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OverviewChildren will delight in the playful, witty language of twenty-one lively poems while they learn about their ocean and freshwater friends.From toothy piranhas and regal rays to itty-bitty tetras and somersaulting salmon, here is an aquarium full of fun for readers--and swimmers--of all ages.""This one, like the rainbow trout on the penultimate page, is definitely 'Divine!/Delish!'""--School Library Journal Full Product DetailsAuthor: Douglas FlorianPublisher: Roundhouse Publishing Ltd Imprint: Roundhouse Publishing Ltd Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780152024376ISBN 10: 0152024379 Pages: 48 Publication Date: 14 June 2001 Recommended Age: From 5 To 10 Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsReviewsSheer, unforced playfulness . . . This book , like the rainbow trout on the penultimate page, is definitely 'Divine!/Delish!' -School Library Journal Sheer, unforced playfulness . . . This [book], like the rainbow trout on the penultimate page, is definitely 'Divine!/Delish!' -School Library Journal Florian makes funny the characteristics and habits of a collection of sea life in his follow-up to Beast Feast (1994) and On the Wing (1996). From a flying fish to a jellyfish, a ray to a manatee, each underwater creature is individually featured in a short quip-of-a-poem: Did you know the ocean's oysters/Sometimes change from girls to boysters? and The itty-bitty, pretty tetra/Is small, minute, petite, et cetra. The witty poems, deliberately anthropomorphic, employ mistaken identities and mix-ups, as well as punning, wordplay, and internal rhyme, all to humorous effect. Many of the poems toy with an aspect of the subject, as in The Salmon, where the text swims upstream, reading from bottom to top, or The Sawfish, in which the lines are arranged in jagged-tooth formation. Paired with every poem is a striking watery painting saturated with color, splashes of humor aimed at grade-schoolers, and imagination. (Kirkus Reviews) Sheer, unforced playfulness . . . This &Yacute;book , like the rainbow trout on the penultimate page, is definitely 'Divine!/Delish!' -School Library Journal <br> Sheer, unforced playfulness . . . This &Yacute;book , like the rainbow trout on the penultimate page, is definitely 'Divine!/Delish!' -School Library Journal Author InformationDOUGLAS FLORIAN paints and writes poetry in New York City, where he lives with his family. His most recent collection, mammalabilia, was named a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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