Marine Life - General & Miscellaneous, Size & Shape, Animal Habitats, Fiction - General & Miscellaneous, Biology - Marine Biology

Sea Shapes

Name: Sea Shapes
Author: Suse MacDonald
ISBN: 9780152017002

by Suse MacDonald

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Overview

This engaging concept book invites very young children to identify basic shapes that transform into beautiful undersea creatures. Includes an informative glossary of sea facts. "Delectable viewing pleasure."—The Horn Book "Elegantly conjures up an undersea world in which a square evolves into a skate while hexagons combine to make a turtle's shell."—Newsweek

Caldecott Honor recipient Suse MacDonald has created a vibrant and enticing underwater world in which basic shapes become exquisite sea creatures. Toddlers and beginning readers will delight in identifying the crescent that becomes a dolphin, the square that becomes a skate--and ten more metamorphosing shapes. Full color.

Synopsis

Children's Literature

Ms. MacDonald's circle, square, triangle, and other shapes become a whale's eye, skate, shark's teeth, and other marine life, all of which she describes in her concluding "Sea Facts."

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Editorials

Children's Literature - Beverly Kobrin

Ms. MacDonald's circle, square, triangle, and other shapes become a whale's eye, skate, shark's teeth, and other marine life, all of which she describes in her concluding "Sea Facts."

School Library Journal

PreS-K-Familiar shapes such as circles, triangles, and stars are introduced through various sea creatures. On the verso of each double-page spread, the name of the shape is printed in clear letters; underneath it are four pictures that show a transition from the shape simply drawn to its counterpart on the animal. For example, a circle becomes the eye of a whale, a star becomes a starfish, and a triangle becomes a shark's tooth. On the recto is a sea scene that shows the animal in its habitat. The illustrations are bright and nicely composed. Done in cut-paper collage, they have clean lines and simple details, giving an uncluttered effect. However, some shapes are not readily apparent in the animals. The square turns into a skate with curved sides and a long tail. The heart must add a tail and fins to become a butterfly fish. Three pages of ``Sea Facts'' at the end of the book identify the animals and provide a little information about where and how they live. This title has limited value as a concept book, but young children will enjoy the attractive illustrations and learning about underwater life.-Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA