If A Dolphin Were A Fish (Arbordale Collection) - Softcover

Loran Wlodarski

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607188619 ISBN 13: 9781607188612

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Join Delfina the dolphin as she imagines that she becomes other sea animals: a fish, a sea turtle, a pelican, an octopus, a shark, even a manatee! The incredible morphing illustrations will have children laughing as they learn about the real differences between these ocean animals and their respective classes.

FPA President's Book Award

3 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back
29 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book's homepage
eBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audio Aligned to State Standards / Lexile, Guided Reading, AR, Reading Counts, and Fountas & Pinnell

About this title

About the Author:

Loran Wlodarski is a science writer for SeaWorld and has written six books for them in addition to his many normal daily responsibilities. He has been published in sources such as Grolier's Encyclopedia for Children and The Marine Mammal Encyclopedia. In addition, he has served as a scientific consultant for "Ask Magazine", Random House Books, Animal Planet, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Loran has raised animals his entire life. One of his early jobs at SeaWorld's Education Department was to raise some of their animals - newly hatched sharks, macaws, turtles, tropical fish, and iguanas.

Award-winning illustrator Laurie Allen Klein has been a freelance artist for nearly 25 years. Over the last several years, she has worked as the on-staff artist for a marine park, where she does everything from painting life-size sea animal murals to illustrating children's activity books. Laurie has also illustrated Dear Komodo Dragon, Saving Kate's Flowers, Balloon Trees, Fur and Feathers, The Ghost of Donley Farm, If a Dolphin Were a Fish, Little Skink's Tail, Meet the Planets, Solar System Forecast, They Just Know and Where Should Turtle Be? for Arbordale. Laurie lives in Florida.

Review:

This book would make a great read-aloud story for young children, as the illustrations are bound to hold their attention. I would recommend this text to teachers of children in Pre K-grade 3 who want to address the topic of adaptations, especially among sea creatures. --NSTA Recommends

This book will be satisfying reading, and I am certain that young children will listen intently or read it themselves. --Science Books & Films

Delfina is a bottlenose dolphin who imagines what it would be like to be other animals: what if she were a manatee or an octopus? Colored-pencil illustrations combine Delfina's dolphin features with other animals' and interesting information about dolphin anatomy and behavior is presented with each comparison. Additional facts follow the text. --Horn Book Guide

About this edition

• Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1607188619
• ISBN 13: 9781607188612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Laurie Allen Klein