Our Ocean Home by Robert Lyn Nelson (1997) is narrated by a sea turtle named Honu. This is a large book and I appreciate that the 32 pages are numbered. The illustrations are brightly lit with a nearly neon feel. Tropical fish shine in multiple colors as they “glide through the blue-green, glittering sea” that really does seem to sparkle. Readers meet monk seals, stingrays, whales, seahorse, dolphins, otters, and more. “In the whole world there is more ocean than land, and the different oceans touch each other.” Let this sink in and we feel the interdependence of the underwater community - and avian neighbors - that Honu asks us to keep clean and safe.
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Frederick by Leo Lionni values the imagination. While Frederick's family gathers food supplies for the winter, Frederick sit... -
Molly and the Sword by Robert Shlasko, (1996) is unoriginal and tedious. Molly is a good daughter who demonstrates qualities one mi...