Editorial Review

"Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head?" Such are the profound, philosophical queries posed in this well-loved classic by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel. While many rhymes in this couplet collection resemble sphinx-worthy riddles, Seuss's intention is clear: teach children to read in a way that is both entertaining and educational. It matters little that each wonderful vignette has nothing to do with the one that follows. (We move seamlessly from a one-humped Wump and Mister Gump to yellow pets called the Zeds with one hair upon their heads.) Children today will be as entranced by these ridiculous rhymes as they have been since the book's original publication in 1960--so amused and enchanted, in fact, they may not even notice they are learning to read! Read more

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One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Alot of kids feel that reading is stupid but this book will change their
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
An outstanding book for kids and adults and who want to enjoy a good
A review of the Vinyl Bath Book edition only!
Since my 7-month-old still thinks books are for putting in your mouth, I've been buying him bath books. I bought this one sight unseen from Amazon, and as much as I love the classic "One Fish, Two Fish," I was a little disappointed. First, the book is small, even for a bath book (about 4x6 inches -- the "8.3 x 4.8" dimensions in the Amazon description are just plain WRONG). Second, the book was shorter than I expected. It consists only of the first 8 pages of the original "One Fish." Of course, the baby doesn't know how abridged the book is, so he enjoys it. And the colors are bright, the printing is sharp, and the overall package is high-quality and holds up to lots of handling. But there's not much there to read to him.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Concepts - Counting    4. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    5. Concepts - Words    6. Fantasy    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Stories in rhyme    11. Baby books    12. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Counting   

Editorial Review

If you read this very popular book just before bed, and the light is still on in the hallway, you can make the rainbow scales glitter on the page, and realize why the Rainbow Fish was so proud of his beautiful decoration. Sometimes, though, being too proud of outside beauty can blind a fish, or a child (or even, heaven forbid, a parent) to the beauty people hold inside. That's the lesson of this simple tale, imported from Switzerland. It's a useful one for future sneaker and designer clothing shoppers, for rainbow fish--and for quieter, plainer minnows, too. ... Read more

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One of the BEST books!!
My son (22 months) LOVES this book.I read this book at least once a week.Great for teaching sharing!
An Adorable Book With An Outstanding Message!
This is an adorable book! It is fun and easy to read and it has a great message. This book teaches children to share their gifts and talents with others, and that material possessions are not everything in life. This book taught me that in general, people put too much emphasis on material possessions, when we really should be focusing most of our energy on relationships and more important issues that really matter in the world. This book teaches the importance of friendship and overall happiness in life. If children can understand these concepts it will only help them in life. This book shows a fish who starts out being selfish and is very unhappy because he does not have any friends. Eventually, after discussing his lonliness with someone wiser, he shares his rainbow scales with the other fish, who, in return, invite him to join their circle of friends. This simple plot line is easy for children to understand, yet so very important in life. The layout is also simple; there is one paragraph on every other page and it is written with simple language and simple dialogue. Even though this book typically attracts young readers, the message is universal and appropriate for all ages. This is a fantastic book! I highly recommend it to readers of all ages!

Why isn't there are 0 star option?
From Publisher's Weekly, '...the lonely fish seeks advice from the wise octopus, who counsels him to give away his beauty and "discover how to be happy."'
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Fishes    2. Beauty, Personal    3. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Children: Preschool    7. Fiction    8. Fishes    9. Friendship    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Preschool Picture Story Books    12. Social Issues - Friendship    13. Social Issues - Values    14. Social Situations - Values    15. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Values    16. Picture books   

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Pat
Wonderful book!It is one of my 20 month old granddaughter's favorites and we have to read it many times a day.It goes with us in the car and she tries reading it by herself.

Ateacher's favorite gift
I love to give this book, as it always draws compliments from the receiver.Its bright and colorful pages keep the child's interest. Its one of the best counting books for young children 6 months to 3 years. You won't be disappointed!

A big hit with bright colors
My 20 month old boy/girl twins LOVE this book.My son has adopted this book as his own and reads it over and over again.We have ordered this book twice and it is on his wish list for Christmas, because, it is not that durable, but still worth it!It is loved so much we buy it for other little people. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Fishes    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    5. Counting    6. Fiction    7. Fish    8. Stories in rhyme    9. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Counting   

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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   

Editorial Review

Photographer Mark Blum executes a sterling idea for a book: a collection of stereoscopic images of deep-sea fish and reptiles, with 3-D glasses bound right into the book's cover. The result is an entertaining you-are-there tour of the ocean deeps that appeals to all ages. Some images are of places that are perilous of access, such as a submarine labyrinth off Borneo full of dolphin and turtle skeletons. Others, boasting populations of anemones and barracudas, are easier to get to--for anyone with an aqualung, that is. No matter where they're set, the photographs impart a wonderful sense of adventure and scientific discovery. ... Read more

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I didn't know what I was in for!
I ordered this book primarily for the benefit of my 7 year old son. We're doing a research project on oceans, and while we have a few good resources, I felt this one, with its 3d imagery, would more likely capture and hold his attention. What I didn't realize was how thoroughly it would capture and hold mine. For me, 3D had always meant multicolored plastic glasses and headaches. Though the book was described as stereoscopic, I didn't understand what that meant. Stereography was something new for me, even if as a form of photography it is over 150 years old.
AMAZING!
This is an amazing book!Makes me want to take up scuba diving.I've never seen such good 3D, not to mention that it's real photos from underwater with incredible colors.Get this book!And I'm going to go get the rest of the books by this author.

Fabulous book with stereo 3-D photos!
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Children's 9-12 - Nature / Guide Books    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Mammals    6. Marine Mammals    7. Marine animals    8. Nature    9. Nature - General    10. Pictorial works    11. Stereoscopic views    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life    13. Oceans & seas    14. Photographs: collections   

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Facinating Underwater Photographs, Unremarkable Text
The creator of this book is a marine biologist, and the colorful overlays of his underwater photographs are so interesting, they make the text's general lack of flow (hence, the three star rating) seem less important.Both rare and more familiar fish are showcased, and notes in the back of the book identify them all.Some of the more fierce-looking fish presented are so intense they might be scary to sensitive younger readers, but they were not so for my two-year-old, who really liked puring over all the pages of this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Fishes    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fish    5. Fishes    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Marine biology    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Fishes   

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Showcasing an alphabetically arranged variety of fish and other water-life forms
Written and illustrated by sixteen year old Kristin Joy Pratt, A Swim Through The Sea is the creative and imaginative ABC board book the features Seamore the Seahorse as he explores the wonderful underwater ocean life with each depicted creature also representing a letter of the alphabet. Carrying preschoolers and kindergarteners from A to Z, Kristin's A Swim Through The Sea offers a delightful presentation of twenty-four interesting and beautifully drawn aquatic life forms and is a thoroughly fun approach to learning. An ideal addition to family, day care center, and kindergarten library collections, A Swim Through The Sea is very highly recommended for all children ages 3 to 5 for its unique, original, colorful, and educational format showcasing an alphabetically arranged variety of fish and other water-life forms.
A Swim Through the Sea
I am truly amazed at the talent of Kristen Joy Pratt.I think that her talent to supply children with useful information in a fun way is puregenius.Not only does this book give valuable information about the sea,it also shows the creatures in humorous settings.This book does awonderful job describing the animals using word play.Learn about anamiable angelfish or a puffed-up porcupine!This book could be used formany grade levels.Small children could use this as an ABC concept bookwhile older children could use this as an informational book to learn moreabout sea creatures. I loved the art work in her book.She begins byputting a picture of the continents on the front and back cover.Fromthere it just gets better.She uses wonderful color and detail in her artto show the characters the story is talking about. As a teacher, thisbook works wonderful with a unit on the sea.This book is very resourcefuland I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the sea or in wonderfulillustrations.Not only will you be amazed that there is somethingfor every letter in the alphabet, but you can read facts about differentcreatures that live in the world under water! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Concepts - Alphabet    5. Environmental protection    6. Fish    7. General    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Marine animals    11. Marine ecology    12. Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Water (Oceans, Lakes, Et    13. Children's and Educational   

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Great translation of a great classic
One of the very few Pushkin tales for children available in the English - and in surprisingly great translation! Absolutly preserves the beauty & music of the original. Classic fairytale for all. Shame it is out of print!!! I'mordering third copy already for the gifts and just explain people that I had to buy used as the new is not available...

A gorgeous edition of a classic tale.
Fantastic illustrations for this classic fable about a man who catches a magic fish.The man releases the fish when it speaks to him and asks him to spare its life.In gratitude, the fish grants him a wish, but the man's greedy wife demands more and more....Children love this magical tale, and adults will appreciate the detailed decorations in this rendition. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Fairy Tales & Folklore - European    4. Fairy tales    5. Folklore    6. Russia    7. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Amazing Fish
This is an engaging and accurate book for ages 4-8 though it is equally suited for older students.The pictures are beautiful.Children love the format of many pictures and brief pockets of print all over the page.Thetext is appropriate for independent 8-y.old readers as well as for olderstudents with and without reading problems.Children of all ages will loveto hear the text read to them.Amazing Fish is notable for holding theattention of students with learning disabilities. I use it with reluctantreaders in my private educational therapy practice. ... Read more

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

Subjects:  1. Animals - Fishes    2. Animals - Marine Life    3. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile fiction    7. Sharks    8. White shark   

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fish book for the TV generation
I bought this book for my son, my 3 y/o fish enthusiast, and the two of us have learned so much.The text, the captions and the marvelous pictures combine to make this a top quality product.My three year old has learned the parts of the fish, how they breathe. He has learned about the seahorse and about his favorite: the flounder (flatfish).The organization of this book allows for kids with short attention spans to still absorbe immense amounts of information.I highly recomend this book for anyone, even if you're not yet interested in fish, yoiu soon will be!

A very good book with facts of meny diffrent kinds of fish.
This is my 3rd favorite Eyewitness book coming after my 1st favorite, Eyewitness SHARK. This book is a very good book to read because it has meny diffrent kinds of fish. You should buy this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Fishes    2. Animals - Marine Life    3. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    4. Children's 9-12 - Animals/Pets    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Fish    8. Fishes    9. Juvenile Science (General)    10. Juvenile literature    11. Marine animals    12. Pictorial works    13. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Fishes   

Editorial Review

In this retelling of an Athabascan legend, a young girl embarks on a startling odyssey. She wonders "What it would be like to be a fish, to glide through cool waves hearing only the silence of the water? Where do fish travel? What sights do they see?" In an instant, the girl is catapulted into a long, watery journey that will answer her dreamy questions and teach her much about the ways of salmon. Read more

Subjects:  1. Athapascan Indians    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fairy Tales & Folklore - Native American    5. Folklore    6. Indians of North America    7. Legends    8. North America   

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A charming set of fairy tales
In this book Walter De La Mare has written four fairy tales, and the best one of them is "Lord Fish". In it he tells us for the story of John Cobbler, an indolent young man who likes to fish more than everythingelse. The desire for finding new places to angle fish there one day driveshim in the forsaken lands where once lived an evil wizard and there hefinds something as horrible as sorrowful, as beautiful and the adventure hetakes later, is going to change his life and the life of his mother.. Therest of the tales are very enjoyable too, but the first one is the best ofthem. Truly, Walter De La Mare has written some of the most beautiful talesI've ever read, all in a superior for this genre style. You reallyshouldn't miss this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Classics    4. Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title    5. Fiction    6. Fishing    7. General    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Mermaids    10. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fairy Tales & Folklore - European    4. Folklore    5. Spain    6. Juvenile Fiction / General