Crafts For Kids Who Are Wild About Oceans [Library Binding]

Kathy Ross (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild about

Provides instructions for using common household materials to make fish, sea urchins, a sea turtle, and other ocean creatures for toys, decoration, or science projects.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 2-5--Ross opens both of these craft books by encouraging readers to learn more about the topics by visiting the library and closes them with lists for further reading. Each activity begins with a tantalizing snippet of information about the creature coupled with a realistic drawing; e.g., "The sea urchin comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, but always with spines." Directions for making sea urchins using Styrofoam balls, toothpicks, and paint and glitter are presented in one easy step. Unfortunately, not all of the information and instructions are this straightforward. For instance, it is unclear from the illustration of the crab which claws are referenced in the accompanying statement: "Only the top claw of the crab, called the moveable finger, opens. The bottom claw, or fixed finger, does not move." The creation of a crab puppet takes three pages of text and illustration to describe. Page design sometimes impedes clarity of presentation. Many suggestions are unique, however, such as creating a snake that sheds its skin, a red-eared terrapin with a retractable head, and a dolphin puppet that leaps. The activities vary in difficulty though most are made with easily found materials. They will most likely be useful to teachers as an adjunct to science studies and where more complex, longer term projects are possible.

Maria B. Salvadore, District of Columbia Public Library

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076130262X
• ISBN-13: 978-0761302629
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,071,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Teachers beware, January 11, 2002

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This review is from: Crafts For Kids Who Are Wild About Oceans (Library Binding)

For the price that I paid for the book, I was disappointed in the content. I was expecting it to contain many, many interesting craft ideas for Marine Biology, appropriate for upper elementary/enrichment. Instead, there are only 20 craft projects. It is more for lower elementary, Grades K, 1, and 2.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Ideas in a Fun Series, May 14, 2008

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Janice Ellen Wright "janny226" (Forest Hills, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crafts For Kids Who Are Wild About Oceans (Library Binding)

My son, who is 5, really enjoys this series from his school library. In fact he's brought this particular book home twice. He can't read it himself yet but really enjoys the crafts and the little facts about the animals. If I weren't afraid of running out of room in my home we'd have made more of the crafts. We especially liked the prickly sea urchins and the ocean-in-a-bag. (It just cracks me up that it involves hair gel!) I'd peg the book more for at-home use than in-class, more for a homework project idea than an in-class thing to make.