A fierce cat shark. A coy parrotfish. Two serene sergeant majors. Who would believe that underwater creatures come in so many different shapes and sizes? Some are beautiful, some are monstrous--all are fascinating. A fun, rhythmic text and sharply detailed full-color photos introduce over 70 of these intriguing creatures.
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From Publishers Weekly
Breathtaking as Wu's underwater photos of scaly denizens of the deep may be, his picture book is less the catch of the day than the one that got away. Page after page of the book presents arresting portraits of luminous fish--spreads are composed of full-page and inset photos, and the color and composition capture the almost supernatural beauty of hidden ocean life. But the pictures are not supported by the text. Wu's writing is banal at best ("Faces that could be sad or mad") and occasionally ungrammatical ("Fish that glide on fins like wings"). An endnote identifies the pictured fish by cross-referencing them through page numbers--although the spreads are unnumbered; directionals name creatures in insets from "top to bottom" for horizontal layouts. Failure to include such basics as the native regions of each fish will frustrate the curious. Ages 4-7.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 3-- A brief alliterative, rhythmic text accompanies a host of brilliant full-color photos. The slight text contains some minor quirks. For instance, "A nose that shines in the dark!" refers to the luminous fleshy proturberance on the snout of a deep-sea anglerfish. Also the fish on the back cover is not a guineafowl puffer as indicated in the notes. More irksome are such nonscientific phrases as "Faces that are friendly" and "Faces that are fierce." Some of the small inset photos lose their definition when placed against multicolored backgrounds, but the others are in clear contrast to the vivid blues and greens of a wavering, watery world. Despite these minor carps, the glowing photos and simple text provide a rare look at some strangely shaped and/or brightly colored ocean dwellers for young readers. A final page names all the fish depicted, page by page, but the pages aren't numbered, and no further information or description is given. --Patricia Manning, Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Facinating Underwater Photographs, Unremarkable Text,
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This review is from: Fish Faces (Paperback)
The creator of this book is a marine biologist, and the colorful overlays of his underwater photographs are so interesting, they make the text's general lack of flow (hence, the three star rating) seem less important. Both rare and more familiar fish are showcased, and notes in the back of the book identify them all. Some of the more fierce-looking fish presented are so intense they might be scary to sensitive younger readers, but they were not so for my two-year-old, who really liked puring over all the pages of this book.
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Great picture book for PreK and Kindergarten,
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This is an anti-ADHD book for young children. It has nice photos of fish faces, brightly colored, pretty, captivating, interesting. Wonderful book for early childhood, Kindergarten, PreK, beautiful. It is a good book for children to draw pictures from. Children love to draw these type of pictures. Don't use Ritalin, use these type of books and encourage children to draw and color them.
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I ordered this product as a replacement for the same book that my brother accidentally ripped. It turned out that this book was smaller compared to the original; it would have been better if the size was indicated. But overall, the contents was the same and the book was crisp.
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