T.J. MarshBesprekingen

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Set to the traditional tune of "Over in the Meadow," Somewhere in the Ocean will teach young children much more than how to count from one to ten as they follow ocean-dwelling mothers and their offspring throughout their days.
Complete with a glossary, musical score, and numbers hidden in the illustrations, Somewhere in the Ocean introduces readers to an array of marine life — from manatees and sea otters to jellyfish and sea horses — in their natural habitat. -- Scholastic, Inc.

This book is about the ocean. The fiction part is the book saying that the animals talk but in real life, these animals do live somewhere under the ocean. It explains about where the animals can be food, what they eat and some possible things they like to do.

It is a great southwest book on all of the animals in the Southwest Desert. A great addition to my storybox.

This book teaches children some of the animals you will find in the sonoran desert as well as it teaches kids to count using visual, animal photos.

beautiful story, art and rhymes. perfect for children looking to learn about the oceans many inhabitants.
ages 3+
amazon

Deep in the ocean, ten marine animal families teach their role in the ecosystem to their children. In a rhythmic pattern, each new animal has an increasing number of children that are taught what they need to do in the ocean. At the end of the book, the authors include a short paragraph about each animal and some other vocabulary from the book. The story is both fun to read and full of information about animals in the ocean.

This book shows a variety of sea life and counts the number of animals on each page.

This story is a counting, rhyming, fun read about sea animals and their babies. .The pictures are bright and big and beautiful.

The main message of this book is to explain facts about ocean animals while also reviewing numbers. In my opinion this was a good book because it's teaching the audience about something real but the rhyming pattern in the writing style makes it easy and enjoyable to read. Also while you are reading the story, each page covers a new ocean animal and in their story includes a number that increases on each page as you continue the story. For example the first story is about a manatee and goes, "Somewhere in the ocean where the warm waters run lived a mother manatee and her little calf ONE. "Nibble!" said the mother. "I nibble!" said the one, so they nibbled sea lettuce where the warm waters run." From that you can see the rhyming pattern and also notice the number ONE is pointed out and on the page it is in bigger font than the other words. The last page they discuss octopuses and incorporate the number "ten" into their story, "Somewhere in the ocean in a coral reef den lived a mother octopus and her little babies TEN." I also liked this book because it presents information about the same ocean animals in multiple forms. The first ten pages of the book are set up as explained above but following that are four pages of "Fun Facts" about those ocean animals along with others. The writing is organized into about three or four paragraphs per page each about a different ocean animal. Next to each paragraph is an illustration of the animal being described.

hidden numbers.

Lively illustrations, a zippy narrative poem, and hidden images give a lot of life to this picture book that serves two educational purposes - teaching about counting and sea animals. The poem uses a tight rhyme scheme and a repetitive syntax to create a wonderful rhythm that is meant to be read aloud. The story is focused on mother (and one father) and baby sea animals, and one activity that the elder is teaching to the younger. For instance, the mother hermit crab teaches her offspring to dress in shells, and the father sea horse teaches his children how to hold on to seaweed when the currents are pressing hard. Each two page spread is about one number, from one to ten, and it features a different sea creature to correspond to that number. The number one is on the manatee page, and there is one baby manatee. The number ten is on the octopus page, and there are ten baby octopi. Also, the number itself is hidden somewhere on the page, drawn amongst the ink or the kelp or a turtle's back.

In addition to the simple yet effective narrative, the book concludes with short summaries of factual information about the different sea animal and plant life. Finally, a musical score is included at the very end, to give readers an idea how to read or sing this highly lyrical book. If you do read alouds with your children, this book is a true find. The book sounds lovely out loud, and the animals are adorable. Also, children typically love sea creatures. The hidden numbers add a touch of puzzle fun. Not only that, you can use the story as a springboard to teach them about the ocean and plants and animals, with the science facts from the back of the book. From start to finish, this is a great picture book for children.½

This book was easy and fun to read. It is a great book to read when learning counting. It also shows different types of ocean life. This would be a great read for an elementary or early childhood class.

"Somewhere in the Ocean" takes you on an underwater adventure where you encounter lots of different animals. Each page the amount of animals increase in number highlighting counting skills. It goes all the way from a manatee with her calve of ONE to a mother octupus with her little babies TEN. This book can be used when learning how to count. Also it is a great way to introduce different sea creatures and animals.

At the end of the book it include a section of Fun Facts about each type of animal which would be great for a Science lesson. It also gives you the sheet music to use if you want to turn the book into a song.

Written in rhyme with illustrations that are bold and splendid, each page mentions a desert animal and her babies. Glossary of desert terms at the end.

GR: N
GL: 2.9
DRA: 30
Lexile: AD470L

A song with a familiar tune is used to teach about the animals that live in the ocean.