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Author/Illustrator: Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini
Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 | Board • $7.95 Praised by Jacques Cousteau, this book, illustrated and written by a 16 year-old, is a classic introduction to the marine habitat. This 1994 alphabet and alliteration book continues to be a favorite of kids, parents, and teachers everywhere—it is truly an exceptional swim through an alphabet of sea creatures. Each page 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. It reaches a large age range because the large text is for young readers, while smaller text is for you or more advanced children. Kristin Joy Pratt (A Walk in the Rainforest) once again successfully inspires a generation of children about one of our planet’s most precious and fragile realms. A 48-page teacher’s guide (sold separately) is a valuable educator’s companion. A thoughtful collection of lesson plans is available as a teacher?s companion to A Swim Through the Sea. Written by master teachers Bruce and Carol Malnor, this 48-page Teacher?s Guide integrates science and character education for the classroom or home school teacher. It includes brain compatible lessons, mind mapping suggestions, and benchmark standards. Please note: The board book contains a greatly simplified version of the text. Educators: download free activities based on this book on our activities page. |
- CBC/NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
- Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Award
— Jacques Cousteau
For each letter, a creature is spotlighted and framed by a colorful border featuring other organisms whole names begin with the same letter . . . all of the flowing, fluid pictures are full of action and detail.
— School Library Journal
Review of A Fly in the Sky, A Swim Through the Sea, and A Walk in the Rainforest) “Yet again, Dawn Publications has encouraged a talented young writer/illustrator to test her wings and fly, with remarkable results. These three paperbacks encompass animal-alphabet teaching which young children will enjoy for the rhymes, while older readers delve into the fascinating facts included on every page. My young students delighted in reading aloud to each other the repetitions in each letter (five fuzzy feasting fruit bats), helping them to learn about basic biology. Teachers everywhere will appreciate these helpful volumes, reminiscent of Judy Sierra’s “There’s A Zoo in Room 22,” and will add Pratt’s titles to their classroom shelves. Highly recommended.”
— Hutton Book-Review Service – Linda Hutton (April 2003)
