A Swim Through the Sea

by Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini

Overview

An alphabetical tour of ocean animals. Praised by Jacques Cousteau, this book, illustrated and written by a 16-year-old is a classic introduction to the marine habitat.

This classic book takes kids through an alphabet of underwater sea creatures. Fun alliteration highlights a selected species with a full-color illustration and a paragraph of fascinating facts, surrounded by a frame full of extra creatures and vocabulary.

Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini once again successfully inspires a generation of children about one of our planet's most precious and fragile realms.

Perfect for anyone looking for books:

• to use as homeschool materials.
• that make learning fun.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781883220044
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	03/01/2006
Pages:	44
Product dimensions:	7.75(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	1020L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 12 Years

About the Author

Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini first connected her love of art with her concern for the rainforest when she wrote and illustrated A Walk in the Rainforest as a freshman in high school. Since then, she has written and illustrated several other environmentally-focused books for children. She hopes her colorful paintings will get kids excited about going outside and exploring for themselves. Kristin first visited the BEN in 1997 as a college student, and was excited to go back with Rachel 10 years later, in March of 2007. As she wrote the story about Anna and Peter, and painted the animals and plants they saw, she could picture every step of their adventure through the rainforest... because she had just been to the BEN herself! Rachel took her on the same hike described in the story. She even saw the Rufous-eyed Stream Frogs on the night hike with Mark!

Editorial Reviews

At age 17, Kristin Joy Pratt is gaining international recognition with her work in educating children about our environment. . . beautiful watercolor illustrations dome by this very talented young author.

NAPRA Trade Journal

. . . an inspiration for all young environmentalists.

Jacques Cousteau

PreS-Gr 3-An alphabetical introduction to various forms of ocean life, as seen through the eyes of Seamore the seahorse. The intended audience is unclear, as the tone of Seamore's encounters, narrated in a large type, indicate a preschool audience, while the descriptive paragraph for each entry uses vocabulary too complicated for the typical alphabet-book crowd. For each letter, a creature is spotlighted and framed by a colorful border featuring other organisms whose names begin with the same letter. Especially lively is the one for ``D''-active dolphins leap and swim above and within a multi-shaded ocean across two pages, reminiscent of a Grecian frieze. The ``phosphorescent flashlight fish'' combines a clever usage of the ``ph'' and ``f'' sound, and shows the purple fish glowing green and yellow against a dark background of deep ocean. The double-page view of ``rippling rays round a reef'' has them radiating out from the center of the spread in a dramatic point of view. All of the flowing, fluid pictures are full of action and detail. Some of the same animals are included in Anne Doubilet's Under the Sea from A to Z (Crown, 1991), but without that title's brief, clear entries.-Frances E. Millhouser, Reston Regional Library, VA

School Library Journal