Commotion in the Ocean - Softcover

Giles Andreae

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843620677 ISBN 13: 9781843620679

Publisher: Orchard Books, 2002

Synopsis

Following RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE, a second collection of funny poems which invites children to explore the depths of the ocean, meet a whole gang of sea creatures along the way, and join in an underwater adventure. With full colour illustrations by David Wojtowycz.

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About the Author

Giles Andreae (Author) Giles Andreae is the author of many top selling award-winning picture books. For Orchard, these include Rumble in the Jungle, Commotion in the Ocean, and I Love My Mummy. However, it is for the international bestseller Giraffes Can't Dance that he is best known. Giles is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman, and of the artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton. These two ranges of greetings cards, books and merchandise have made Giles the country's top selling living poet and an icon of contemporary popular culture. Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children's clothes designer, and their four young children by the river in Oxfordshire. David Wojtowycz (Illustrator) David Wojtowycz is a bestselling, award-winning author and artist. He studied at Goldsmiths College in London, graduating with a degree in Fine Art. In 1996 David illustrated his first book for children, Rumble in the Jungle, which went on to become an international bestseller. David has gone on to create many more hugely successful children's books, including The Lion Who Wanted to Love, winner of the Red House Book Award, and the bestselling Mad About Minibeasts. David lives in Berlin.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-A mediocre collection of rhymes featuring different ocean animals. "The crab likes walking sideways/And I think the reason why,/Is to make himself look sneaky/And pretend that he's a spy." Although the poems are short, the vocabulary will occasionally be difficult for beginning readers. The opening and closing poems state that the book explores animals that live "beneath the sea," and yet polar bears and penguins are included. The brightly colored cartoon art is playful, but uninspired. Stick with Douglas Florian's In the Swim (Harcourt, 1997) for more creative writing and clever watercolor illustrations.
Robin L. Gibson, Muskingum County Library System, Zanesville,
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1843620677
• ISBN 13: 9781843620679
• Binding: Paperback