This rhyming hide-and-seek adventure follows an elusive seahorse as he swims through different watery environments. Along the way he meets sea anemones, crabs, starfish, eels and a variety of fish. There are helpful notes throughout on each of the sea creatures.
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PreSchool-Grade 2 - As an unseen narrator follows a quickly moving seahorse, rhyming verses describe the scenery and creatures encountered along the way: "He swam past reefs of coral, with colors flower bright./He swam past flickering fishes, then disappeared from sight." The story concludes with the discovery of an entire family of seahorses, shown in many sizes, gracefully posed inside a cave. Beaton's beautiful collages, made from antique fabric, felt, and assorted bric-a-brac, support the text well. The coral is bright and colorful, and the fish flicker with sequins. Children will enjoy searching for the seahorse hidden on each spread, and the variety of patterns and hues gives them practice in visual discrimination. The book ends with a brief description of coral reefs, an illustrated guide to 20 different creatures highlighted in the artwork, and a fact page about seahorses. With large, vivid pictures that make it suitable for reading alone or aloud, this book presents a colorful first look at coral reefs. - Deborah Rothaug, Pasadena Elementary School, Plainview, NY
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PreS-Gr. 2. The involving quest and appealing fabric collages make this rhyming hide-and-seek tale great for reading together or enjoying alone. A fish excitedly spots a seahorse, but can't keep up with the swift-moving creature. It searches the reef, swimming past stingrays, sharks, crabs, starfish, and a mermaid--until it finds a secret surprise. Beaton's clever collages, decorated with buttons for eyes, thread for gills, and lace, rickrack, and fabric fringe, encourage careful looks, and observant kids will be able to find the seahorse hidden in each double-page spread. Children unfamiliar with coral reefs as well as those whose interest was piqued by Finding Nemo will learn some fascinating facts about the underwater environment and the creatures that live there in seven nicely illustrated pages that follow the story. Connie Fletcher
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Stella Blackstone has written many bestselling titles for Barefoot Books, including the popular Bear and Cleo series, An Island in the Sun, Secret Seahorse and Who Are You, Baby Kangaroo? Stella lives with her family in Somerset.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The illustrations in this book are beautiful as they are made from fabric collages.
The section at the end on the coral reef and the different animals is a nice touch.
My two year old likes this book a lot as he loves fish.
The section at the end on the coral reef and the different animals is a nice touch.
My two year old likes this book a lot as he loves fish.
Format:Board book
When my daughter outgrew the board book we got her the hardcover for her birthday. she still loves it and it is one of her bedtime stories nearly every night.
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a teacher who loves children's books, the book is a work of art with embroidery and embellishments, beautifully done and a hide and seek book for children to observe.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Price
Good price; the product is fine, however, it took quite a while to arrive at my home, which was unexpected
Published 4 months ago by donna bacchiocchi
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Fun for Tdddlers
I borrowed this book from the library for my 17month old and she LOVES it! She likes to look for the hidden seahorse and also identifying the other sea creatures - the back section... Read more
Published 19 months ago by P. Cheung
5.0 out of 5 stars
cute book, great illustration
My kids love this book, and, as a quilter, I love the illustrations. The kids like to look at the pictures, and, when they were younger (18 months), they especially loved that the... Read more
Published on July 28, 2010 by QuiltingChaos
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Son's favorite 2-year-old book
We lost this book from Nana, and my two-year-old loved and missed it so much, we were thankful to find another one on Amazon. Read more
Published on March 26, 2010 by SoCal Mom
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of Fun
My two-year-old loves finding the seahorse and pointing to where it's hiding. I have to say that it's not quite so brilliantly genius as Clare Beaton's How Big Is A Pig, which is... Read more
Published on March 8, 2007 by Lisa Davila
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An inspiration for a Blizzard
We got this book from the local library and during a blizzard we made a 6 foot mural based on this book. Read more
Published on March 20, 2006 by K. Cervon
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