summer, and nothing is more analogous to this season than spending time at the ocean. While kids explore tide pools and swim in the sandy-bottomed waters, they may start to wonder what lies…
Tags: CareersCarolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryEric PuybaretIllustrationInventionJacques CousteauJennifer BerneOceanOceanographyPreschoolersScuba DivingSummerSwimming
How do you write a story about one of the greatest, biggest, and most delicate stories of all time: the ocean? Husband and wife, author John Seven and illustrator Jana Christy, make a mighty effort to relate a…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksFishJana ChristyJohn SevenMarine AnimalsOceanOil SpillPreschoolers
What a wonderful book, packed with so much! One Nighttime Sea is a book about discovering the many creatures who lurk in the sea at night—while we sleep (which makes it a perfect bedtime story). As we count up from…
Tags: AnimalsBedtimeCountingDeborah Lee RoseGood for ToddlersMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsNighttimeOceanPreschoolersRhyming BooksRobyn MooreSteve JenkinsTurtlesWhales
When I saw Hiroe Nakata was the illustrator of this book, I got excited because my daughter and I had long ago fallen in love with her work in Dashka Slater’s Baby Shoes and Jane Yolen’s Time for Naps. Nakata…
Tags: AnimalsBirthDeborah Lee RoseEarly ElementaryHiroe NakataHuyen MacMichaelMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOceanPreschoolersReproductionSeahorsesWildlife
In the same spirit and format as the other titles in this series, Champions of the Ocean is a sound aggregation of the colorful characters who have fashioned the modern movement to explore, understand, and protect…
Tags: Archie CarrBiographyCarolyn M. MullinCris ArboEugenie ClarkFran HodgkinsHistoryJacques-Yves CousteauMargaret Wentworth OwingsMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOceanOlder ElementaryRoger PayneSylvia EarleTierney ThysWilliam Beebe
Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor, the team responsible for The Wolves Are Back, bring us an Arctic tale. The Last Polar Bearfocuses upon young Tigluk, who encounters a polar bear in his Arctic village.…
Tags: ArcticClimate ChangeEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureGlobal WarmingJean Craighead GeorgeJennifer GannettNative PeoplesOceanOlder ElementaryPolar BearsTribesWendell Minor
I love wordless or nearly wordless books. I’m simply captivated by Eric Rohmann’s The Cinder-Eyed Cats and David Wiesner’s Tuesday. For me, it doesn’t get much better than when illustrations carry the story, and the…
Tags: BeachBirdsEarly ElementaryIllustrationNatureNew York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008OceanPreschoolersSuzy LeeWordless Books
Nothing says summer like spending time at the beach. Lucky Jim Arnosky and his wife, Deanna, had the difficult task of visiting 26 different beaches along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts – for “research” purposes, of…
Tags: BeachCarolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksJim ArnoskyMarine AnimalsOceanPreschoolers