Sponges Are Skeletons: Stage 2 (Let'S-Read-And-Find-Out Science Book) - Hardcover

Esbensen, Barbara Juster

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060210346 ISBN 13: 9780060210342

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1993

Synopsis

Explains how sponges are animals that live in the ocean and how they are harvested and used by humans

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Juster Esbensen was the author of many popular fiction and nonfiction picture books, including Baby Whales Drink Milk, another Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science title.

Holly Keller has illustrated numerous picture books, such as Nola Bucks Morning in the Meadow, and the Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science title Lets Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans. She lives in West Redding, CT.

From Booklist:

Gr. 1-4. A new addition to the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out series, this book explains how some bath sponges are actually the skeletons of animals that have been harvested by divers from the ocean floor. Typical of the highly regarded series, the presentation is both lively and informative. "Sploosh! Splash! Dribble! Time to squeeze a skeleton." The text is simple and thought provoking, and the illustrations are bright and animated. Esbensen does strike a somewhat jarring, if realistic, note by stressing that sponges are beautiful living animals ("No two living sponges are ever exactly the same shape.") while at the same time promoting their harvest for use as bath sponges ("A sponge is especially good for washing because it holds more water than a washcloth. . . . The sponges die and their skins rot. The smell is terrible--whew!"). Otherwise, this book is a very child-friendly examination of an interesting creature and its use by humans. Annie Ayres

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0060210346
• ISBN 13: 9780060210342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Keller Holly