Commotion In The Ocean - Hardcover

Giles Andreae

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846162815 ISBN 13: 9781846162817

Publisher: Orchard Books, 2007

Synopsis

A colourful cast of sea creatures pop up from the pages of this book. Lively verse and vibrant illustrations from an award-winning team are brought to life with tabs to pull, flaps to lift and exciting pop ups to delight young children.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846162815
• ISBN 13: 9781846162817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: David Wojtowycz
• Number of pages: 14