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If All The Seas Were One Sea (Aladdin Picture Books)

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What a pleasure to see a children's book WITHOUT mass produced Disney characters, computer generated images, or a television show to promote. `If All the Seas Were One Sea,' a Newbury Honor book first published in 1971, still looks great over 30 years later. With simple, yet imaginative images, Janina Domanska creates a world of speculation and wonder in which to encase this nursery rhyme. For a children's book, `If All the Seas' asks many philosophical questions. Even if only for a few minutes, the book will force children to stop and think about its implications. It might cause a few adults to do the same. And that can't be a bad thing.

Ages 3-7
30 pages

A short children's book which speculates what would happen if all the trees were one tree and if all the seas were one sea. It was a 1972 Caldecott Honor book (i.e., a runner-up to the Medal winner) for best illustration in a children's book. Its approach can get children to speculate and think for themselves and they can come up with wild ideas sometimes.

I am using this book as part of learning to read programme for my daughter, this book was on the recommended reading list , and I have found it a valuable reading resource.