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Absolutely Incredible
I was in awe when my son received the Dinosaur book for Christmas from his Grandfather. I saw this book in a Parents magazine and had to get it based on the fact that the Dino one was incredible. My 3 year old loves it! It's not a book to let him play with unless you want it destroyed. Instead, this book allows us to make some quality time for each other when we sit down and look through it. It's very informational, and as he grows older I'm sure he'll read it, but at this point the pop-ups are worth it!

My son loves the book
This is a very interesting book.My 5-year old has really enjoyed the book.

A Masterpiece of Pop-up books.
A Great Book to Read With the Kid on your lap. Probably best for kids in the couple or three grades. Best for kids on your lap because pop-up books are rather fragile. Grabbing the nose of the shark and using it as a handle to lug the book around is likely to lose the nose to your shark.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures    2. Animals - Fishes    3. Animals - Marine Life    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Extinct animals    7. Fishes, Fossil    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Marine animals, Fossil    11. Nature & the Natural World - General    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Body covering (Anatomy)    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. Juvenile literature    6. Nature - General    7. Science & Nature - General    8. Shells    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Nature / General   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Children's 9-12 - Mathematics    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    6. Counting    7. Counting & Numeration    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Marine animals   

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Humphrey the lost whale
I think this book is good because it is a true story about a lost humpback whale that goes into the Sacramento River. I like this book because we are studying marine mammals in class.

Reading Rainbow
I first saw this book on Reading Rainbow, one of my favorite PBS shows as a kid. The story fascinated me, and I'm glad I was able to get my hands on a copy. It's about a whale who can't seem to stay with his family (which all kids can identify with at one time or another), and how the community helps him find them again.

The best whale "true story."
The kind of book you think of when you're looking for a good whale story.Lots of personality and drama, and a super read-aloud for kids even asyoung as 4.Another fun whale story is The Whale Comedian, which is morehumorous and whimsical, but, like Humphrey, shows what kids like most: howwe can be friends with these exciting sea creatures. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Mammals    2. Animals - Marine Life    3. Children's 4-8    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 2-3    6. Historical - United States - General    7. Humpback whale    8. Humphrey (Whale)    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. People & Places - United States    12. Whales    13. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Clever Concept!
My daughter just had a birthday last week, and so my brother sent her some books.One of them was "Under the Sea" and the other was "Under the Ground".They are both being enjoyed by my kids (5 and 3) and me!They aren't very long, but they are VERY CLEVER.Every two-page spread has information and drawings on one side, and then a plastic page on top of a black page on the other.You punch out a paper 'flashlight' that is located in the back of the book, slide it under the plastic and are then able to see/highlight what is hidden underneath.We've been looking at them daily and are happy to have them.

Under the Sea (First Discovery Book : Hidden World)
I was amazed at how my two and a half year old was totally taken by thisbook.The concept so simple but so very effective.The flashlight is adefinate asset.The animal descriptions are short and concise and thepictures are just perfect. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Children's 4-8 - Nature    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. Juvenile literature    6. Marine animals    7. Specimens    8. Toy and movable books   

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Sea Squares is Great!
I like this book because it tells you how to times,1 x 1 = 1, 10 x 10 = 100, like that.I also like this book because it goes from 1 to 10 and shows you sea life.And sometimes on the right side margin of the page you see part of what animal comes next. When you see a white tale, you know the next page is a whale, and if you see wings, you know the next page is a seagull.
Nifty nimble numbers
Joy Hulme's Sea Squares is a fun rhyming romp that illustrates the concept of squaring numbers. The rhyme has a definite rythem to it and the illustrations are superb.The borders on each page hint and what thereader will find when the page is turned.The gorgeous use of color inthese seascapes delights the eye.I won't buy a children's book unless theillustrations are at least as good as the text.My children love the bookand didn't even realize it was a "math" book. I highly recommendadding it to your collection. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Counting    4. General    5. Juvenile literature    6. Marine fauna    7. Multiplication    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life   

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An informative book
Dolphins and Sharks is a non-fiction companion to Dolphins at Daybreak. It contains a lot of facts and information. It is a Magic Tree House Research Guide (a stepping stone book). It talks about dolphins and sharks, how they communicate and how they are different from each other. I like thisbook very much because I love dolphins.I am sure that fans of dolphins and sharks, and the Dolphins at Daybreak book, will enjoy 'Dolphins and Sharks: Magic Tree House Research Guide'.
A Very Interesting Book
I love the book, Dolphins at Daybreak, and so I love this guide book. It tells you almost all the info. you'll ever want to learn about Dolphins.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Dolphins    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Oceanography    8. Osborne, Mary Pope    9. Sharks    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life   

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SHARKS ARE COOL !
THIS SHARK BOOK WAS GREAT,SHARKS ARE ONE OF MY FAVOURITE
This book is AMAZING!
This book is full of great information on Sharks and spectacular photographs! If you are looking for a GREAT Shark book, then THIS is the book for you!! (I would give this book MORE than 5 stars if it were avaible!)

THIS BOOK IS AWSOME!! I LOVED IT!! SHARKS ARE GOOD NOT BAD!!
This is an absolutely beyond Awsome book!!! It is my favorite book! I am obsessed with sharks and I love sharks, so I loved this book! It tells how sharks breed their babys, where all the shark attacks were, The Grate WhiteShark, The gentel Giants like the Whale Shark and much, much more!!! Ittold me great facts, like the Megamouth shark is the rarest shark and wasdiscovered in 1976, Sharks are made out of cartilege, The whale shark isthe biggest fish in the world and only eats shrimp, Bull Sharks can swimdown Rivers, Black Tip Reef sharks are very swift, shark's food can stay inthe shark's stomach for more then 2 weeks and most importantley of all,SHARKS ARE GOOD NOT BAD AND DON'T LISTEN TO JAWS! It tells EVERYTHING youwant to know about sharks! You should buy this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Fishes    2. Animals - Marine Life    3. Children's 9-12 - Nature / Guide Books    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Juvenile literature    7. Sharks    8. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Marine Life   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Children's 9-12 - Nature / Guide Books    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science    4. Environmental protection    5. Fishes    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Marine animals    9. Nature & the Natural World - General    10. Science & Nature - Environmental Science & Ecology    11. Science & Technology - Environmental Science & Ecology    12. Spanish: Grades 1-2   

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Wonderful, simple, and intruiging!
"Draw 50 Sharks..." is an excellent book for children and adults interested in marine life, and at the same time wish to appreciate art. I found the step-by-step sketch examples non-intimidating as some drawingbooks present themselves. Children will find this book useful as a templatefor drawing sea creatures, and can improvise from them. The book is a"must-read" for children. Teachers should incorporate this bookinto their curriculum as a way to spark creativity in children. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Art - Drawing    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Juvenile literature    6. Marine fauna in art    7. Sharks in art    8. Whales in art    9. Art / Drawing    10. Reference works   

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A VERY WELL DONE AND INFORMATIVE BOOK - KIDS LOVE THIS ONE
There is so much information packed into this work that it is difficult to imagine how the author and illustrator pulled it off.This is the story of the life cycle of the loggerhead turtle.The illustrations are beautiful and actually quite accurate.The text is simple and very, very well done.It follows the illustrations perfectly and is just overflowing with good information. This book, while great for kids to read on their own (this is one of the more used books in our school library), it is also great to read to the class as a whole as it never fails to bring on good questions and good discussions (better know your turtles when faces with a bunch of third graders).

My Favorite Book!
I like this story because it tells me a lot about loggerhead turtles. My favorite part about the story is the interesting fact that turtles cry. I never knew that! Turtles lay one to ten eggs, but at least five live. I learned that. They lay their eggs at night. I like this book because it is a wonderful story about turtles and I think everyone should read it.

Fun to Read and Very Educational.
This interesting book explains to children the basic life cycle of a loggerhead sea turtle. The book opens with a brief introduction explaining that a sea turtle is related to tortoises and terrapins, but they are different types of animals. After the one-page introduction, the actual story begins. We follow the life cycle of a sea turtle called Loggerhead from the time she is a small turtle living and hiding in sea weeds and drift wood to the time Loggerhead swims to the mating beaches to mate and lay her eggs. The last pages of the book include a brief index that can help teach children what an index is and how to use it. ONE TINY TURTLE is a great reading science book for young children. It's very factual and realistic in displaying and describing what we know of the life of a sea turtle (for instance, after the eggs are hatched, it makes it clear that only a few baby turtles ever make it to the ocean and the rest are eaten by crabs and birds). Highly recommended, especially for anyone who likes turtles. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    3. Animals - Turtles    4. Children's 4-8 - Animals/Pets    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. General    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Loggerhead turtle    11. Turtles    12. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Turtles   

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My son loved this book!
My son was thrilled with this book - he loves sharks and absolutely loved this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Fishes    2. Animals - Marine Life    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Miscellanea    8. Questions and answers    9. Sharks    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / General   

Editorial Review

You never have to worry about losing this book at the beach... itfloats! Kids can pop out the soft, nontoxic foam sea creatures to answer therhymes about who they are and feel their bumpy textures. "Who crawls on the seafloor / And skitters up to shore?" Is it a slippery fish, a prickly crab, apuckery sea horse, or a ticklish starfish? Kids remove the brightly coloredshapes, and then easily press them back in. It's a perfect match for the beach,bath, playground--anywhere at all. Check out Read more

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Fantastic Book
My 17 month old son loves this book, I bought the whole textured series for him.He's had the books for several months and had not gotten bored of them. Every adult who comes to the house loves the books and goes to buy them for their own children.

Fun and Versatile!
I was given this book as a gift and was immediately taken in by the foam textures and colors.Upon opening the book and discovering text hidden behind the pop out sea creatures, I was thrilled.It is a great first book since the child can feel all the different sea creatures.My 4 month old loved teething on the sea horse!She learned very quickly that she could pop out the creatures and that each felt differently.Furthermore, I could wash them when she finished chewing on them or let her play with them in the bath. Good book for babies 0 to 2 years old
My 11-month old baby loves this book.Finally a book that she can play with, and read without destroying it.It has: a fish, a crab, a sea horse, and a starfish.It serves as a bath toy, and is a colorful puzzle.She picks up the pieces and tries to put them back on.It is surviving her teething quite well so far... I'm buying more of that series for her and for gifts! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Baby/Preschool    2. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Games & Activities - General    5. General    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life    8. Natural history & pets    9. Novelty, toy & die-cut books   

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Accurate, fun pictures.
This is a book which is accurate in its drawings, with the official names for many, if not all, the different species.I am an adult, a frustrated artist with no talent whatsoever for drawing.I have really enjoyed coloring these pictures with colored pencils.There is a lot of small detail work in some of the pictures, which I think would be difficult with crayons, but of course, all the detail doesn't need to be observed. I have loved this book and have colored 2/3 of the pictures.It is my favorite of the half dozen coloring books I bought. There are completed colored pictures of about a quarter of the drawings, which I appreciate very much, as it gives inspiration to those of us who would like to experiment with shading, etc. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - Coloring Books    2. Animals - Marine Life    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Science & Nature - Flowers & Plants    6. Children's and Educational    7. Nature / General   

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Check it out!
This is a great read for early learners who are just being introduced to the concepts of the flow of water.Two young children, one boy and one girl, follow rain water from brook to ocean.The book goes into enough detail to give the reader a base, and includes a few other pieces of information that might urge your reader to explore more. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Juvenile literature    4. Science & Nature - Earth Sciences    5. Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection    6. Water    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life   

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Excellent first book about space...
What a GREAT book!I was looking for a book for my 3 1/2 year old that would introduce him to space in a simple way, "What's Out There" is exactly what I wanted.He is so captivated by this book, it is short, simple and easy to understand.It is perfect for him now and will be forthe next several years.All of the basics are covered such as the 9planets and their relation to the sun, how the earth travels around the sunand spins, the moon, gravity, the make-up of all the planets, asteroidsetc.Each topic is explained in a fun and easy way for a child tounderstand and the illustrations are wonderful.Highly recommend as afirst book about space! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Astronomy    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Juvenile literature    5. Preschool Informational Books    6. Science & Nature - Astronomy    7. Solar system    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life   

Editorial Review

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Accurate and fun information
This book gives good basic information on penguins in a very fun format.The poems are catchy.I teach 3-6 year olds and I caught them repeating the phrases they liked the best.I highly recommend it for this age group.

reading aide
I bought this book for my son since he is interested in penguins.Most penguin story books are promoted to toddlers or are penguin science books; not books for fictional reading for older children.Normally he doesn't choose to read but when he received this book for christmas, he immediately put down his other items and began to look through the book.Later that evening, before bedtime, he chose to read his book before going to sleep.He also liked that the book had poems; something he's been studying in school and hasn't seen how it could be fun to read.Now he likes them a little more.I'm glad it will help to promote more reading for him.

Poems About Penguins.
First of all, I love this book because I love penguins. However, as a piece of children's literature, it's so much more. This is an excellent example of how literature (poetry) and science can go hand and hand. There are some poems in this book that seem written just for fun, (e.g. "Be My Penguin"). However, most of the poems in this book are written about and around actual behaviors that penguins exhibit: from regurgiating their food to feed the young ("Regurgitate") to the motherly instincts of father penguins ("A Hatchling's Song" and "My Father's Feet")to poetic riddles about penguin predators (sea lion, killer whale). The book is charming, easy to read, and full of delightful penguin illustrations. A great gift for any child interesting in science or literature or anyone who (like me) just loves penguins. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Birds    2. Animals - Marine Life    3. Antarctica    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    5. Children's poetry, American    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Juvenile poetry    9. Penguins    10. Poetry    11. Poetry - Humorous    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / Humorous   

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Turtle Enough for me
I thought this book was really great because I always loved turtles and the sad part was she laid 100 eggs and only one survived.I think that this turtle book gives alot of information about turtle eggs and baby turtles.The pictures were really great.I would recommend this book to everybody because it is a really great story and fun to read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Science & Nature - Zoology    8. Sea turtles   

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Fun and informative
When I visited the Burgess museum in Cape Cod this year, this book became one of my souvenirs.I had remembered reading it as a child, and the story and information inside held my attention as an adult. It is a charmingstory involving some of Burgess' favorite animal characters who travel tothe seashore and learn about thecreatures there.Burgess conveys a hugeamount of facts about the seashore in a gentle and entertaining way.Kidswill love it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Marine animals    7. Seashore    8. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Marine Life   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Children's 4-8 - Pop-Ups    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Mammals    8. Specimens    9. Toy and movable books    10. Whales    11. Aquatic creatures    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life    13. Marine & freshwater mammals    14. Pop-up & lift-the-flap books